I'm not your average hero. I actually wasn't your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help his mom make ends meet. But a little magic changed it all. It all started with a curse. And a frognapping. And one hot-looking princess, who asked me to lead a rescue mission. There wasn't a fairy godmother or any of that. And even though I fell in love along the way, what happened to me is unlike any fairy tale I've ever heard. Before I knew it, I was spying with a flock of enchanted swans, talking (yes, talking!) to a fox named Todd, and nearly trampled by giants in the Everglades. Don't believe me? I didn't believe it either. But you'll see. Because I knew it all was true, the second I got cloaked.
A great young adult book - probably more for girls than boys though. A beautifully interwoven retelling of several of the Brothers Grimm's lesser known fairytales including The Elves and the Shoe-Maker (a favourite of mine) and The Frog Prince along with a few others. I read it in a day (although not all the unusual for me), and enjoyed it, although I did want to smack young Johnny upside the head a couple of times - but then he is a seventeen year old boy. Alex Flinn creates a reasonably believable set-up for her young hero's adventure, and an enjoyable book.
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