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Into the Wild

Twelve-year-old Julie has grown up hearing about the dangerous world of fairy tales, "The Wild," from which her mother, Rapunzel, escaped.

Now The Wild wants its characters back. Julie comes home from school to find her mother gone and a deep, dark forest swallowing her hometown. Julie must fight wicked witches, avoid glass slippers and fairy godmothers, fly griffins, and outwit ogres in order to rescue her mom and save her Massachusetts town from becoming a fairy-tale kingdom.

Sarah Beth Durst weaves a postmodern fairy tale that's fresh, funny, and sweetly poignant.

Reviewer: Leslee

Review: Feb 6, 2008

Night Owl Book Review for Into the Wild

Genre(s): YA / Teen

This was a very sweet read. Julie has a hard time fitting in. Her mother, Rapunzel, or Zel as she likes to be called, runs a beauty parlor. Her grandmother, Gothel, is the wicked witch who imprisoned Zel in the tower. She is now reformed and runs the Wishing Well Motel. Her true job is protecting the Wishing Well so that no one makes any wishes. Zel and Julie, along with Julie's brother, Puss in Boots are cha

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