Claire Legrand

Winterspell Claire Legrand

Marc Notes: To find her abducted father and keep her sister safe from the lecherous politicians of 1899 New York City, seventeen-year-old Clara must journey to the wintry kingdom of Cane, where Anise, queen of the faeries, has ousted the royal family in favor of her own totalitarian, anti-human regime.; Ages 14 up. Review Quotes: What a mesmerizing whirlwind of a story! I was simultaneously horrified and enchanted by the land of Cane, with all its passion and mysteries, magic and mechaniks. Claire Legrand's writing has the grace of a ballet, but this is definitely not your grandmother's Nutcracker tale.--Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of CinderPublisher Marketing: Darkly romantic and entirely enchanting, this reimagining of "The Nutcracker" from Claire Legrand brims with magic, love, and intrigue. "New York Times "bestselling author Marissa Meyer ("Cinder") says "this is not your grandmother's "Nutcracker" tale." After her mother is brutally murdered, seventeen-year-old Clara Stole is determined to find out what happened to her. Her father, a powerful man with little integrity, is a notorious New York City gang lord in the syndicate-turned-empire called Concordia. And he isn't much help. But there is something even darker than Concordia's corruption brewing under the surface of the city, something full of vengeance and magic, like the stories Clara's godfather used to tell her when she was a little girl. Then her father is abducted and her little sister's life is threatened, and Clara accidentally frees Nicholas from a statue that has been his prison for years. Nicholas is the rightful prince of Cane, a wintry kingdom that exists beyond the city Clara has known her whole life. When Nicholas and Clara journey together to Cane to retrieve her father, Clara encounters Anise, the queen of the faeries, who has ousted the royal family in favor of her own totalitarian, anti-human regime. Clara finds that this new world is not as foreign as she feared, but time is running out for her family, and there is only so much magic can do... Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014 (EAN 9781442465985, Hardcover) School Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 146 (EAN 9781442465985, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 (EAN 9781442465985, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2014 pg. 163 (EAN 9781442465985, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 10/06/2014 (EAN 9781442465985, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Legrand, Claire Claire LegrandDark Puppetress and Master Librarian, specializing in Dancing Accoutrements, Unicorn Paraphernalia, and the Especially Gruesome Relics of Botched Time Travel.