This book is about a ten-year-old girl who is trying to discover whether God is real after the death of her dad, a man loved by everyone, a man who she calls Prince Tennyson, because of his chivalry and the fact that he was a handsome soldier and that he looked like a prince in his uniform. Her mom had a mental breakdown after he died and so they moved to live with her grandma. Chelsea wants to know if God's real, because if he isn't, when her dad died, he wouldn't have gone to heaven and she would never be able to see him again. I probably would have cried if I hadn't been in the living room with my dad and my sisters, as well as one of my cousins. Such a good book. I walked over to the little dresser. It had a shelf above it, and on that shelf there were a bunch of pretty ballerina figurines. One of them was broken. She was wearing a purple tutu and both of her arms were off and lying next to her. Warning: There might be spoilers beyond this point. Continue at your own risk. But remember, I warned you.
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This is a retelling of Arabian Nights. Review: Shahrayar has been betrayed by his wife, who he loved. Hurt and bitterly angry, he vows never to be deceived again. As his wife dies, she tells him that he will not find peace until he has found a woman who could read his heart and one whose he could read. His way of avoiding betrayal endangers every one of the maidens in his kingdom. One night of every month, by the light of the full moon, he will marry a maiden and the next morning she will die. But if a woman should step forward and volunteer to be his bride, he will kill her only and spare the lives of the rest of women. Shahrazad, the daughter of a great storyteller, steps forward to be his bride. She believes that it is her destiny to accept the risk and sacrifice herself, but she has a plan, in which she hopes to be able to see the king's heart. So, to buy time, on her wedding night, Shahrazad begins a story. The king, finding a need to know the end of it, lets her live, night after night. Just when Shahrazad dares to believe that she's found a way to keep her life, and an unexpected love, a treacherous plot disrupts her plan. Now she can only hope that love is enough to save her. Warning: There may be spoilers beyond this point.
Review: This is a fun mix of Jack and the Beanstalk and Robin Hood. Gen is a sensible, logical girl, while her brother Jack is the impulsive dreamer. Gen and Jack have grown up to their mother's stories about the World Above, a world in the clouds where she used to live. While Gen took them to just be bedtime stories, Jack took the literally and believed with his whole heart in the World Above. When the crops are failing, they are forced to sell Agapanthus, their cow. Jack goes to sell her and doesn't even get into town. Along the way he meets an old lady who sells him magic beans in trade for the cow. When he gets home, his mother rejoices, because she recognizes the beans and can finally go to her old home in the World Above where she used to be a duchess, before an evil man usurped the throne. Jack goes first to explore the world above, and he doesn't come back, so Gen goes after him and figures out that he's been captured. Warning! Spoilers may exist beyond this line.
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