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Violence
Some
Fantasy battle violence in Wonderland; some deaths of named characters
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Low psychological intensity; adventure-forward with the displaced princess as the emotional hook
What this book is about
Frank Beddor's revisionist fantasy follows Alyss Heart, Princess of Wonderland, who is exiled to Victorian London after her aunt Redd murders the queen. The novel reimagines Wonderland as a dark, militaristic realm, Lewis Carroll as an unhelpful skeptic who distorted Alyss's true story, and Alice in Wonderland as propaganda. An inventive premise with good world-building. Some violence in the Wonderland battles; appropriate for older YA readers.
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