This tale is quite different than anything you might remember. The Long: This was a super fun read! Directed at middle grade, the author did a fantastic job of bringing the fun to a MG level, but kept it interesting enough that I didn’t grow bored. With the help of an overachieving little sister, a magic goose and a chatty cook (who is not interested in grinding human bones into bread, thank you very much!) Jack sets out to save his dad and save the day. He arrives to find that the giants themselves have giant-sized troubles. But if that’s the case, how do you explain the huge, foot shaped pond in the yard, or the occurrence of strange and sudden storms in which the earth quakes and dirt rains from the sky? When his father is carried away in such a storm, Jack gives chase in the only logical way: by trading the family cow for some magic beans that will give him access to a land beyond the clouds. Jack has always been told that giants are not real. JACK: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk by Liesl Shurtliff caught my eye while browsing through my local bookstore and I couldn’t help but grab it. And don’t miss Liesl Shurtliff’s other fairy tale retellings: Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk and Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood.Another book review! This one is a fun middle grade twist on the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, intertwined with Jack the Giant Slayer. A Texas Bluebonnet finalist and winner of the ILA award for middle grade fiction, Rump is perfect for fans of Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted or Adam Gidwitz’s A Tale Dark and Grimm. The odds are against him, but with courage and friendship-and a cheeky sense of humor-he just might triumph in the end.
To break the spell, Rump must go on a perilous quest, fighting off pixies, trolls, poison apples, and a wickedly foolish queen.
With each thread he spins, he weaves himself deeper into a curse. His best friend, Red Riding Hood, warns him that magic is dangerous, and she’s right. Rump discovers he has a gift for spinning straw into gold. But when he finds an old spinning wheel, his luck seems to change. ” In a magic kingdom where your name is your destiny, 12-year-old Rump is the butt of everyone’s joke. New York Times Bestselling author Liesl Shurtliff “spins words into gold.
This funny fractured fairy tale goes behind the scenes of Rumpelstiltskin.
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