She can’t even find comfort in Clarey, Lark’s boyfriend and the one person who understands her pain, because Nix’s hidden feelings for him go far beyond friendship. Eleven years later, her twin sister Lark suffered a similar fate.Įver since, Nix has battled survivor guilt. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Phoenix “Nix” Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. “Wonderfully dark, weird, and twisted, this richly drawn refashioning of Carroll’s classic fantasy…is equal parts thrilling fantasy adventure, poignant family drama, and journey of self-discovery, offering a distinctive and original story that remains faithful to the spirit of its source.”–Starred Review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Join Alyssa’s own thrilling adventures as she drains an ocean of Alice’s tears, wakes the slumbering tea party, and subdues a vicious bandersnatch in hopes to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family, her friends, and all of Wonderland. When Alyssa learns that what everyone thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality, she steps into the rabbit hole to a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. This family curse stretches back to their ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Welcome to the real Wonderland… Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers-precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before.

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