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Published Sep 2012
192 pages
Genre: Short Stories
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More Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classic
Take caution ahead--
Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear-inducing creatures abound.
Lest you enter with dread.
Follow Jack and Jill as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not) be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true.
Step lively, dear reader ...
In this companion novel to Adam Gidwitz's widely acclaimed, award-winning debut, A Tale Dark & Grimm, Jack and Jill explore a new set of tales from the Brothers Grimm and others, including Jack and the Beanstalk and The Frog Prince.
"Starred Review. Technically polished, and with more original content, this romp has lost none of the edge of its predecessor. Ages 10–up." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. Not so much a set of retellings as a creative romp through traditional and tradition-based story-scapes, compulsively readable and just as read-out-loudable. Ages 11-14." - Kirkus
"Throughout the book, the narrator's remarks to readers add up to more than just a Mel Brooks voice-over. They reveal that these bits and pieces of fairy-tale plots all connect, in the journey of two children named Jack and Jill, whom you thought you knew." - Chicago Tribune
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Adam Gidwitz grew up in Baltimore. Now he lives in Brooklyn and teaches kids large and slightly less large at Saint Ann's School. Adam only writes about what he's experienced personally. So, while all of the strange, hilarious, and frightening things in A Tale Dark And Grimm really did happen to Hansel and Gretel, they also happened to Adam. Of course, if you've ever had a childhood, they've probably happened to you, too.
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