I read the looking glass wars, promptly fell in love with it and set myself on buying the next book in the series. It was first released in the united kingdom in 2004, and released in the united states in 2006. Seeing red the looking glass wars, book 2 paperback january 1, 2008 by frank beddor author. The scrapbook of frankie pratt caroline preston paperback. The second book in the trilogy, seeing redd, was released in 2007 and the third book, archenemy, was released on october 15, 2009. Marie sullivan period 6 alyss heart thought life would never be so cruel to her. The second book in the trilogy, seeing redd, was released in 2007 and the third book, archenemy. It is comprised of a total of 4 books, which were released between the years 2004 and 2009. A seachange is happening in childrens book publishing, taking nearly a decade to come to its logical culmination in this book.
The story follows alyss new life and trials on earth, and the horrors that red, her. When alyss heart, newly orphaned heir to the wonderland throne, flees through the pool of tears to escape her murderous aunt redd, she finds herself lost and alone in victorian london. After a bloody coup topples the heart regime, alyss is exiled to another world entirely, where she is adopted into the liddell family, renamed alice and befriended by lewis carroll. She was the heir to the powerful queendom the heart family had ruled for generations.
Frank beddor is the author of the new york times bestseller the looking glass wars, the youngadult novel that first introduced young readers to the true story of alyss. Alyss heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt redd steals the crown and kills. The looking glass wars caused a stir this year by playing with lewis carroll and offending the purists. The stakes in frank beddors looking glass war novels couldnt be higher the very existence of a world that is the source of all imagination and he pulls no punches in this harrowing sequel, seeing redd. The looking glass wars alyss, born in wonderland, is destined to be a warrior queen. Lgw looking glass wars book series by frank beddor. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. The looking glass wars is the first book in a trilogy by the same name. The looking glass wars, seeing redd, archenemy, and princess alyss of wonderland. The second book in beddors looking glass wars trilogy picks up fairly closely to the end of the first book.
Thats precisely what the looking glass wars is all about. Dragged back to the home she feared she had only imagined, it is now up to alyss to rally her troops, drive out the usurper and claim. The looking glass wars is a triumph of artistic design and marketing. This book takes a new look at the lewis carroll novel, alices adventures in wonderland, telling the story from the point of view of a young girl who swears that her story is true and that carroll twisted it to his own advantage. Instead of mad hatters and smirking cats, wonderland is a world of battling forces. Read free book excerpt from the looking glass wars by frank beddor, page 2 of 3. Sep 01, 2007 seeing redd, the second book in the looking glass wars series, continues off from where the last book ended. The looking glass wars by frank beddor overdrive rakuten. Alyss heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt redd steals the crown and kills alyss parents.
Seeing redd is the second book in the looking glass wars trilogy, which is. Sign me up to get more news about young adult books. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. But this ingenious reworking for 10 to year olds, in which the heroine feels betrayed by carrolls account, and in which imaging a thing makes it real is powerful, eventful and dark. I was disappointed because although i dont like sequels. I liked the looking glass wars enough to really want to like this sequel, as well. When a coup, forces princess alyss to flee wonderland to nineteenth century england, she soon believes her previous life, a fairy tale. It is currently seeing further development in a variety of fields, such as a spinoff comic book limited series entitled. Penguin, aug 21, 2007 young adult fiction 408 pages. Download or stream the looking glass wars by frank beddor. I could easily compose a rant about how this book sucks so hard that light has a hard time escaping its gravity well, but instead of just bashing lets take an objective look at why this book is so very very bad.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Seeing redd is a 2007 novel written by frank beddor inspired by lewis carrolls 1865 novel alices adventures in wonderland and its 1871 sequel through the lookingglass. Alyss heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous. The book looked interesting and i sat down to read it. The looking glass wars the looking glass wars trilogy. Using carolls narration style and twisting his world, beddor brings to life an alternate telling of through the looking glass where alice is actually alyss heart, next in line to the throne, and her aunt redd the red queen has been driven mad with lust for power and. Lgw stands for looking glass wars book series by frank beddor.
The looking glass wars frank beddor official website. It is an intimate, often harrowing look at how private families processed a public atrocity, how corporate warroom strategy sessions saved the company from liquidation and. This series is inspired by the books, through the looking glass and alice in wonderland by lewis carroll. Book 2 in the looking glass wars trilogy alyss of wonderlands rule has only just begun and already those who prefer chaos to peace are threatening to destroy everything worth imagining. Written by a movie producer, plotted and paced like a movie, and promoted like one too, the looking glass wars is a book designed for one thing to grab kids by the seat of the pants and keep them excitedly turning the pages. The scrapbook of frankie pratt is a literary bottle rocketloaded with whimsy, pizzazz, and. How is looking glass wars book series by frank beddor abbreviated. Seeing redd by frank beddor meet your next favorite book. Her aunt, redd, has disappeared into the heart crystal along with her sidekick, the cat, and everything is starting to calm down. That was a bit after i read the book and then seeing redd sat on my shelf for a while, getting lost in all of the other books around it.
By the end of the book i wanted to see red not only displaced but. Those who loved the first book will enjoy it well enough, but it doesnt have that thrill of the new. Oct 01, 2006 the true story behind alice in wonderland. Princess alyss heart is brutally cast out of wonderland by her vicious aunt redd, who beheads alyss mother off with her head, she cries. The looking glass wars series is a well known fantasy novel series written by one of the noteworthy authors from the united states named frank beddor. Seeing redd is a novel written by frank beddor inspired by lewis carrolls alices adventures in wonderland and through the lookingglass. The looking glass wars, book two ebook written by frank beddor.
Straight from the portal to you with signed copies of underfire, crossfire, all 6 hardcover hatter m graphic novels, the art of the looking glass wars, and the looking glass wars trilogy in hardbackall autographed by frank beddor. Seeing redd is a novel written by frank beddor inspired by lewis carrolls alices adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass. Book 1 in the looking glass wars trilogy the looking glass wars unabashedly challenges the worlds carrollian wonderland assumptions of tea parties, dormice and a curious little blonde girl to reveal an epic, cross dimensional saga of love, murder, betrayal, revenge and. Little did she know that her 7th birthday would bring horrors that would later end. The second gripping instalment of the new york times bestselling trilogy the looking glass wars from awardwinning author and hollywood filmmaker frank beddor. The looking glass wars, book two by frank beddor my rating. Befriended by an aspiring author named lewis carrol, alyss tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Beddor really made the red queen a true evil villain, and had an. Many of the familiar characters are still here queen of hearts, the white rabbit, tweedle dee and dum, the mad hatter, the caterpillar, and of course, alice herself, but beddor has also cleverly imagined a host of new characters to flesh out his fantasy world. The looking glass wars is a series of three novels by frank beddor, heavily inspired by lewis carrolls 1865 novel. The looking glass wars series frank beddor lewis carroll was wrong.
The looking glass wars is a novel by bestselling author frank beddor. Lgw is defined as looking glass wars book series by frank beddor frequently. The looking glass wars was a terrifically original and thrilling new entry in the fantasy field. When the evil red queen, queen genevieves sister, attacks the palace with her. Sep 01, 2006 alice in wonderland gets an update in this first installment of a planned trilogy. Seeing redd is the second book in the looking glass wars trilogy, which is currently seeing further development in a variety of entertainmentrelated fields, such as a spinoff comic book limited series.
Trailed by newly appointed royal bodyguard homburg molly, alyss is doing her best to keep pace with the nonstop demands of being queen while attempting to evade molly for a few private moments with dodge. Take your hr comms to the next level with prezi video. Frank beddor returns to the world of wonderland he so brilliantly created in his first novel, the looking glass wars, picking up the story where he left off. But unfortunately, all of beddors flaws in book 1 are even more present in seeing redd.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Seeing redd the looking glass wars hardcover by frank. Oct 17, 2010 the looking glass wars is the first book in a trilogy by the same name. The red queen the white queen the red king the white king. Princess alyss, driven out of her wonderland kingdom by her evil aunt, redd, suffers years of exile in victorian england before her dedicated bodyguard, hatter madigan, finds her. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read seeing redd. In this sequel, alyss heart is now queen of wonderland, but shes got her hands full king arch in neighboring boarderland is plotting against her and has kidnapped homburg molly. Alysss life is already a challenging mix of duty, love and imagining when a series of phantom sightings set fire to an. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Trailed by newly appointed royal bodyguard homburg molly, alyss does her best to keep pace with the spiraling, nonstop demands of being queen while attempting to evade molly for a few private moments with dodge. Find out what really happened to alice in wonderland.