![]() ![]() More than the plentiful adventure and engaging characters (emphatically including the dog), it’s the language here that delights, with clever, convivial wordplay and an unabashed sense of joy softly sketched spot art adds to the accessibility and the atmosphere. Tuesday makes an admirable and appealing heroine, one who rollerskates through City Park and navigates to The End with equal determination, adapting to her situation and facing fearsome challenges with equanimity. Creative and heartwarming, this Australian import evokes some of the magic of Funke’s Inkheart (BCCB 3/04), exploring the trials and triumphs of the writing process and celebrating the power of imagination. So begins Tuesday’s journey in a magic world overseen by a helpful if officious librarian and traversed by writers developing their own stories, where she envisions herself into her mother’s novels in hopes of proceeding through The Middle and to The End. Tuesday types her own story in hopes that it will bring her to her mother at The End, and her words take on the form of silver thread, encircling Tuesday and her loyal dog, Baxterr, and pulling them out the window into the night, setting them down at The Beginning. ![]() When Tuesday McGillicuddy goes to check on her author mother’s progress, Serendipity has disappeared, with only a mysterious box containing the words “The End” offering a clue to her whereabouts. ![]()
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