The Glass Town Game

Product DescriptionA Parents Choice Gold Award WinnerDazzling. Publishers Weekly (starred review)Charlotte and Emily Bront enter a fantasy world that they invented in order to rescue their siblings in this lovely, fanciful (Booklist, starred review) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.Inside a small Yorkshire parsonage, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Bront have invented a game called Glass Town, where their toy soldiers fight Napoleon and no one dies. This makebelieve land helps the four escape from a harsh reality: Charlotte and Emily are being sent away to a dangerous boarding school. But then something incredible happens: a train whisks them all away to a real Glass Town, and the children trade the moors for a wonderland all their own.This is their Glass Townalmost. Their Napoleon never rode into battle on a firebreathing porcelain rooster. And the soldiers can die; wars are fought over a potion that raises the dead, a potion Anne would very much like to bring back to England. But returning is out of the questionCharlotte will never go back to that horrible school.Together the Bront siblings must battle their own imaginations in this magical celebration of authorship, creativity, and classic literature from awardwinning author Catherynne M. Valente.Review* A throwback to classic childrens literature: it has the cleverness of The Phantom Tollbooth, the imagination of Alice in Wonderland, the whimsy of Edward Eager...A lovely, fanciful piece of middlegrade fiction about the worlds we make, and the lives they can take on. Booklist, starred review* The storys real delights come from the wit and cleverness woven into every description and conversation, as well as the sharp insights Valente brings to the childrens insecurities, longings, and hidden desires, which burst to the surface in this magical and perilous world. Publishers Weekly, starred review* In a middlegrade fantasy reminiscent of beloved tales from Edward Eager and Pamela Dean, the imaginary realms of the Bront juvenilia come to wondrous life...An absolute must for fans, of course; but even readers whove never heard of Heathcliff will be captivated from the first page to the last. Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewThe wildly imaginative Bront siblings might have invented Glass Town, an imaginary land of romance, intrigue, and splendid battles, but they have met their creative match as Valente brings it to vibrant fictional life in this novel. BCCBValentes fantasy is...driven by energetic wordplay and wacky invention that keep it bounding along. Horn BookAbout the AuthorCatherynne M. Valente is an acclaimed, New York Times bestselling creator of over forty works of fantasy and science fiction, including the Fairyland novels and The Glass Town Game. She has been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and has won the Otherwise (formerly Tiptree), Hugo, and Andre Norton award. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her partner, young son, and a shockingly large cat with most excellent tufts.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.The Glass Town Game