Amy Unbounded
Pug House Press. Written and drawn by Rachel Hartman.
Belondweg Blossoming (7-12). [From Pug House
Press: I sing, ye Gods, of Belondweg / Our sure, Our strong, Our saucy
Queen / Who fought the haughty Mordondey! / Beside her fought Pau-Henoa!—So
begins the epic Belondweg, which Amy of Eddybrook starts reading the summer
she turns ten. Belondweg was a mythical Queen who united Goredd and saved
her people from invaders - Amy only wishes her life were half as exciting.
But how is life supposed to live up to literature when your mother is a
semi-domesticated barbarian, all of the knights you know are banished, and
the only dragon you have ever met is a geeky grad student? Join Amy as she
dances the Two-foot, wears a really ugly bridesmaid's dress, turns hay,
becomes friends (in spite of everything!) with Bran Ducanahan, imitates
the patron saint of ducks, flees from rampaging sheep, learns that love
doesn't always conquer all, chugs buttermilk, and begins to understand that
even Belondweg didn't have to save the world all by herself.]
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