I finished another book today, Sophie Robbins' "A Hole in the World." It's a twist on the Prince-rescues-Princess fairy tale. In this case, the "prince" is actually a fifteen year old girl from our times. When she was little, Bianca discovered a hole in a wall and started to explore it but chickened out. A few years later, she discover hole again. She's never really forgotten about it though. It shows up in her dreams. This time she explores it and finds that it leads to another world, a fantasy world from fairy tales. While there, she rescues a princess, who starts calling her her "Prince Charming," and brings her back to her world. After a couple of weeks, another prince shows up from the princess' world and takes her back. Time works different between the two worlds. A couple more years pass for Bianca, but only a few days for the princess. The princess' fairy godmother comes to Bianca and tells her that the prince is evil and that she needs to rescue the princess again. Bianca, and her friends, charge in for the rescue. They're successful and everyone lives happily ever after.
I liked the story. It was light and happy most of the time and made me smile. Sure, it was unbelievable at times, such as when Bianca hides the princess for two weeks in her room and at school and no one finds out. But, it's also a fairy tale; so you have to suspend belief a little. But over all, it was a nice book.
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