Elizabeth C. Bunce: A Curse Dark as Gold.
| Publisher | Horn Book, Inc. |
| Publication | The Horn Book Magazine |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0018-5078 |
| Issues per Year | 6 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Published | 2008-03-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Reviewee | n/a | Elizabeth C. Bunce |
| Author | n/a | Claire E. Gross |
Elizabeth C. Bunce A Curse Dark as Gold
411 pp. Levine/Scholastic 3/08 ISBN 978-0-439-89576-7 $17.99 g
(High School)
In this slow-simmering but rewarding retelling, first-novelist Bunce presents an innovative interpretation of Rumpelstiltskin. When Charlotte's father dies, she and her sister Rosie struggle to keep the family mill--the lifeblood of their small town of Shearing--solvent. But obstacles abound: a foppish, meddlesome uncle shows up to claim guardianship of the girls; a series of disasters that seems like more than mere coincidence leaves the...
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