Ever After High: Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale

Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends

Also by this author: Princess Academy, The Goose Girl,
The Book of a Thousand Days, Enna Burning,
River Secrets

This book is recommended for advanced readers in fourth grade and up

Book Summary:
In this first book of the Ever After High series, the second-year students know their roles.  They will sign contracts to follow in their parents' footsteps, re-living the parts of famous tales.  Raven is destined to be the Evil Queen in Snow White's story, and her mother embraced the part.  But cruelty does not come naturally to Raven, and she is torn between loyalty to tradition and expectation, and the desire to be something completely new.

Book Review:
This book, by the author of Princess Academy, is much better suited to that title.  It meets every expectation for a charming (if somewhat fluffy) tale that middle grade readers (4-6) might find delightfully indulgent.  As you might expect from this author, there are crushes and word play, and the strong female characters' lives do not revolve around boys, whether they are selfish and petty or odd or uncertain.  This book brings a lot more fashion and "girly" sensibility, and it has a more modern feel than some of Hale's other fairy tale versions.

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Discussion Topics and Themes
The good of one vs. the good of many,
different ways to be beautiful
different ways to be good
look closely to appreciate what other have to offer

'It's no use, Cerise Hood,' said Daring. 'I am a Charming: brave, athletic, cunning . . .' Cerise faked left and dribbled around him.           

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