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Christi asked this question about Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker:

Would this book be appropriate for a 13-year old ballerina who loves the Nutcracker? Or is it too mature of a read?

George This book is no more a companion to the delights of The Nutcracker than the Wicked series is for the Oz books. When you've begun to see that L. Frank …moreThis book is no more a companion to the delights of The Nutcracker than the Wicked series is for the Oz books. When you've begun to see that L. Frank Baum is marvelous but not perfect, and that his Oz has inconsistencies, you're ready for Maguire. But not, I think, before.(less)

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