The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Softcover

A glorious balancing act between modernism and the Victorian Fairy Tale, done with heart and wisdom. (Neil Gaiman)

An Alice in Wonderland for the 21st century... So effortless, so vivid, so funny. Every page has a phrase or observation to savour and her characters are wondrous creations. (Sunday Telegraph)

A charming modern fairytale...with a knowing twinkle in its eye (Telegraph)

Bundles of imagination and wry wit... This is a sophisticated world of forfeits, paradoxes and tricks. (Financial Times)

A mad, toothsome romp of a fairy tale - full of oddments, whimsy, and joy. (Holly Black)

If you haven't heard of Catherynne Valente, give it time. She's only 32, and she's writing at a furious pace. Valente brings fathomless inventiveness to her fiction... A book for young adults, rich and strange enough for grown-ups, too. (Lev Grossman)

A whole esoteric world of whimsy - Alice meets the Wizard of Oz meets the Persephone story with a whiff of Narnia. (Independent on Sunday)

...it is in fact one of the most extraordinary works of fantasy for adults or children so far this century. (Lev Grossman Time)

Sweet fairytale, shot through with salty tears - magic! (Cory Doctorow)

Get swept away by this charming book (Vogue)

Catherynne M. Valente began September's adventures in instalments on the Web; the project won legions of fans and also the CultureGeek Best Web Fiction of the Decade award. She lives with her husband on an island off the coast of Maine.