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| Original Title: | The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0062117432 (ISBN13: 9780062117434) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The League of Princes #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2013), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 3-6 (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2012) |
Christopher Healy
Hardcover | Pages: 436 pages Rating: 4.05 | 10634 Users | 1508 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes #1) |
| Author | : | Christopher Healy |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 436 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2012 by Walden Pond Press |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Humor. Fairy Tales. Adventure. Young Adult |
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Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You’ve never heard of them, have you? These are the princes who saved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, respectively, and yet, thanks to those lousy bards who wrote the tales, you likely know them only as Prince Charming. But all of this is about to change.Rejected by their princesses and cast out of their castles, the princes stumble upon an evil plot that could endanger each of their kingdoms. Now it’s up to them to triumph over their various shortcomings, take on trolls, bandits, dragons, witches, and other assorted terrors, and become the heroes no one ever thought they could be.
Christopher Healy’s Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom is a completely original take on the world of fairy tales, the truth about what happens after “happily ever after.” It’s a must-have for middle grade readers who enjoy their fantasy adventures mixed with the humor of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Witty black-and-white drawings by Todd Harris add to the fun.
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I just couldn't finish . . . . First, I didn't like how nearly all of the princes were made into namby-pamby goofs, and the princesses were strong, capable, and able to save themselves. My sister (who finished it) tells me it got better in the end, but nonetheless, it was the theme throughout the first 34s and I did not like it. It felt very feministic to me. Also, the crudityviolencewitch-stuff made me cringe a few times, and this is NOT something I would give to my middle-grade aged brothers!The trend in contemporary fairy-tale retellings subverts traditional motifs and plays against majority expectations. Princesses become warriors; villains get backstories. And, in The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, the princes get the spotlight. Wait, you say, the tales have always given props to the heroes as princes rescuing the damsels in distress. Sure, that's common, but you usually read 90% of a tale from the princess POV or an omniscient POV focused on the princess's story. The
I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE IN THIS SERIES. I read this book when I was a whittle 'uman, and I got so sad cuz I thought it was a standalone but it's not and I'm so happy and not I'm gonna go read the rest. #unashamed
Original BookTube review HEREWhile I dont always judge a book by its cover, the first thing I look for is one thats eye-catching. This cover had very fun and alluring artwork promising a good adventure. The blurb on the back from Frank Cottrell Boyce, author of a book I thoroughly enjoyed called Cosmic, synched it.What I liked about this book was, well, everything. *grin* The idea of taking each Prince Charming from Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Cinderella and not only giving them
Doesn't everyone knows the tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel Sleeping Beauty and Briar Rose? But, what about the names of all the Princes from those tales? Believe me, I was struggling with that one too. I blame it on to many Disney movies growing up. Apparently everyone has just been calling them Prince Charming for years. Now if you asked Prince Liam, Prince Frederick, Prince Duncan and Prince Gustav, they would say it's all on account of those no good bards messing up the way things really went.
What can I say about this novel that will properly convey to you how much I enjoyed it? I love fairy tales; they rock my world. Ive studied them, wrote academic papers on them, retold them in my own words and so on. I find them to be fantastically illuminating on the goals of a patriarchal society and I find that fairy tales are often reflective on the needs of the society they are most famous in.The Heros Guide to Saving Your Kingdom is in particular very revealing of the shifting and evolving
For some reason, the cover of this book didn't immediately grab me. And the premise seemed a little too "wink wink nudge nudge see what I did there." But after having so many friends recommend this book, I just had to try it.LAUGHED SO HARD.This is an absolutely hilarious look at what life is like for "Prince Charming." Does he have a name? Is he the same guy who saved Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White? (The answers: yes, and no!) The princes were instantly endearing, and
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