Content: G (adventure only)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SOME
As a child, Alyce loved the stories her grandmother told about her adventures, but a bit older now and she believes the stories much less. The Great War (WWI) has ended and Alyce is living with her grandmother. One day at the pond she finds an invitation in the picture book she was ripping up for paper boats. The mysterious invite whisks Alyce away and she finds herself in that same whacky world that her grandmother told her about. The land needs an Alice’s help, Alyce with a Y is all they have. Can Alyce navigate the strange world and settle the dispute between the Sun King and the Queen of the Moon and restore regularity to Wonderland’s days?
Students will enjoy this most if they have read (or maybe watched) Alice in Wonderland and also have some knowledge of nursery rhymes. It is hard for me to judge whether they’d enjoy it without that background knowledge. I do think it would be fun for an elementary teacher to read aloud (it is only about 2.5 hours long) and discuss the characters and symbolism with the class as they go. Lots of illustrations dot the pages.
Alyce is white. I listened to the book narrated by Kristen Atherton courtesy by libro.fm
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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