| Mirror Mirror Contributor(s): Maguire, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060988657 ISBN-13: 9780060988654 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: New from the bestselling author of "Wicked" comes a retelling of the Snow White story set in Renaissance Italy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Historical - Renaissance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003046774 |
| Lexile Measure: 950 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.02" W x 9.29" (0.81 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 75484 Reading Level: 7.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A brilliant achievement." --Boston Herald "Entertaining...profound....A novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain." --Christian Science Monitor Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Land of Oz in his New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, offers a brilliant reinvention of the timeless Snow White fairy tale: Mirror Mirror. Setting his story amid the cultural, political and artistic whirlwind of Renaissance Italy--and casting the notorious Lucrezia Borgia as the Evil Queen--Maguire and Mirror Mirror will enthrall a wide array of book lovers ranging from adult fans of Harry Potter to readers of the sophisticated stories of Angela Carter. |
Contributor Bio(s): Maguire, Gregory: - Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Now a beloved classic, Wicked is the basis for a blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts. |