Girlfriend loved it. To be completely honest, I was not expecting such great writing style and such interesting story. Snow keeps her head down at the castle, hoping to make the best of her situation. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. She absolutely loved it and couldn't put it down. Lucrezia and her handsome brother, Cesare, represent the evils of the real world and are fictionalized in this unusual narrative. But when new information about her parents resurfaces and a plot to kill her goes haywire, everything changes for Snow. Learn more about the program. In this intricate tale, however, there are eight dwarves instead of seven. Cesare Borgia is a religious and very superstitious soldier who hopes to rule Italy someday. The plot is clever and well thought out. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire. It deals with some themes that many adults will find awkward to openly discuss. Loosely translated, Bianca de Nevada means Snow White. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. For these sixteen year olds, fitting in at school is nearly as difficult as navigating their complicated home lives. To understand what happened to Naomi, Red, Leo, and Rose must ultimately face their own dark secrets and fears, and reconcile the difference between what they feel inside and what they show to the world. 'Maguire restores the edge to an oft-told tale and imbues it with a strange, unsettling beauty' (, Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker. Where once there were eight, the dwarves notice one day that one of their brothers has gone missing. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. Cesare sends Vincente on a quest for a holy relic. 1-Click ordering is not available for this item. Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked, the first novel in the Wicked Years quartet (which also included Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz), that was made into an award-winning musical. Bought this for my 12 year old daughter following a review on Amazon. Disappointing. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Until their number goes from even to uneven, none of the dwarves are aware that they are, in fact, individuals. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Buy this product and stream 90 days of Amazon Music Unlimited for free. On each page, two poems appear, one an inversion of the other with minor changes in punctuation. Mirror, Mirror is her first novel. ), Compact Disc - 1 pages - 978-1-4301-1015-6, On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather, Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths, A Stick Is an Excellent Thing: Poems Celebrating Outdoor Play, Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom, Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth, Footprints on the Roof: Poems about the Earth, Rutherford B., Who Was He? The device by which the kiss cures her of mercury poisoning is left unexplained by the author. Mirror Mirror Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to Please try again. Leo’s brother is in prison. Everyone has a reason not to go home, but the four high schoolers have formed a family of their own through their band, Mirror, Mirror—the only place they can truly be themselves. Bianca's closest friend is Primavera Vecchia, the housekeeper and cook at Montefiore. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. It is also very relevant to the world we live in today, a world which can be at once fun and dangerous. This was Millhiser's most popular novel, of her fourteen novels published. In “In the Hood,” Little Red Riding Hood’s poem ends: “But a girl/ mustn’t dawdle./ After all, Grandma’s waiting,” while the wolf’s poem begins: “After all, Grandma’s waiting,/ mustn’t dawdle.../ But a girl!” Masse’s clever compositions play with symmetry (in “Longing for Beauty,” Beauty and the Beast appear as one being, split in half, her tresses echoing his fur), bringing this smart concept to its fullest effect. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Please try again. It quickly engrossed me and I found myself wondering about the characters when doing other things. Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019. Leo’s brother has been in prison for years and is about to come back home. In Montefiore, Italy in the early 16th century, a nobleman named Don Vicente de Nevada lives on a small estate with his seven-year-old daughter, Bianca, and a small staff, two of whom are Primavera, an earthy cook and a friar Fra Ludovico. With the help of a group of wary dwarfs, a kind prince she thought she’d never see again, and a mysterious stranger from her past, Snow embarks on a quest to stop the Evil Queen and take back her kingdom. Dutton $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-525-47901-7 In the meantime, the woods beyond the de Nevada estate are shifting and changing. I’m beginning to believe, however, that the type of magic I long for when cozying up with another Maguire novel, may never be rekindled. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. The twists, the unknown, I was totally engrossed. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire is a modern twist on a classic fairytale. For these sixteen year olds, fitting in at school is nearly as difficult as navigating their complicated home lives. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

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