Travel Light is a kind of fairy tale -- the good kind that adults as well as young readers can enjoy. It's the story of Halla, a king's daughter cast out by her new stepmother. She is brought up by bears and later by dragons, from whom she learns a proper dislike of heroes -- handsome young men with swords who slay dragons. Then she meets the All-Father, Odin the Wanderer, who gives her a piece of his cloak, sets her on a unicorn, and bids her to travel light.
This is such a delightful story -- it reminds me of Neil Gaiman and I wonder if he's read Mitchison. And I can't wait for Josie to read it when she's a bit older. Halla is the independent, hero-shunning, tough sort of princess I can admire. And hope that Josie will too.
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This sounds like a delightful book! Thanks for the share.
Oh good, another book. And I just finished a silly one, so am looking for something! My granddaughters have somehow survived the Disney princesses phase to bloom into young women with their own ideas about life. Whew!
She sounds like the kind of princess we could use in Congress right about now. Sadly, there are very few heroes in our current political climate for her to look down upon. I carry hope in my heart and a vote in my pocket.
I'm not much into fantasy or fairy tales in general so this is not my usual genre. I do love most Neil Gaiman so perhaps I need to look at Mitchison. Your recommendations are usually a good fit with my interests so I'll give it a try when I work down my TBR stack. I'm currently reading my second 800+ page novel ("Labyrinth of the Spirits") in a row and that slows me down quite a bit.
Oh boy - thanks - I have to get this to read with a certain someone!
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