The Little Grey Girl

Zusatztext In this sequel to Begone the Raggedy Witches (2018) Kiernan digs into the trope of the fairy-tale ending to expose its messy tangle of roots. There is admirable trust placed in readers to grapple alongside Mup with both her desire to end a kingdom's suffering and the complex processes of bearing witness and healing...consistent characterization and thoughtful development continues. A breath-stealing second installment to read and reread in anticipation of the third. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A strong and satisfying follow-up that continues to explore timely! real-world issues in a highly engaging fantasy setting. —School Library Journal A stunning tale of family and friendship with themes of oppression! new beginnings! bravery! and hope. —Booklist Online Informationen zum Autor Celine Kiernan is the award-winning author of several novels for young people, including Into the Grey, which won the Children’s Books Ireland's Book of the Year Award, the Moorehawke trilogy, and Begone the Raggedy Witches, the first book in the Wild Magic trilogy. Celine Kiernan lives in Ireland. Klappentext In the second book of the Wild Magic trilogy! courageous young Mup and her family are trying to heal and restore the kingdom when they uncover an ancient and powerful anger. The old queen and her raggedy witches have fled Witches Borough! and Mup's family has moved into the cold! newly empty castle. But the queen's legacy lingers in the fear and mistrust of her former subjects and in the memories that live in the castle's very walls. While Mup's mam tries to restore balance to a formerly oppressed world! Mup herself tries to settle into her strange new home with her dad! Tipper! and Crow. When an enchanted snow blankets the castle! Mup's family is cut off from the rest of the kingdom! and the painful memories of the old queen's victims begin to take form! thanks to a ghost whose power may be too much for even Mup and Mam to handle. Celine Kiernan weaves a timely and essential truth into the second book of her trilogy: that dismantling oppression means honoring the pains of the past! and perhaps the most potent magic of all is encouraging joy and hope wherever possible. Over the Border to the Glittering Land The old queen was not dead. That much was certain. No one knew where she was or how many of her witches were with her or what her plans might be?—?but everyone agreed that she could not be far away. Some said she had become a storm cloud above Witches Borough, spying on everyone who spoke against her. Some said she hid behind the faces of ordinary animals, listening and watching and remembering. Her defeat had been a trick, they said. She was only testing them. She would be back. And when she returned, woe betide anyone foolish enough to have sided with her daughter.   *** Mam would not allow any of these rumours to stop her. In the weeks that followed the queen’s defeat, she strode through all the doubts and fear with grave determination, coming and going across the border, carrying on with her plans. Finally it was time to move, and Mam came home one last time, ready to bring Mup and Dad and Tipper across the border. Ready to start their new life in the Glittering Land. She had told Mup to bring her favourite things with her when she moved. “My mother’s castle is a strange, cold place, Mup. If we are to live there, you should take some of your old life with you?—?to make things easier.” Mup chose her pink-and-yellow bed. She chose the writing desk and chair that Dad had made for her and that were painted with butterflies and flowers. She chose her bookcase and all her many books. She chose a mountain of multicoloured cushions and her wardrobe overflowing with rainbow-bright clothes. That should be enough, she thought, staring at the colourful jum...

Product details

• Authors: Celine Kiernan
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781536201512
• ISBN: 978-1-5362-0151-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Series: The Wild Magic Trilogy
• Subject: Children's and young people's books