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Stunning debut!
I was immediately drawn to this by the cover designed and drawn by Ayesha L. Rubio, I’ve always been a sucker for Red Riding Hood tales and I love seeing h... READ MORE
An entrancing, dark fable
Beth O'Brien has delivered a stunning debut here. Combine magic, wolfish transformation and some semi-anthropomorphic trees and you have a great middle gra... READ MORE
Stunning from begining to end!
This beautiful debut is a multilayered retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. I thoroughly enjoyed spotting the nods to the original tale whilst also being s... READ MORE
A POWERFUL read!
What struck me most about this book was the power in which is explored maternal relationships, exposed period stigma and provided a sense of solidarity bet... READ MORE
Synopsis
A vibrant, evocative and magical debut which centres a positive, empowered disabled character at the heart of a reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood.
The woods are hiding a secret…but then so is Red…
Red is not allowed to go into the woods. Everyone knows that they are dangerous – because of their strange magic and the wolves that lurk there… But Red finds herself increasingly drawn to the woods and the place where her grandmother disappeared without a trace three years ago. When the woodcutter fails to return home one night and wolves are spotted close to the village boundary, fear drives a deep and dangerous divide between the villagers and the nature they live alongside.
Only Red seems to hold the key – but she has a secret, and exposing it could ruin her family forever…
Publisher information
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780008642013
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
- Interest age: From 9 years
- Weight: 280g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allMagical Red Riding Hood-inspired tale
This story is not so much a re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood, but is inspired by the original. Protagonist Red is a teenage girl who feels called to th... READ MORE
deep and moving
This is one of those books that just feels so deep and meaningful. It has a story to tell and a lesson we need to learn.
Beautifully written version of th... READ MORE
Ethereal but powerful retelling of Red Riding Hood
An ethereal but powerful reworking of Red Riding Hood, reframed from a feminist, eco-friendly perspective.. Beautifully written with a real fairytale feel,... READ MORE
A fabulous take on a traditional tale
Modern retellings of traditional fairy tales are nothing new. Over the past few years, I’ve read several novels and short stories based on old ones, enjoyi... READ MORE
A Red Riding Hood story for today, a complete rethinking of wolves.
Red is known as such for the colour of her hair. She lives with her mother - Magenta -, sister Aerona and brother Luki. They live in a town that is bordere... READ MORE
A great retelling, enjoyable at any age
“None of us were harmed by the wolves. Not once. Many resented us for this. It was as though in not being attacked we’d exposed a weakness the men didn’t w... READ MORE
Dark Dystopian Fable
Wolf Siren is described as a loose retelling of Red Riding Hood and although there are familiar aspects of the fairytale, this story is new, magical and ac... READ MORE
Atmospheric and original!
Wold Siren by is a beautifully written retelling of Little Red Riding Hood that drips with atmosphere throughout. Poignant and compelling, it's a dark fair... READ MORE
Graphic fantasy take on Red Riding Hood
Take Red Riding Hood, wolves, Grandma, the forbidden woods, woodcutters and axes; add visual impairment and a feminist perspective; then shake to destructi... READ MORE
Gripping gothic fairy tale
" It's hard to live between two worlds that do not trust one another"
" The wolves had to fight to survive, Red, like women. And yes, some people would ... READ MORE
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