If I look up the author of a book to find out more about her, it’s a sure sign that I really liked the book. I just finished reading The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, and I went immediately to the web to see if she had any more books out and to find out something about the author. Ms. Hale loves Robin McKinley and C.S. Lewis, both of whom adapted fairy tales into novels. The Goose Girl is based on the Grimm fairy tale of the same name. It’s a great story about betrayal, and identity, and language, and finding one’s own voice. I’m quite impressed and happy to read that Shannon Hale has two more novels, Enna Burning, published last fall, and The Princess Academy, due out this summer.
Feb 03
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Mark O
2/3/2005 at 8:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’m going to have to get them for my #1 daughter (age 10 and bookworm). Did your clan read Sabriel/Lyriel/Abhorsen by Garth Nix? She (and I) liked that series.
Camille
2/6/2005 at 1:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The Texas Library Association Texas Lonestar List includes some of the best books I have read this year.
readingfalcon
12/31/2010 at 4:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I just fineshed Forest born LLOOVVEEDD it I hope she writes more. I was really suprized at the queen of Kel. I love Hale’s books,every last one. Princess Accademy is really amazing. all her books go much deeper then Harry Potter.
Semicolon » The List
7/6/2005 at 5:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[...] eets God—Winner Glimpses of Truth–Cavanaugh God I Love by Joni Eareckson Tada B+ The Goose Girl—Hale B+ The Great Gatsby–Fitzgerald Great Improvisation—Schiff Growing [...]
Semicolon
8/3/2006 at 8:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[...] I just finished this Newbery Honor book, and I loved it. Shannon Hale has a way with characters, plot and words. I wrote about another of her books, Goose Girl, here. [...]
Semicolon
6/3/2007 at 11:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[...] The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. More fantasy/fairy tale. Shannon Hale and THe Goose Girl. I’m reading the sequel to this book, Enna Burning now. [...]
Forest Born by Shannon Hale | Semicolon
2/18/2010 at 9:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[...] Born is the fourth in Shannon Hale’s Books of Bayern series, a series that began with The Goose Girl, Ms. Hale’s debut novel and the one that made a name for her, winning all kinds of awards and accolades. The Goose Girl [...]