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Runaway Silver: The Impossible Sight of Lily Lilac
Experience the #1 International Bestseller today! They say practice makes perfect. But what if perfection were possible...without any practice at all? Your first-ever cartwheel, a perfect ten—and your second, and your third, and every cartwheel after that. Your back-handsprings, Olympian. Your paintings, photo realistic. Anything and everything ever a cinch, a masterpiece, the state of the art.
All on the very first try.
Impossible? Sure, for the average girl. But for nine-year-old Lily Lilac, repeating what she’s seen with her own two eyes is as easy as humming what she’s heard with her own two ears. For Lily, a perfect performance isn’t just It’s only natural. All she needs, just once, is for someone to show her how.
But even perfect girls must live in imperfect worlds. When the unthinkable upends Lily's peaceful, prairie life, she’s forced to make her escape—only to swiftly make an entrance, in a place she never expected. A place that expected her even less. There, Lily’s search for refuge becomes a search for answers, and her powers become her only hope for survival.
All on the very first try.
Impossible? Sure, for the average girl. But for nine-year-old Lily Lilac, repeating what she’s seen with her own two eyes is as easy as humming what she’s heard with her own two ears. For Lily, a perfect performance isn’t just It’s only natural. All she needs, just once, is for someone to show her how.
But even perfect girls must live in imperfect worlds. When the unthinkable upends Lily's peaceful, prairie life, she’s forced to make her escape—only to swiftly make an entrance, in a place she never expected. A place that expected her even less. There, Lily’s search for refuge becomes a search for answers, and her powers become her only hope for survival.
124 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 19, 2021
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September 24, 2022
We might think that fairy tale adventures have run their course, but then we might not have read "Runaway Silver: The Impossible Sight of Lily Lilac" yet either. S.W. Quinn’s first volume in a promised three-act adventure begins when the narrator – a quirky and clever storyteller – discovers a girl lying unconscious near a stream. Her only memory is of a recent day when she and her mother created magically matching paintings. The motif of coincidence is well-served to explain the girls’ circumstances, including how she has lost both her parents.
With great whimsy and enchantment, Quinn sets Lily Lilac – later dubbed Silver because of her oddly-changed hair color – on an adventure to the circus. A reader might pause there with fears that cliche might move the story along, but masterfully, Quinn’s narrator hands the story over to a second storyteller who gallops forward in a lengthy verse rendition of the tale. Does the poetic meter become a tad tedious? Yes. But the reward of deep characters and fun festivities and daunting encounters, all combine to carry the story through its only soft glitch.
Likely intended for young adults or well-read teens, "Runaway Silver" is not a children’s book. It will instruct with good morals, inspire with powerful images, and even teach with ambitious vocabulary that, perhaps, might move a student towards a dictionary as well.
A delicate tale told with mystery and intrigue is the kind of writing we need to advance the fairy tale genre. S.W. Quinn’s deft writing – coupled with bright and bold illustrations by a team of three artists – has done just that through "The Impossible Sight of Lily Lilac," as told in her first story, "Runaway Silver."
With great whimsy and enchantment, Quinn sets Lily Lilac – later dubbed Silver because of her oddly-changed hair color – on an adventure to the circus. A reader might pause there with fears that cliche might move the story along, but masterfully, Quinn’s narrator hands the story over to a second storyteller who gallops forward in a lengthy verse rendition of the tale. Does the poetic meter become a tad tedious? Yes. But the reward of deep characters and fun festivities and daunting encounters, all combine to carry the story through its only soft glitch.
Likely intended for young adults or well-read teens, "Runaway Silver" is not a children’s book. It will instruct with good morals, inspire with powerful images, and even teach with ambitious vocabulary that, perhaps, might move a student towards a dictionary as well.
A delicate tale told with mystery and intrigue is the kind of writing we need to advance the fairy tale genre. S.W. Quinn’s deft writing – coupled with bright and bold illustrations by a team of three artists – has done just that through "The Impossible Sight of Lily Lilac," as told in her first story, "Runaway Silver."
January 7, 2023
Like most parents would be, Lily's mother is shocked when she tells Lily to "repeat after me" and Lily does precisely that on the first try, creating a stunning painting identical to her mother's. The family is surprised but thrilled, but then tragedy strikes, and Lily finds herself amid a company of circus performers where her ability to repeat what she's seen is put to the test with even greater stakes.
This is a rather charming little book. I was surprised by the poetry that filters in and out, but it was pleasant and rhythmic and added a certain pep to the story that couldn't have been achieved otherwise. I'm sad that the story ended before the conflict was really explained, much less resolved, but I'll certainly be reading the sequel when it appears.
This is a rather charming little book. I was surprised by the poetry that filters in and out, but it was pleasant and rhythmic and added a certain pep to the story that couldn't have been achieved otherwise. I'm sad that the story ended before the conflict was really explained, much less resolved, but I'll certainly be reading the sequel when it appears.
June 4, 2023
Very good read. The author kept you wanting to know more. If you get a chance to read it you should.
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