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Book of a Thousand Days
By Hale, Shannon
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59990-051-3
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2007
Gr 5-9 Hale's novelization of the relatively obscure Grimm Brothers' fairy tale "Maid Maleen" is quite an improvement over the original. Rather than merely adding flesh to the Grimms' skeleton, the author has taken a few of the prominent bones (a love match thwarted by an autocratic king, the princess and her maid condemned to a tower for seven years, the country a wasteland when they finally escape) and constructed a new and far more appealing body. Lady Saren lo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
No sooner does Dashti—a lowly "mucker," or nomadic herder—sign on as lady's maid to Lady Saren than the latter's father has them both walled up in a tower for Lady Saren's refusal to marry the abusive Lord Khasar. Despite the horror of their fate, Dashti's upbeat diary entries are lively with details of their survival in the dark, including a visit through the wall from Khan Tegus, a rival ruler to w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Dashti is lady's maid to Lady Saren, whose father has them locked up for Lady Saren's refusal to marry. Dashti's diary entri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
