Castle Waiting
Jun. 14th, 2009 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
checkers65477Number two of the YA graphic novels I'm reading is Castle Waiting by Linda Medley. It's a compilation of shorter comics into a hefty, 457-pg book that appears to be a novel until you open it. It even has a bookmark ribbon and lovely, old fashioned endpapers. Castle Waiting is a fairy tale with lots of modern twists.
What do you suppose happened after Sleeping Beauty woke up? In this story she waves goodbye to family and friends and takes off with her handsome prince. After many years, the castle she left behind is a run-down sanctuary for those in trouble or with no place else to go. People like Jain, who is pregnant and fleeing an abusive husband, Henry, whose son has died, Peace, the nun of the strange Solicitine Order, and others who run the castle and welcome all those who need it. The book is a delightful, funny, fantasy fairy tale with intricate, straightforward graphics. It's obvious the book is made up of lots of shorter stories added together and my only complaint is that it focused so much on Peace and the nuns that I never discovered everyone else's story. If there are lots more volumes in store, then I'll look forward to them and finding out the details of every character's past, as well as what happens in the here and now at Castle Waiting.
Although there 's nothing objectionable in the book, it will appeal to older girls who want a story with grrrl power. Very few kids at the middle school would sit still for it, so I'd recommend it for HS and up.
What do you suppose happened after Sleeping Beauty woke up? In this story she waves goodbye to family and friends and takes off with her handsome prince. After many years, the castle she left behind is a run-down sanctuary for those in trouble or with no place else to go. People like Jain, who is pregnant and fleeing an abusive husband, Henry, whose son has died, Peace, the nun of the strange Solicitine Order, and others who run the castle and welcome all those who need it. The book is a delightful, funny, fantasy fairy tale with intricate, straightforward graphics. It's obvious the book is made up of lots of shorter stories added together and my only complaint is that it focused so much on Peace and the nuns that I never discovered everyone else's story. If there are lots more volumes in store, then I'll look forward to them and finding out the details of every character's past, as well as what happens in the here and now at Castle Waiting.Although there 's nothing objectionable in the book, it will appeal to older girls who want a story with grrrl power. Very few kids at the middle school would sit still for it, so I'd recommend it for HS and up.
