She doesn’t want to follow in her evil mother’s footsteps and become the nemesis of her generation’s Snow White-she deplores being typecast. Cross promotions with Mattel should keep this in front of all the right eyeballs HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The toys are popular thus, the books should follow suit. This is a good bet for those who can’t get enough of fractured and retold tales. But if she defies tradition, will her story simply disappear along with herself and her story mates? Unexpected plot twists lead to an ending that, unlike a traditional “happy ever after,” promises continued intrigue in new outings.
Milton Grimm, headmaster, expects students to sign an oath that they will agree to stick to their assigned plotlines. Rollicking and filled with puns-one character refers to her bad schedule as a “major fairy-fail”-and incorporating an imaginative plot that assumes readers are fluent in folklore, this first in a new spin-off series, The Storybook of Legends, is a fun read.
Skeptics of books tied to toy lines will have to rethink their doubts when they read Hale’s series of Ever After High books, linked to a line of dolls by Mattel. What if Raven doesn't sign the Storybook of Legends? It could mean a happily never after for them both. She's starting to wonder, what if she rewrote her own story? The royal Apple White, daughter of the Fairest of Them All, has a happy ever after planned for herself, but it depends upon Raven feeding her a poison apple in their future. Each year on Legacy Day, students sign the Storybook of Legends to seal their scripted fates.įor generations, the Village of Book End has whispered that refusing to sign means The End-both for a story and for a life.As the daughter of the Evil Queen, Raven Queen's destiny is to follow in her mother's wicked footsteps, but evil is so not Raven's style. EVER AFTER HIGH: THE STORYBOOK OF LEGENDS by Shannon HaleĪt Ever After High, an enchanting boarding school, the children of fairytale legends prepare themselves to fulfill their destinies as the next generation of Snow Whites, Prince Charmings and Evil Queens.whether they want to or not.
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