The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Illustrator: Ana Juan
Book 2 in the Fairyland series
Pages: 260
Published: 2012
Age: 10+
September has longed to return to Fairyland after her first adventure there. And when she finally does, she learns that its inhabitants have been losing their shadows—and their magic—to the world of Fairyland Below. This underworld has a new ruler: Halloween, the Hollow Queen, who is September’s shadow. And Halloween does not want to give Fairyland’s shadows back.
Fans of Valente’s magical first Fairyland tale, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, will revel in the lush setting, characters, and language of September’s journey, all brought to life by fine artist Ana Juan. Readers will also welcome back good friends Ell, the Wyverary, and the boy Saturday. But in Fairyland Below, even the best of friends aren’t always what they seem...
Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2013)
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About the Fairyland Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making(2011)
- 2.The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There(2012)
- 3.The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two(2013)
- 4.The Boy Who Lost Fairyland(2015)
- 5.The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home(2016)
- +The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For a Little While(2011)
Reading age: 10+ years
This series should be read in order.
Gather up your courage and your wishes; grab a little pinch of luck and prepare to be swept away, in a ship of your own making, to a land unlike any other...
September is a twelve-year-old girl, Somewhat Grown and Somewhat Heartless, and she longs for adventure. So when a Green Wind and a Leopard of Little Breezes invite her to Fairyland – well, of course, she accepts (mightn't you?).
When she gets there, she finds a land in crisis and confusion—crushed by the iron rule of a villainous Marquess—she soon discovers that she alone holds the key to restoring order. Having read enough books to know what a girl with a quest must do, September sets out to Fix Things.
As September forges her way through Fairyland, with a book-loving dragon and a partly human boy named Saturday by her side, she makes many friends and mistakes; loses her shadow, her shoes and her way. But she finds adventure, courage, a rather special Spoon, and a lot more besides...