Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Nobody's Princess



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Nobody’s Princess
by Esther Friesner
ISBN 9780375875281
New York: Random House, 2007
305 pages
Young Adult
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Annotation: Helen of Sparta practices sword fighting, horseback riding, and hunting instead if doing things a girl in Sparta would normally do like sewing and carding wool. All the training was put to good use when she goes on an adventure with her brothers.
Summary: The beautiful Helen of Sparta is determine not to be girl that fusses over her looks and cards wool. Instead, she sneaks out to practice fighting with swords and spears, hunting, running, riding on horses, and even engages in a deadly battle with a boar (not alone thank goodness). Not your typical type of girl during that period but that is Helen for you!

Critique: This book was great because it was adventurous, and showed that girls don't have be who people think they are. The downside of this novel was that there was too much bloodshed so it made me feel sick. I loved Helen because she was headstrong and she did not do what others thought was proper. She stuck to her own goals and achieved them. Overall it was a great book.

Biography: Nebula Award winner Esther Friesner is the author of 31 novels and over 150 short stories, including the story "Thunderbolt" in Random House's Young Warriors anthology, which lead to the creation of Nobody's Princess. She is also the editor of seven popular anthologies. Educated at Vassar College and Yale University, where she taught for a number of years, Friesner is also a poet and a playwright. She is married, is the mother of two, harbors cats, and lives in Connecticut.

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