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309 pp.
| Disney/Hyperion
| June, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4847-0741-8$16.99
(4)
4-6
Out of Abaton series.
Before they can begin ruling Abaton, Pinocchio and Lazuli (The Wooden Prince) must undertake a quest to learn why monsters that have been asleep for centuries are suddenly attacking--and why Pinocchio is turning back into wood. Despite a large, confusing cast of undeveloped supporting characters, the protagonists' emotional journeys are compelling and the details of their magical world inventive. Glos.
315 pp.
| Disney/Hyperion
| March, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4847-0727-2$16.99
(3)
4-6
Out of Abaton series.
Pinocchio was a mindless wooden "automa," but ever since a mysterious prisoner fiddled with his gears, he's started transforming into a human boy. He joins Princess Lazuli, a fairy, on a quest across the Venetian Empire, into the air, and beneath the sea. The plot rockets along in this steampunk alternate-history retelling, entrancingly packed with Italian Renaissance details and alchemical magic.