Blog Assignment 1

The book i am doing for this assignment is The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. Frank Beddor is a former world champion freestyle skier, film producer, actor, stuntman and author. He also wrote the sequel to The Looking Glass Wars called Seeing Redd.
The prologue of the book is when Reverend Charles Dodgsen, is showing Alice Liddell(she spells her name Alyss) the manuscript of the book Alice's Adventures Underground, a book based on Alyss' life that she shared with the Reverend. When she finds out that the Reverend changes the whole story she is shocked, and refuses to see him ever again. The story then begins many years earlier, when Alyss is just a child in Wonderland. Wonderland is a world that runs on imagination. The Queen's evil sister Redd makes an unexpected attack on Wonderland; forcing Alyss and Hatter Madagin(The Queen's bodyguard) to jump into an inter-dimensional gateway, called the Pool Of Tears. The two Wonderlanders end up getting separated and end up in two different parts of the world. From there, Alyss is on her own while Hatter devotes the rest of his life to find Alyss and bring her back to Wonderland. Alyss ends up living with orphan kids on the street, and is then adopted into the Liddell family. After thirteen years, Hatter finally finds Alyss and convinces her to go back to Wonderland, leaving the life she had created herself, to defeat her evil Aunt Redd. From there, she embarks on a quest to find the all powerful heart crystal; which she must use to defeat her aunt. From there, an epic battle occurs in which White and Black imagination are fighting for the kingdom of Wonderland. In the end, Alyss defeated Redd, and restored Wonderland to its original state.
The main setting of the book takes place in Wonderland. In our world, the setting is in Victorian era but Wonderland is set in a completely different time. The author never states when tho. The atmosphere of the story is many things. At the beginning of the book, the atmosphere is happy because the author is explaining Wonderland, and how it is perfect. It is also at Alyss' birthday party so everyone has a very happy attitude.
The main character of the story is Alyss Heart. Alyss is very adaptable. She was taken from her home into a new world with nothing. She went from living in a castle, where her life was perfect and majestic to living on the streets with nothing. Being able to do this shows that Alyss can adapt to any environment. Another personality trait Alyss has is courageous. Being away from her home for thirteen years and then returning to defeat her aunt to rule Wonderland again is pretty courageous. She had to face many obstacles throughout the book such as escaping wonderland the first time, being in a whole new world for thirteen years, returning to Wonderland, going through the glass maze and many, many more. These are just two personality traits Alyss Heart has.
I must say, The Looking Glass Wars is such an amazing book. I read this book in the summer when i went away for a week and let me tell you, i could NOT put it down! The book is not a quick read, but I finished reading it in two days because i and i really enjoyed it. The book has a very interesting plot that will keep you reading. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy books and likes a lot of action. Overall, a great book!