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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Gr 4-9 The Hales follow up "Rapunzel"s "Revenge" (Bloomsbury, 2008) with this fast-moving story focusing on Jack. It begins in the city of Shyport with his birth. Even as a child, Jack tends toward scheming, conning, and thievery with various accomplices, including Pru, a hat-fancying pixie. One scheme involving magical beans and the wealthy and corrupt giant Blunderboar goes awry, leaving Jacks tenement and his mothers bakery destroyed. Jacks mother orders hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2010
This companion to the team's previous well-received graphic novel, Rapunzel's Revenge (rev. 11/08), begins with Jack's trickster infancy and beanstalk-climbing escapade, a familiar story made new in the turn-of-the-century, pixie/giant/gargoyle/brownie-populated setting. Heading West, on the run from the law, Jack becomes embroiled in the events of the previous book, after which, determined to become an honest man, he brings Rapunzel back East to show off city life and make up with his momma, who despairs of his criminal ways...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
In this companion to <i>Rapunzel's Revenge</i>, the swashbuckling plot again shines in the graphic-novel format. Frequent wordless stre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on February 1, 2010
A story filled with inventive, fantastic events. An ingenious take on a well-k...Log In or Sign Up to Read More