Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Rapunzel's Revenge

Hale, S. (2008). Rapunzel's revenge.  NY: Bloomsbury.

Rapunzel is a young girl who was raised by Mother Gothel.  She lived in a grand villa, as she got older he began to wonder what might be behind the other side of the villa.  Rapunzel was curious and adventurous and found a way to get over the wall.  On the other side of the wall, she found misery and desolation.  There she met women who was dressed in rags.  This women turns out to be Rapunzel’s real mom.  Rapunzel confronts Mother Gothel.  She imprisons her in tall magical tree far away.  While she is in the tree, her hair grows so long that she is able to use it to escape.  She uses her hair as a rope, swings it to a tree, and escapes.  She runs into a thief named Jack and his moose.  Together they go through an adventure to get back to the villa where she can confront Gothel and save her mother.  At the end, she rescues her mother and Gothel is destroyed by her own magic.  This fairytale is rewritten in comic book style.   It has colorful and magical illustrations that allow the reader to feel what they are reading.  Students can compare the original version to this version.  They can discuss in a group, make a product to show their comparisons, and present it to the class.  

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