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Whip it! Now Whip it Good!

This Weeks blog is about an super cool graphic novel called Rapunzel's Revenge .  I actually read this one a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it.  So when I saw I needed to read it for my Kid's Lit class I was excited. 1.        Hale, S., & Hale, D. (2008) Rapunzel’s Revenge . New York, NY: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children’s Books As far as Rapunzel can remember, she’s always lived in huge villa surrounded by a beautiful garden owned by her mother, Gothel.   Her life in this paradise though, doesn’t last.   Rapunzel eventually finds out that Gothel is not her mother, destroyed her real family, and is holding the country in an iron grip with her growth magic.   Gothel then seals Rapunzel in a tower within a far away swamp.   But Rapunzel’s hair begins to grow, and she becomes quite adept at using it.   After a few years, she makes her escape and vows to put an end to Gothel’s reign.     ...