The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
September has longed to return to Fairyland, ever since she returned home over a year ago. When she sees a rowing boat seemingly floating through the Nebraskan corn fields, she jumps at the chance to follow it back to fairyland.
While September has grown a bit in the year since she left Fairyland, it’s Fairyland that’s changed the most. September is no longer the only one without a shadow, as other shadows are vanishing from Fairyland and magic is now a scarcity to be rationed.
Realising this has something to do with when she gave up her shadow, September sets off to Fairyland-below to try and fix things. On her journey she meets up with the shadows of her friends and adventures with them.
This is a slightly darker book than the first one, both from September being a year older and not seeing things so much in black and white, and the shadow companions themselves being the darker aspects of her friends.
As an adult I very much enjoyed reading this, and can only imagine how much fun it would be to read to a child or group of children (12 – 14ish age range at a guess).
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