Awards
- Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten to Fourteen) 2012
- Commended for Cybils (Fantasy/Sci-Fi/ELM/Midgr) 2011
- Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2014
- Short-listed for North Carolina Children's Book Award (Junior Book) 2014
Overview
The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu's Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale. Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's ""The Snow Queen,"" Breadcrumbs is a stunningly original fairy tale of modern-day America, a dazzling ode to the power of fantasy, and a heartbreaking meditation on how growing up is as much a choice as it is something that happens to us. In Breadcrumbs, Anne Ursu tells, in her one-of-a-kind voice, a story that brings together fifty years of children's literature in a tale as modern as it is timeless. Hazel's journey to come to terms with her evolving friendship with Jack will deeply resonate with young readers. Supports the Common Core State Standards
Full Product Details
Author: Anne Ursu ,
Erin McGuire ,
Anne Ursu
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.419kg
ISBN: 9780062015051
ISBN 10: 0062015052
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 27 September 2011
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This is a lyrical book, a lovely book, and a smart book; it dares us to see stories as spreading more widely, and running more deeply, than we had hoped. --Gary Schmidt, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars
Like a fairy-tale heroine, Hazel traverses the woods without a breadcrumb trail to save a boy who may not want to be saved in this multi-layered, artfully crafted, transforming testament to the power of friendship.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Author Information
Anne Ursu is the author of the acclaimed novels The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, The Lost Girl, Breadcrumbs, and The Real Boy, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. The recipient of a McKnight Fellowship Award in Children's Literature, Anne lives in Minneapolis with her family and an ever-growing number of cats. Erin McGuire is an illustrator of picture books and middle grade novels, including Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu, the Nancy Drew Diaries series, and Sleeping Beauty by Cynthia Rylant. When not drawing, she enjoys reading, cooking, and camping. Erin lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and two cats. Visit her online at www.emcguire.net.
