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Happy penultimate Thursday of the 2021 school year! #tbt features A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce. I hope Ms. Bunce's name seems familiar to you now, since I featured her Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries on Monday and Wednesday! A Curse as Dark as Gold is a reimagining of the Rumplestiltskin fairy tale.
Charlotte Miller's father has died leaving his struggling textile mill to his daughters. Townsfolk like to say that the mill is cursed, but Charlotte is determined to make it work despite the fact that her greedy uncle would like to see it fail. Enter a dwarf named Jack Spinner. What would Charlotte do in order to succeed?
A Curse as Dark as Gold is long. Clocking in at almost 400 pages and tending toward slow and elaborate pacing, this won't appeal to teens who like fast and furious. Thoughtful teens, especially those who enjoy fairy tale retellings will appreciate the lovely writing, vivid setting and fascinating characters, as well as Ms. Bunce's take on what might be my least favorite fairy tale. I really liked it.
This story was published in 2008 and was Ms. Bunce's debut. It won the William Morris Award, which is given to a debut author and it was named an ALA Best Book For Young Adults as well as a Smithsonian Notable Book.
A Curse as Dark as Gold is long. Clocking in at almost 400 pages and tending toward slow and elaborate pacing, this won't appeal to teens who like fast and furious. Thoughtful teens, especially those who enjoy fairy tale retellings will appreciate the lovely writing, vivid setting and fascinating characters, as well as Ms. Bunce's take on what might be my least favorite fairy tale. I really liked it.
This story was published in 2008 and was Ms. Bunce's debut. It won the William Morris Award, which is given to a debut author and it was named an ALA Best Book For Young Adults as well as a Smithsonian Notable Book.
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