Iron Hearted Violet
Kelly Barnhill
(Author)
Iacopo Bruno
(Illustrator)
Description
Newbery Medal winner Kelly Barnhill spins a wondrously different kind of fairy-tale: In most fairy tales, princesses are beautiful, dragons are terrifying, and stories are harmless. But this isn't most fairy tales... Princess Violet is plain, reckless, and quite possibly too clever for her own good. Particularly when it comes to telling stories. One day she and her best friend, Demetrius, stumble upon a hidden room and find a peculiar book. A forbidden book. It tells a story of an evil being, called the Nybbas, imprisoned in their world. The story cannot be true--not really. But then the whispers start. Violet and Demetrius, along with an ancient, scarred dragon-the last dragon in existence, in fact-may hold the key to the Nybbas's triumph or its demise. It all depends on how they tell the story. After all, stories make their own rules. Iron Hearted Violet is a story about the power of stories, our belief in them, and how one enchanted tale changed the course of an entire kingdom. A 2012 Andre Norton Award Finalist A Parents' Choice Gold Award WinnerProduct Details
Price
$8.99
$8.36
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publish Date
March 18, 2014
Pages
448
Dimensions
5.32 X 7.66 X 1.23 inches | 0.74 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780316056755
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About the Author
Kelly Barnhill is a poet and writer who also wrote The Witch's Boy and Iron Hearted Violet. The Mostly True Story of Jack, her debut novel, received four starred reviews. Kelly lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children.
Reviews
A 2012 Andre Norton Award FinalistA Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner
"Barnhill inverts common fairy-tale notions...[and creates] the most inventive rendition of architecture since J.K. Rowling conjured Hogwarts....Poetic."--The New York Times Book Review
"A splendid fantasy...layered and complex, Barnhill's story brings a modern feel to age-old fairy tale tropes."--Publishers Weekly
"Storytelling plays a key role in the book, intriguingly blurring the line between what is real and what is imaginary....Triumphant."--The Horn Book
"Wonderful read-aloud potential...with a likable hero and heroine, a well-paced plot, and a daunting villain."--Booklist
"[Violet] is a princess for our century."--VOYA
"Barnhill inverts common fairy-tale notions...[and creates] the most inventive rendition of architecture since J.K. Rowling conjured Hogwarts....Poetic."--The New York Times Book Review
"A splendid fantasy...layered and complex, Barnhill's story brings a modern feel to age-old fairy tale tropes."--Publishers Weekly
"Storytelling plays a key role in the book, intriguingly blurring the line between what is real and what is imaginary....Triumphant."--The Horn Book
"Wonderful read-aloud potential...with a likable hero and heroine, a well-paced plot, and a daunting villain."--Booklist
"[Violet] is a princess for our century."--VOYA
