Format: Paperback and 1 Hardback w/dust jacket. by Dial Books. Alice is shown laying emphasis on spelling her name as Alyss. They deserve better, all of them. The prologue has Alice calling them "stupid nonsense". : ArchEnemy : The Looking Glass Wars, Book Three by Frank Beddor (2010, UK-B Format Paperback) at the best … It is a well-constructed retelling, that places Alice as the Queen of Hearts' daughter and consequently the next-in-line for Wonderland's throne. It is comprised of a total of 4 books, which were released between the years 2004 and 2009. Condition: All are in Excellent condition. This story revolves around Alys (princess of Wonderland) who escapes to Earth to avoid being murdered by her Aunt Redd and the Cat assassin. In interviews and in the warning at the beginning of the book, Beddor claims he wrote the book after seeing an incomplete deck of cards as part of a display of ancient playing cards at the British Museum. I want his backpack. Each month I pick a charity and ask that you support them instead. Then I realized: what might I be giving my students? Did the rules of going through the portal change? I’d recommend The Store first. Take Bibwit Harte, for example. I could easily compose a rant about how this book sucks so hard that light has a hard time escaping its gravity well, but instead of just bashing let's take an objective look at why this book is so very very bad. Alyss begins to wonder whether Redd has freed herself from Heart Crystal’s confines as well as her assassin named The Cat. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. In the starting sequence, author Beddor has shown that the rule of Alyss has just started in Wonderland. I am continually looking for more stories built on the Alice in Wonderland concept. The Looking Glass Wars Ser. The Looking Glass Wars. The darkness is there, but this book definitely brings it to the forefront. So, I'd heard of this book before, and when I saw it in the bin marked "free" at my old library, I kind of thought I might put it in my middle school classroom for students to read. Tweedledee and Tweedledum, of course. It shamelessly steals the concept of the Force and turns it into White and Black Imagination, which effectively makes the only two characters who can use it properly, Redd and Alyss, nearly invincible. The dude is dark and depraved but his ideas and stories are excellent. The Looking Glass Wars Series Book 1 : The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. Become a member to write your own review. Beddor reimagines the children’s classic … Is. The Looking Glass Wars 3 books in series 4 out of 5 stars 789 ratings The Looking Glass Wars Publisher's Summary The "true story" behind Alice in Wonderland! Why does she love this book you ask? Oh, by gosh by golly I loved this book. Welcome back. I. The writing can be surprisingly juvenile. This book takes a new look at the Lewis Carroll novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, telling the story from the point of view of a … I know it’s classified as a YA novel but at times it felt like I was reading a children’s book, that’s how juvenile the writing felt to me. We'll base this on various factors for example "If you like Jack Reacher..." or "If you like short stories in the horror genre". It was released by Dial Books in 2007. I don’t read much horror but I am going to be reading every book Bently has written. My ulterior motive albeit, was the fact that I want to read the rest of the series. Thanks! So I read it. I can honestly say this is one of my all-time favorites. Read this one a while ago, but I still remember what made me love it so much. Females are shown to dominate in Wonderland and there is matriarchy in the ruling families. Please note that as an Amazon Associate, I earn money from qualifying purchases. Not the best way to introduce to your book to someone who thinks that the Alice books are quite clever nonsense. When the evil Red Queen, Queen Genevieve's sister, attacks the palace with her army of card soldiers, Alice - or Alyss - is sent via the Pool of Tears tunnel to a parallel world - ours, but during the life-time of Lewis Carroll, by the Queen's faithful bodyguard Hatter Madigan (yo, The Looking Glass Wars is not really different from what I had expected. The problem with doing a new treatment of such a classic tale is that you will have the purists up in arms, but I thought the story had a lot to recommend it. Of course, he had to eventually cut his explanation of Tweedledee and Tweedledum, because he didn't do his research and didn't know that they're from Through the Looking Glass, not Alice in Wonderland. The novel by Carroll is shown to have received inspiration from the ideas, names, and images related to him by Alice as she had asked Carroll to write a book based on her own historical background. The Looking Glass Wars is an alternate history retelling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass books. The Looking Glass Wars. ©2006, published 2007; 358 pages. Somewhere along the way I became obsessed with Alice in Wonderland. It was lovely spending time reading this book. I lived through Alyss's narration the adventure and the tiny bit love story, and overall I had a wonderful time. One of those developments is a comical spin off book series titled as Hatter M. The original book was first released in the year 2004 in the UK and then in 2006 in the US. Everything about this book is so cookie cutter that it smells faintly of gingerbread. The books in the series feature a number of twists from the actual story. We’d love your help. The premise was good, the storyline was inventive, the execution was okay. My ulterior motive albeit, was the fact that I want to read the rest of the series. The books are the first and second books in THE LOOKING GLASS WARS TRILOGY by FRANK BEDDOR – published by Speak, an Imprint of Penguin Group: THE LOOKING GLASS WARS – by Frank Beddor. Literary Sleuth and world creator Frank Beddor dared to expose the true story of Wonderland in the New York Times bestselling young adult trilogy The Looking Glass Wars. The basic premise is that the story of Alice in Wonderland is based on the true story of Alice Liddell, who is really Alyss Heart, princess and rightful heir to the throne of Wonderland. I regret this one. 3 lunar cycles (I'm guessing this means months) later and Queen Alyss is doing her best to … Author Beddor first wrote the series in the form of a trilogy, the first book of which has the same name as the series. Check him out. 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