'Near's writing is clever and sharp, with just the right amount of reality and whimsy, blended with the dark fantasy of masters such as Gaiman and Angela Carter. before the ghost steals Isola's last breath. Isola needs to uncover the truth behind the dead girl's demise.
And her brother-princes - magical creatures seemingly lifted from the pages of the French fairytales Isola idolises - will protect her with all the fierce love they possess. Her real-life friends - Grape, James and new boy Edgar - make her forget for a while. But when the girl appears at Isola's window, her every word a threat, Isola needs help. Isola Wilde sees a lot of things other people don't. 'He's gone the same way as those little birds that bothered me with their awful songs! And you will too, you and your horrible heart-music, because you won't stay out of my woods!' There's a dead girl in a birdcage in the woods. North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 2013ġ online resource (432 pages) : illustrations.Ī deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent. National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia.Fairytales for Wilde girls / Allyse Near Book Bib IDīook, Online, Online - Google Books
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