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Synopsis
Sylvie had an amazing life, but she didn't get to live it very often.
Sylvie has been a twelve-year-old princess for more than eighty years, ever since the book she lives in was first printed. She's the heroine, and her story is exciting -- but that's the trouble. Her story is always exciting in the same way. Sylvie longs to get away and explore the world outside the confines of her book.
When she breaks the cardinal rule of all storybook characters and looks up at the Reader, Sylvie begins a journey that not even she could have anticipated. And what she accomplishes goes beyond any great good thing she could have imagined...
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About the Author
Roderick Townley is a poet, literary critic, and author of children’s books. His Sylvie Cycle series includes The Great Good Thing, a Top Ten Book Sense Pick that Kirkus Reviews called “utterly winning”; Into the Labyrinth, which The New York Times called “a hopping fine read”; and The Constellation of Sylvie. Mr. Townley’s novel Sky was described by VOYA as “one hell of a book.” He has two children, Jesse and Grace, and is married to author Wyatt Townley. Visit him online at RoderickTownley.com.
Reviews
"This clever, deftly written first novel gives life to Princess Sylvie and her cohorts, characters from an out-of-print and rarely read fairy tale, by having them cross over to the dreams of Readers," said PW, calling it "as much a romantic paean to reading and writing as it is a good story." Ages 10-up. (Oct.) n
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