Kontis, Alethea Hero, 282 p. Harcourt (Houghton), 2013. $17.
Language: PG (6 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG (glimpse
of clothesless girl); Violence: PG (regular for fantasy).
Saturday Woodcutter has always felt
outside of her family, as the only Woodcutter without fae powers. On the day her brother Trix runs away,
however, Saturday almost breaks the world. And in trying to fix it, she is snatched up by an eagle and
deposited into the clutches of a lorelei, an evil demon who is determined to
really destroy the world. Together
with Peregrine, a boy who has been imprisoned in the form of a woman for more
years than Saturday can guess, and Peregrine’s companion Betwixt, the trio must
figure out how to thwart the demon – even if it means that all of them might
sacrifice themselves for each other.
I think I’m in love with Ms. Kontis. She may have started Enchanted as a
dare, but she seems to have expanded her and developed her story in a
masterful, engaging way. Though
this story focuses mainly on Saturday and Peregrine, there is plenty more to
learn about the extended Woodcutter family – AND the elusive Jack
Woodcutter. All this has done is
made me hungry for the next book, and the next and the next…. Pardon me, I have to go read this
again.
MS, HS – ESSENTIAL. Cindy, Library Teacher
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