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Jane Yolen is a wonderful American children’s author known for her interest in fairy tales and folklore. I have read and enjoyed many of her books, in particular The Devil’s Arithmetic and Briar Rose. Snow in Summer is a reworking of the Snow White fairy tale, set in the hillbilly mountains of West Virginia during the Great Depression. The story is both familiar and unfamiliar, as the best fairy tale retellings are. It is not her finest work, but a must-read for anyone interested in the imaginat
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Interesting setting for a retelling of Snow White.
The ebook version is somewhat flawed. In addition to random capital letters showing up in the text and what appears to have two chapters accidentally merging together, what appears to be the last page is in fact not. Reader beware!
The ebook version is somewhat flawed. In addition to random capital letters showing up in the text and what appears to have two chapters accidentally merging together, what appears to be the last page is in fact not. Reader beware!
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