The Toymaker's Apprentice
A gorgeously imagined Nutcracker retelling from award-winning author making her middle-grade debut Stefan Drosselmeyer is a reluctant apprentice to his toymaker father until the day his world is turned upside down. His father is kidnapped and Stefan is enlisted by his mysterious cousin,...
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A gorgeously imagined Nutcracker retelling from award-winning author making her middle-grade debut Stefan Drosselmeyer is a reluctant apprentice to his toymaker father until the day his world is turned upside down. His father is kidnapped and Stefan is enlisted by his mysterious cousin, Christian Drosselmeyer, to find a mythical nut to save a princess who has been turned
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780399252952 (0399252959)
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
I think this is the first book that I've really felt such an intense emotional rending between the three and four stars. So I'll give you reasons why I'd give it either. I'll start with why I hesitate to give a definite I LOVE IT:Not a lot of female characters in this one, which may sound like a pet...