Tag: #shannonhale

• The Books of Bayern: The Goose Girl Review

  Hale’s haunting retelling of The Goose Girl starts with a princess, a princess born with a word at her tongue. Once she awakes three days later, she doesn’t know the name but she grows entangled with the speech of animals. It’s an ancient magic, and a distrusted one compared to people-speak. Princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 16, 2023

  Reviews

  #bloomsbury, #fairytale, #fantasy, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #shannonhale, #thebooksofbayern, #thegoosegirl

• Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters

  Well the final book in the Princess Academy trilogy brings things full circle as the quiet, short girl who defied everyone’s expectations (including her own) to graduate princess academy and defeat bandits has been recruited by the king to teach his three young cousins to be proper princesses before Danland goes to war. As you…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 27, 2023

  Reviews

  #bloomsbury, #fantasy, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale, #theforgottensisters

• Princess Academy: Palace of Stone Review

  After enjoying the first novel, I was surprised to find out that there were two more books making it a trilogy, so of course I had to get into it. Taking place almost a year since the events of the Academy and Britta’s engagement to Prince Steffan, the girls of Mount Estkel finally get to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 27, 2023

  Reviews

  #bloomsbury, #fantasy, #middlegrade, #palaceofstone, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale

• Princess Academy Review

  I am on a roll here with yet another childhood staple (and Newbery Honor winner) I missed when I was young. I’ll admit I skipped it because I thought it was yet another Cinderella adaptation. Those are everywhere! But I was wrong and I’m glad I finally did read this. Hale’s wholly original tale takes…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 7, 2022

  Reviews

  #bloomsbury, #fantasy, #middlegrade, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale

• Favorite Graphic Novels

  Excluding Archie. That will be its own post. Fiction Nathan Hale’s Hazerdous Tales by Nathan Hale Modern day Hale (same name, no relation) uses the famous Revolutionary spy, Nathan Hale (of “My one regret is that I have one life to give” fame) to narrate adventures and incidents throughout history. This abundence of knowledge from…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 17, 2022

  Reviews

  #abramsbooks, #almostamericangirl, #americanbornchinese, #andrewmcneelpublishing, #anyasghost, #avatarthelastairbender, #beprepared, #bloomsbury, #boom!studios, #brooklynallen, #candlewickpress, #darkhorsecomics, #deadweight, #deanhale, #debbietung, #disneyhyperion, #elisabettegnone, #evonnetsang, #faithhicks, #firstsecondbooks, #geneluentang, #georgetakei, #graceellis, #graphicnovels, #graphix, #harpercollins, #heykiddo, #honorgirl, #jarrettjkrosoczka, #jerrycraft, #lernerbooks, #lumberjanes, #macmillan, #maggiethrash, #marjanesatrapi, #marvelousfantasticincredible, #matthewseely, #maus#artspiegelman, #mollymuldoon, #myboyfriendisamonster, #nathanhale, #nathanhaleshazerdoustales, #newkid, #noellestevenson, #pantheonbooks, #penguinrandomhouse, #persepolis, #quietgirlinanoisyworld, #rachelreads&reviews, #rainatelgemeier, #rapunzelsrevenge, #realfriends, #robinha, #rollergirl, #scholastic, #shannonhale, #shannonwatters, #smile, #squarefish, #stanlee, #stanmack, #susanchaplin, #terryblas, #thecartoonchroniclesofamerica, #theycalledusenemy, #topshelf, #versbrosgol, #victoriajamieson, #witch