(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Rebecca Green. The Brontë children find themselves in a world of their own juvenile writings come to life. Valente's fantasy is baroque, effusive, full of lengthy description--and driven by energetic wordplay and wacky invention that keep it bounding along. Occasional black-and-white illustrations highlight how much this world is populated by animate everyday objects and, at the same time, emphasize the elegance and stylishness of Valente's "nonsense."

Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2017

(2) YA Illustrated by Ana Juan. Human girl September (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making and sequels) finds herself the reluctant new ruler of Fairyland. To complicate matters, she's obliged to compete in the Cantankerous Derby against all of Fairyland's previous monarchs. September's story has increased in poignancy throughout the series. Here, loose ends are tied up neatly, and loved ones reunited.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2016

(2) YA Illustrated by Ana Juan. Infant troll Hawthorn is raised by a human couple in early-twentieth-century Chicago. He lives an unhappy life as "Thomas" until meeting fellow changeling Tamburlaine; the pair blunders their way back into Fairyland. Hawthorn/Thomas, an outsider in the human world and Fairyland alike, provides a perspective on both worlds that's by turns funny and poignant. Spot art captures the bizarre beauty of characters and settings.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015

(2) YA Illustrated by Ana Juan. In this third volume, following The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, September returns to Fairyland and finds herself on a mission to stop a vengeful yeti from destroying his Fairy abusers--and everyone else on the moon. September is now wiser and sadder, and longs for autonomy; likewise, Fairyland and its inhabitants have become darker and more adult.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2013

(2) YA Illustrated by Ana Juan. September's (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making) shadow, "Halloween," monarch of a liberated-shadow society in Fairyland's underside, plots to siphon away Fairyland's magic. September, along with shadow-versions of old friends and new companions, searches for the rightful heir to the throne. Valente again draws motifs from mythology, fairy tales, and Victorian fantasy to build an appealing world.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012

(2) YA Illustrated by Ana Juan. Twelve-year-old September, tired of her middle-class WWII-era existence in Omaha, seizes the opportunity to explore Fairyland. She loses her shadow and her heart, meets her own Death, and rides a wild velocipede. When September finally confronts the tyrannical Marquess, she learns some harsh truths. Readers will find the wonderfully bizarre world of Fairyland and September herself compelling.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2011