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Zusatztext If you haven't heard of Catherynne Valente! give it time. She's only 32! and she's writing at a furious pace. Valente brings fathomless inventiveness to her fiction. This is nominally a book for young adults! but it's definitely rich and strange enough for grown-ups! too. Informationen zum Autor Catherynne M. Valente began September's adventures in instalments on the Web; the project won legions of fans and also the CultureGeek Best Web Fiction of the Decade award. She lives with her husband on an island off the coast of Maine. She has written many novels for adults! but this is her children's book debut. Klappentext Gather up your courage and your wishes; grab a little pinch of luck - and prepare to be swept away! in a ship of your own making! to a land unlike any other. Gather up your courage and your wishes; grab a little pinch of luck - and prepare to be swept away, in a ship of your own making, to a land unlike any other. Zusammenfassung September is a twelve-year-old girl! Somewhat Grown and Somewhat Heartless! and she longs for adventure. So when a Green Wind and a Leopard of Little Breezes invite her to Fairyland - well! of course! she accepts (mightn't you?). When she gets there! she finds a land crushed by the iron rule of a villainous Marquess - she soon discovers that she alone holds the key to restoring order. Having read enough books to know what a girl with a quest must do! September sets out to Fix Things. As September forges her way through Fairyland! with a book-loving dragon and a boy named Saturday by her side! she makes many friends and mistakes! losing her shadow! her shoes and her way. But she finds adventure! courage! a rather special Spoon! and a lot more besides . . .
