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Title: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale ISBN: 1-58234-843-X Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books Pub. Date: 08 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Sweet and soft, like the voice of a gentle breeze
Comment: I read this book in one sitting. All 300 pages. It was that good.
The language, as another reviewer wrote, is lyrical and beautiful. I always had a vague idea that a story existed about a goose girl, but I never knew it and am so glad that this book was my first introduction to the tale.
It's a story with a hint of magic, a heroine you can root for who connects to the natural world in an eloquent and profound way, and an ending that leaves you satisfied and glad. I'm really not sure what else to say, since I don't want to spoil any of it for you, so I will simply say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
My one disappointment: this author has not yet written any other books! Please publish another, Ms. Hale, because as soon as I finished this one I looked to see what else I could read by you, and there is nothing yet! Rest assured that your next book is awaited by an eager audience.
Rating: 5
Summary: A not too Grimm retelling
Comment: Debut author Shannon Hale succeeds wonderfully with her first novel, "The Goose Girl." A retelling of the moderately well-known tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, she reinvents the story for a modern audience.
Ani, a crown princess, learns at an early age that her special gifts are not those valued by her queen mother and her future subjects. She is eventually sent to marry a prince in a different kingdom, but along the way is overthrown by her lady-in-waiting. Ani becomes a servant, tending geese, while she searches for a way to return to the marriage and throne that is rightfully her own.
Hale has reimagined the story in such a way as to give us a strong, if flawed, heroine with a conscience. In this book, the reader isn't left wondering how a princess could allow herself to be displaced so easily from her birthright. We are also given a magical reason for Ani's successful sojourn with geese. Ultimately, Hale's prose is the book's greatest asset. Ani and her world are vivid creations, ready to be shared during a long, quiet read.
If you enjoy fairy tale novelizations, such as those by Robin McKinley and Donna Jo Napoli, this book will make a great addition to your bookshelf. If you simply like historical fantasy, forget the fairy tale, this novel will also please. Royalty, deception, intrigue, treason, and redemption make up a story that doesn't obviously derive from a fairy tale.
Rating: 5
Summary: A writer with a gift
Comment: Shannon Hale has the gift of writing. The Goose Girl is the best book I have read in a long time. Readers will not be disappointed in this book. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to read a book that will stay with them for a long long time. Don't wait...read it today!
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Title: East by Edith Pattou ISBN: 0152045635 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes ISBN: 0060535431 Publisher: Greenwillow Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (Newbery Medal Book) by Kate Dicamillo, Timothy B. Ering ISBN: 0763617229 Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell ISBN: 0439531640 Publisher: Chicken House Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau ISBN: 0375822739 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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