![]() ![]() (Whatever after) Summary: After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale. ![]() The ending hints at another trip through the basement mirror a promising prospect. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mlynowski, Sarah. The testy but devoted relationship between Abby and Jonah will resonate with readers, Mlynowski's twists on the original story entertain, and Abby's exclamatory narration grabs attention from the start. ![]() (She already got annoyed at me once today when I told her she was six minutes and forty-five seconds late picking me up at school. Mlynowski's story is studded with comical pratfalls, witty quips, and one-liners ("I'll take it! I'll take the yummy, juicy apple," a famished Jonah tells the disguised queen). Sarah Mlynowski Fairest of All Mom will not be happy if we wake her up. Since she didn't eat the poisoned fruit and a prince won't revive her with a kiss, Abby laments that they've "ruined her life" and vows to "fix" Snow White's story. Landing in a forest, they follow an old woman to a cottage and end up preventing Snow White from eating the apple the woman offers her. Whatever After: 1 Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski, 9780545485715, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. In the cleverly tangled and quite funny story, 10-year-old Abby and her younger brother, Jonah, are sucked into the mirror in their basement. ![]() This delightful kickoff to the Whatever After series demonstrates Mlynowski's (the Magic in Manhattan series) prowess at writing for middle-graders. ![]()
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