The girl who sailed around Faerie in a boat built with her own hands

September is a young girl who longs for adventure. When she is invited to Faerie by the Green Wind and the Little Breezes Leopard, of course, she accepts. Who wouldn't at twelve? But Féérie is in turmoil, under the crushing reign of an evil Marquise. Traveling in the company of a book-loving wyvern and a strange blue, almost human boy named Saturday, she will lose: her shadow, her shoe, her heart and of course her way. But in the adventure, she will find courage, friendship, a special spoon and much more. She alone holds the key that will restore order and happiness to Faerie... There hadn't been such a bewitching world, such original characters since Alice in Wonderland or the land of Oz. The heroine grows during this adventure. September is intelligent and very logical, yet with a form of naivety that we would like to keep all our lives, in a more complex world than it seems where everything is not just sunshine and magic. Text: Catherynne C. Valente, Illustrations: Ana Juan, 256 pages.