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by Patrice Kindl

Author:

Patrice Kindl

ISBN13:

978-0618033775

ISBN:

0618033777

Language:

English

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (March 26, 2001)

Category:

Young Adults

Subcategory:

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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1342 kb

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Patrice Kindl ellie were simply not in the mood to be told that ladies never eat human flesh.

Her name is Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, and she is as lovely as the dawn. But that is only one of her problems. Her name is Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, and she is as lovely as the dawn. But that is only the beginning of her problems. Goose Chase is for fans of Shannon Hales's The Goose Girl and Princess Academy. It starts when Alexandria, an orphaned goose girl, offers some of her precious bread and water to a hungry old woman. The woman just happens to be a witch in disguise, and poof!

About Patrice Kindl: Childhood:I was born in Alplaus New York in 1951, the youngest of four daughters. While I worked on OWL IN LOVE (my first book) I became involved in a program called Helping Hands, in which I raised two monkeys to be aides to quadriplegics

About Patrice Kindl: Childhood:I was born in Alplaus New York in 1951, the youngest of four daughters . While I worked on OWL IN LOVE (my first book) I became involved in a program called Helping Hands, in which I raised two monkeys to be aides to quadriplegics. You can check it out at ww. elpinghandsmonkeys.

The geese pop up regularly, too, and Alexandria's golden hair has a recurring role as an escape tool. When true love blossoms, the Goose Girl is found to be royal, and her geese freed to be her sisters once again, readers will rejoice. Kindl, who brought readers the perfectly droll Owl in Love (1993) and the magically metaphoric Woman in the Wall (1997), this time offers a winsome and wickedly funny fairytale fractured in multiple places. Taking elements freely from a handful-at least-of familiar fairytales, she's made one of energy and spirit and no small amount of high hilarity.

Goose Chase is for fans of Shannon Hales’s The Goose Girl and Princess Academy. In addition to A School for Brides and Keeping the Castle, Patrice Kindl (ww. atricekindl. com) is the author of four other novels, the best known of which is the acclaimed Owl in Love

Goose Chase is for fans of Shannon Hales’s The Goose Girl and Princess Academy. com) is the author of four other novels, the best known of which is the acclaimed Owl in Love. She lives with her husband and a variet. ore about Patrice Kindl. Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books Children’s Picture Books.

Age level: 4th grade to adult. This book was recommended to me by Mom and is an interesting twist on fairy tale stories. The story is about an orphan girl who watches over twelve geese. Before her mother died she promised her that if she always treated the geese well they would protect her and keep her from want. The goose girl, Alexandria is also given three magic gifts from a hag she gives her meal to: the gift of beauty, enchanted hair that golden dust falls from and when she cries her tears become diamonds

Her name is Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, and she is as lovely as the dawn.

Rather than marry a cruel king or a seemingly dim-witted prince, an enchanted goose girl, Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, endures imprisonment, capture by several ogresses, and other dangers, before learning exactly who she is.

Zolorn

This is a "smash up" of The traditional Goose Girl story and Rupunzel.
If you don't need to take your fairy tales "straight up" then you'll probably enjoy this modern take on the two stories. Enjoy the heroine as she uses wit and dry humor to maneuver her way through irritating circumstances.
See how tedious it is to be gorgeous and desirable. Consider how appealing normal really is when you don't have the choice to live a quiet life with no riches and no men yammering on about your beauty & fighting
for your attention. Patrice Kindl's writing is always engaging.
She takes the stale and unrelateable and breathes new life into it, creating
something shiney & new without losing the moral of the story.

Shezokha

Pretty entertaining story from beginning to end. It is a fantasy novel, which is partially why it's recommended for such a young audience but even as an adult I liked it. The author did an excellent job making the storyline imaginative, innocent, and fun without it being too kiddish or whimsical.

Ariseym

One of the funniest and wittiest fairytales I've read all year. And it's original to boot.
Okay, we have a young goosegirl. She's rather plain, she's not overly fond of bathing or combing her hair, she's poor, alone in the world, and so on...a common peasant. When she shows kindness to a hideous old hag (who happens to be her fairy godmother and who, it may surprise you to know, is not in disguise) she is transformed into a glorious beauty who cries diamonds and brushes gold dust from her hair.
And now we have a goosegirl who is not only beautiful, but filthy rich...and pursued by a prince and a king. But when the goosegirl, Alexandria, refuses to marry either of her suitors, her gift becomes a living nightmare as they lock her in a tower and vow to keep her prisoner until she chooses one of them.
Hmmm. Bachelor number one is a cruel king who rules his country with an iron fist and a cold heart. He has had two other wives who have both died of mysterious causes. He enjoys polishing his weapons and killing small animals. Bachelor number two is a handsome young prince with no intelligence, wit, or conversation. Actually, he is as dumb as mud and, if he is chosen, he will probably be assinated by his rival. As you can see, it will not be an easy choice for our fair goosegirl.
What it will be is a romp through the lands of fairy with a brief nod to several beloved fairytales (Rapunzal, Cinderella, and lots more) that just might end with happily ever after...and true love.

Oghmaghma

At first I found the "voice" of the narrative difficult to get into. There seemed to be a limited and repetitve descriptive vocabulary, intended to depict time and seting. I persevered and the read was worth my time.

I chose this book because I was reading versions of fairy tales and myths.
In this version of the Goose Girl, she does not know her father and while she lived, her mother loved her. The Goose Girl starts her life simply and is a good person. She attempts to do a good deed for a stranger and the results are both a blessing and a curse.

Soon after she is sought out as a bride by two powerful (at least royal) men.
Her freedom is taken away in the pretense of keeping her safe, and her life is changed forever. With her escape her adventures begin and magic becomes a major factor in the story.

The story has a lot of potential but I felt the ending, with references to royal lineage, would not be easy or entertaining for YA readers to follow.

Dobpota

Patrice Kindl, known for "Owl in Love" and "Girl in the Wall," turns her attention to a highly original like-a-fairy-tale fantasy story, in which the tried-and-true elements are given a wry new spin.
Alexandria Aurora Fortunato (also known as "Goose Girl") lives alone in a cottage with her twelve geese, until the day when she does a favor for an old woman who turns out to be a fairy godmother type. Before she knows what's happened, she's gifted with exquisite beauty, diamond tears, and "gold dandruff." This turns out to be less of a blessing than she expected. Soon she's trapped in a tower, and forced to choose between the sadistic King and a kindly but idiotic Prince.
With the help of her geese, Alexandria escapes from the tower, and promptly stumbles into the grasp of omnivorous multi-headed ogresses. She manages to get them to employ her as a cook, only to find that they've captured the Prince as well. The two of them (with the geese, the fourteen of them) stumble from one misadventure to another, to the core of a political takeover and a long-past magical spell...
The basics of old fables and legends are expertly combined with a bright, independent but not cocky heroine to make a very original tale. This is not a feminist tale in the conventional sense of the word, in that Kindl seems to have affection for her male characters as well as her female ones, and that Alexandria is simply smart, matter-of-fact and independent. "The combination of great beauty and great wealth is a monstrous cruel handicap for a girl who simply wants to tend to her own affairs and her own Geese," she informs the reader. The Prince is also a good character; at first he merely seems to be a slow-witted parody of the typical Prince Charming, but as the story unfolds, we see his sweet nature and his caring for Alexandria. This is one of the few fantasies where the love interest has significantly fewer brains, but is deemed "worth it" anyway.
The writing style is pseudo-ye-olde, with a distinctly ye-olde flair but never making the dialogue stilted or hard to read. Instead, it adds to the peculiar charm of the story that modern English never could have. The comments and dialogue are, at the same time, extremely witty and well-written; the melodramatic tone of fairy tales is relentlessly mocked. At one point, as she and her geese plummet towards the ground, Alexandria wails, "O woe! O! O! OW!" The ogresses are hilarious, especially when Alexandria feeds them a horse's saddle. No loose ends are left dangling; small hints of the heroine's background are present throughout the book. And of course, no geese are as talented and brainy as hers are, without a specific reason for being so.
A charming read for those of you who enjoyed "Spindle's End" and "Ella Enchanted."

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