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by: Frank Beddor  List Price: $17.99 Price: $6.44 You Save: $11.55 (64%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Format: Bargain Price Label: Dial Manufacturer: Dial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: September 26, 2006 Publisher: Dial Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Dial Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills AlyssÂ’ parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Super first book in a trilogyThe Looking Glass War by Frank Beddor is the first in a trilogy that sets the world of Alice in Wonderland on its head. In this book Alyss is the heir to the throne of Wonderland, a kingdom where imagination rules. Her Aunt Redd, a master of black imagination, takes over Wonderland, killing Alyss's parents and sending Alyss fleeing through the Pool of Tears. Redd, who delights in cruelty and destruction, rules Wonderland while Alyss is in exile in our world learning to fit in. She tells ... Read More Rating:  - Although imaginative, vivid, and swiftly readable, it ultimately compares in comparison to the source material. Not recommendedAlyss Heart is the princess of Wonderland, destined someday to be its queen. But on her seventh birthday, her exiled aunt Redd slaughters her family and takes the throne as her own. Alyss flees Wonderland and ends up in our world, where she must struggle through mundane life until she has the strength and means to return and claim her throne. The Looking Glass Wars is written as the "true story" of Alyss/Alice and Wonderland--some of the aspects are familiar from Carroll's books, but characters are reimagined ... Read More Rating: - Imagination isn't just for kids anymoreI saw this book on a walmart shelf, and I immediately thought it looked good. But I don't usually buy books, let alone books of a trilogy, without previously reading them. However, this one looked so promising that a few weeks later I got it at Borders. I just couldn't resist. I am very glad that I did it. This is the story of Princess Alyss Heart, a Wonderlandier whose tale is supposedly the true story of Alice from Alice in Wonderland. The bad guy (or should I say ... Read More Rating: - What an amazing book!Wow wow wow! When I first picked this up I was a little uneasy about a retake on Alice in Wonderland, but that changed after the first page. This is a completely new, high-powered, thrilling, action-packed retelling of the classic story. The book begins in the middle (sort of), there is this small bit in which the cat assassin reveils himself and starts killing people. The story actually starts when Alyss and her friend Dodge run away from her birthday party (to see the wonderland sites) when she returns ... Read More Rating:  - Not for kidsI personally loved it, but this is NOT a childrens book. My husband bought it for our son (10) for Christmas (without looking at it very closely). Our son only made it through a few pages, and it's not 'cause the book was too advanced (he's read all the Harry Potters). I picked it up last week and really enjoyed the "Alice" twist, but understood why my son didn't like it. It's contains fairly graphic scenes of violence, that are NOT for ages 9-12. It's clear to me that who ever listed that age range ... Read More 
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