Blurb :
September misses Fairyland and her friends Ell, the Wyverary, and the boy Saturday. She longs to leave the routines of home, and embark on a new adventure. Little does she know that this time, she will be spirited away to the moon, reunited with her friends, and find herself faced with saving Fairyland from a moon-Yeti with great and mysterious powers.
Here is another rich, beautifully told, wisely humorous, and passionately [layered] book from New York Times-bestselling author, Catherynne M. Valente.
'September could bear it no longer. She stomped over, opened the driver’s door, and would have hauled the little Wind out by the lapel of his long-coat if he had not simply wafted up out of the seat, crossing his legs in the air to watch her attempt what by now was clearly impossible. The Winds had begun to drift off, looking for something more interesting and less stubborn. September dug the driving goggles out of the glove box and pulled them on. She closed her eyes behind them for a moment. She pushed in the brake. One eye, then the other. Then see what you see and face up to it. She opened her eyes and turned on the gas valve. She pushed the spark lever all the way up. It’s fire that makes a car go, my love, fire and fuel. She put the throttle smartly at four o’clock. Hardly breathing—would it work for her? Was it alive? Was this all a lot of silliness and you really couldn’t expect a Wind to know a thing about cars any- way? She turned the valve one full turn closed, then one full turn open and put the gear in neutral. Key to ON. Carburetor rod all the way back—and then let go. September waited for the engine to turn over, not daring to make a sound of her own.'
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