Curses! Foiled Again (Foiled, 2) - Softcover

Yolen, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596436190 ISBN 13: 9781596436190

Publisher: First Second, 2013

Synopsis

Aliera Carstairs is back. This time she's got her cousin―and best friend―Caroline in tow, and the stakes are higher than ever. The realm of Seelie, the fairy kingdom of which Aliera is the hereditary defender, is under attack, and only Aliera and Caroline can set things right. Caroline, fragile and wheelchair-bound, may seem like more of a liability than an asset, but Aliera knows there's more to her quiet cousin than meets the eye. Curses! Foiled Again, a follow up to graphic novel Foiled! is Jane Yolen at her best, reunited with her partner in crime, the fabulously talented illustrator Mike Cavallaro.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Yolen (Foiled, Curses! Foiled Again) is the author of over 300 books, including Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic, and How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? Her books and stories have won an assortment of awards―including two Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award, a Caldecott Honor, the Golden Kite Award, two Christopher Medals, and a nomination for the National Book Award.

Mike Cavallaro (Foiled, Curses! Foiled Again) is originally from New Jersey, where he grew up on a steady diet of home-cooked Italian food and the music of Bruce Springsteen. He is a member of the web-comics collective, ACT-I-VATE, where he contributes weekly web comics, including the true-life historic memoir, Parade (With Fireworks), a 2008 Eisner Award nominee.

From School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up-Yolen continues Aliera's journey in this follow-up to Foiled (First Second, 2010), which fleshes out more of the faerie world the young fencer has now become a part of. A quick sequential recap of the first story appears at the beginning to make this book accessible to new readers. Aliera has recently come to terms with her new role as Defender of the Faerie. She has discovered that her classmate Avery is actually a magically glamoured troll. He keeps following her around and cryptically promising to tell her more about her destiny. It's a shame that knowing his real identity doesn't make her think he's any less cute. Despite a chance encounter with Baba Yaga while riding the bus, Aliera attempts her normal routine: school, fencing practice, and visiting her cousin Caroline. A band of surly trolls is intent on getting her mystical practice foil, however, and plot to kidnap her and Avery at Grand Central Terminal. Barely escaping unscathed, Aliera learns that Caroline has been kidnapped. Color is used sparsely throughout Cavallaro's fantastic art, helping to highlight the surreal surroundings Aliera keeps getting thrown into. For example, she is in gray tones until she uses her foil to become invisible, which changes her hue to a darker shade of yellow. In dialogue-heavy panels, it can be difficult to tell which character is speaking. Still, the story itself provides a strong female protagonist who will leave readers clamoring for more.-Ryan P. Donovan, New York Public Libraryα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: First Second
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1596436190
• ISBN 13: 9781596436190
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176
• Illustrator: Cavallaro Mike