The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Most people (on Amazon and GoodReads) seem to love this book. I am not one of them. In fact, if I had not decided to read this aloud to my kids (who liked it), I wouldn't even have finished this one. The story concerns a 12-year-old girl named September who is whisked off to Fairyland and makes magical friends, must deal with a fickle-minded marquess, and achieve some fuzzy-sounding goals. Whatever. I wasn't buying in for a moment. This is one of those books for which the word “twee” was invented. It seems as though the author tried very hard to combine a Alice In Wonderland vibe with a Wizard of Oz vibe. I just found it tedious. And the language used is frequently unfriendly to those with grade-school vocabularies. Sheesh. Can I tell you how much I hate that? Are you writing for kids or not? Make up your mind. Stop showing off. Yes, this author can write. But this book was frikkin annoying. I'm glad you like it, though.