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An entire week dedicated to re-tellings of Lewis Carroll's Classic story:  Alice in Wonderland The Looking Glass Wars  by Frank Beddor Source:  My Own Shelf Published:  September 26th 2006 by Dial Books Edition: Paperback Genre:  YA Fantasy Purchase:  Amazon / Barnes & Noble **We receive a small kickback from Amazon purchases, all of which will go towards giveaways! Rating:  3.5/5 Synopsis via Goodreads: When Alyss Heart, heir to the Wonderland throne, must flee through the Pool of Tears to escape the murderous aunt Redd, she finds herself lost and alone in Victorian London. Befriended by an aspiring author named Lewis Carrol, Alyss tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Alyss trusts this author to tell the truth so that someone, somewhere will find her and bring her home. But he gets the story all wrong. He even spells her name incorrectly! Fortunately, Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan knows all too well the awful truth of Alyss' ...

An entire week dedicated to re-tellings of Lewis Carroll's Classic story:  Alice in Wonderland Follow the White Rabbit By Kellie Sheridan Source:  LibraryThing – I received this book in exchange for an honest review. I received no compensation. Published by:  May 21st 2013 by Patchwork Press Edition:  eARC Genre:  Urban Fantasy Purchase:  Amazon / Barnes & Noble **We receive a small kickback from Amazon purchases, all of which will go towards giveaways! Rating:  4/5 Synopsis via Goodreads: For centuries, Wonderland thrived as the domain of beautiful bedlam and unapologetic madness. It was a place like no other. All it took was one girl slipping in through the cracks of the universe to start chaos spiraling toward order. In the 150 years since Alice’s visit, the realm has become tainted—almost normal. Rabbits in waistcoats and playing card minions are little more than creatures of myth, and Wonderland is literally falling to pieces. For Gwen, Rose,...

An Entire week dedicated to re-tellings of Lewis Carrol's Classic story:  Alice in Wonderland Source: Local Library Publisher : Amulet Books Series: Splintered #1 Published:  January 1st 2013 Genre : Young Adult Paranormal Fantasy  Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble Rating :  Brittany: 4.5/5 Michelle: 5/5 Synopsis via Goodreads:  This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wond...