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Title: The Glass Town Game
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Narrator: Kate Reading
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-05-17
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Charlotte and Emily must enter a fantasy world that they invented in order to rescue their siblings in this adventurous and fiercely intelligent novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
Inside a small Yorkshire parsonage, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë have invented a game called Glass Town, where their toy soldiers fight Napoleon and no one dies. This make-believe land helps the four escape from a harsh reality: Charlotte and Emily are being sent away to a dangerous boarding school, a school they might not return from. But on this Beastliest Day, the day Anne and Branwell walk their sisters to the train station, something incredible happens: The train whisks them all away to a real Glass Town, and the children trade the moors for a wonderland all their own.
This is their Glass Town, exactly like they envisioned it...almost. They certainly never gave Napoleon a fire-breathing porcelain rooster instead of a horse. And their soldiers can die; wars are fought over the potion that raises the dead, a potion Anne would very much like to bring back to England. But when Anne and Branwell are kidnapped, Charlotte and Emily must find a way to save their siblings. Can two English girls stand against Napoleon's armies, especially now that he has a new weapon from the real world? And if he escapes Glass Town, will England ever be safe again?
Together, the Brontë siblings must battle with a world of their own creation if they are to make it back to England alive in this magical celebration of authorship, creativity, and classic literature from award-winning author Catherynne M. Valente.
Members Reviews:
A Delectable Adventure
Full confession: Catherynne M. Valente is my favorite author, and I own almost every book and short story collection that she's put out. Reading one of her books is like eating the most delicious, moist chocolate cake in the world. Each word drips with lyrical succulence. Each sentence is dense, rich, and toothsome in its construction. The Glass Town Game, her newest novel, is another such wonderful delicacy.
This is the tale of the young and talented Bronte siblings (yes, those Brontes) and their journey from gray, 19th century England to the place not found on most maps or globes. Though it is technically a middle grade book (i.e. written for children ages 8 to 12), do not let that stop you from cracking the cover. Inside you will find a wonderland that would make even Lewis Carol envious. Each chapter is a sumptuous component of the book's complete meal.
As with her Fairyland series, Valente may have targeted this book at a younger audience, but she never talks down to her reader. The language is engaging and challenging. The adventures are whimsical and dangerous. The characters are beautiful and flawed. Valente recognizes that children are intelligent, that children feel deeply, and that children are strong enough to handle life in all its tumultuous majesty.
Whether you're looking for something for your young one to devour (replete with fire breathing chickens, wooden solders come to life, and the most accommodating luggage ever), or whether you are just looking for something beautiful and different for yourself to enjoy, you can not go wrong with The Glass Town Game.
