Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There / Catherynne Valente / 258 pages

In this sequel to The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making, September must save Fairyland by going to Fairyland Below.  In a series of fantastic adventures with the shadows of her friends Saturday and Wyverary, she uses her courage and determination and becomes the heroine who saves the day.   The world created by Valente is very rich and highly creative.  As a reader, I was totally mesmerized by her imaginative characters, language and settings.   The art by Ana Juan is perfect and helps to make the creature characters real.  Readers of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland will delight in this excellent book.