by Lisa Ann Sandell
I thought this was a very sweet book in nature with a great concept. It's definitely a wonderful book for younger girls an adults. It shows how girls can do anything, and that you shouldn't let someone stereotype you because of your gender. It also shows a cute little love story and how the person w...
Now, before anyone jumps to conclusions, I didn’t necessarily hate this book. There were things that really made me upset and exasperated and that caused a lot of eye rolls, and everything else I was mostly indifferent to. So while I didn’t despise every moment of it, I was also given no reason to g...
I read Song of the Sparrow last year, but it’s only now that I’m posting my rating and review because, in truth, I was nervous. I have good friends who all seemed to fall into passionate, swoony love with Lisa Ann Sandell’s verse interpretation of the Lady of Shallott. And I.. did not. So I held off...
I wish this was really how the story of the Lady of Shalott ended! A fabulous twist on the legend.
Arthurian, The Lady of Shallot
Song of the Sparrow is a novel written in poetry form telling the story of Elaine of Ascolat. In this King Arthur story, Elaine lives in the camp with the soldiers because her mother was killed. She is left with her brothers and her father. As the only girl in the camp, she handles the healing and t...