{"product_id":"9780702325601","title":"This Tale Is Forbidden","description":"Author(s): Crosby, Polly, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 04\/01\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 320 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Scholastic, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Scholastic, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Reading age: from c 12 years\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 128 x 197 x 24mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 234g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780702325601\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eControl the story, control the world...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNesta believes in the fairy tales - the true\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories of powerful magical women who shaped and ruled the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the world has changed since then, and now, she is forbidden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom wandering too far from the isolated woodland cottage where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe lives with her grandmother. Nesta longs more than anything to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esee the city that lies beyond the forest, and when her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrandmother is abducted, she gets her chance, journeying there in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe hope of rescuing her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut once there, she is horrified to see her grandmother's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewarnings were true: girls are forced to wear certain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclothes and punished if they don't behave in certain ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city's Authorities have rewritten history, replacing the fairytale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheroines with weak girls who must rely on men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorse still - everyone believes this is how the world has always\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly Nesta knows the truth. But truth is a dangerous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ething, and suddenly she finds herself a target. Can she evade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Authorities long enough to rescue her grandmother and liberate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeveryone else, bringing magic back into the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale meets The Brother's Grimm in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis thrilling dystopian fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA feminist fairy tale retelling which will make you rethink traditional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories forever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYA debut from Polly Crosby, the much-loved author of Vita\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Birds The Unravelling and The Illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChild\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stunning cover by Noma Bar, the illustrator of Margaret Atwood's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebook covers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44689541726445,"sku":"9780702325601","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780702325601.jpg?v=1728678277","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780702325601","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}