Snow in Summer: Fairest of Them All - Rilegato

Yolen, Jane

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ISBN 10: 0399256636 ISBN 13: 9780399256639

Casa editrice: Philomel Books, 2011

Riassunto

With her black hair, red lips, and lily-white skin, Summer is as beautiful as her father's garden. And her life in the mountains of West Virginia seems like a fairy tale; her parents sing and dance with her, Cousin Nancy dotes on her, and she is about to get a new baby brother. But when the baby dies soon after he's born, taking Summer's mama with him, Summer's fairy-tale life turns grim. Things get even worse when her father marries a woman who brings poisons and magical mirrors into Summer's world. Stepmama puts up a pretty face, but Summer suspects she's up to no good - and is afraid she's powerless to stop her.

This Snow White tale filled with magic and intrigue during the early twentieth century in Appalachia will be hard to forget.

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L'autore:

Jane Yolen (www.janeyolen.com) is the author of over 300 books, including Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic and How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Her books and stories have won numerous awards and accolades. She splits her time between Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.

Estratto. © Riproduzione autorizzata. Diritti riservati.:

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

"Fear the Hunter," the mirror's masked face said, startling me out of my memories.

“Fear the Hunter, fear the knife,
Fear the edge that takes a life.”

The mirror spoke as if Hunter was capitalized, like a name or a rank of some kind.

"The Hunter? Who's that?" I asked, but the mirror had gone silent. In the silence I heard a car door slam right outside.

Stepmama was home.

I slipped back out of her room so fast my shadow had trouble keeping up, and I headed down the hallway as if going to the bathroom.

That was where she found me.

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• Editore: Philomel Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0399256636
• ISBN 13: 9780399256639
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 243