![]() ![]() 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. ![]() 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. All the while, Red and Goldie are followed by a wolf and a huntsmantwo mortal enemies who seek the girls’ help to defeat each other. 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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