Twelve-year-old Julie has grown up hearing about the
dangerous world of fairy tales, ?The Wild,? from which her
mother, Rapunzel, escaped.
Now The Wild wants its
characters back. Julie comes home from school to find her
mother gone and a deep, dark forest swallowing her
hometown. Julie must fight wicked witches, avoid glass
slippers and fairy godmothers, fly griffins, and outwit
ogres in order to rescue her mom and save her
Massachusetts town from becoming a fairy-tale kingdom.
Sarah Beth Durst weaves a postmodern fairy tale that?s
fresh, funny, and sweetly poignant.