

The Castle Corona
Author: Sharon Creech
Narrator: Jennifer Wiltsie
Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 10/02/2007
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories, Fairy Tales
Author: Sharon Creech
Narrator: Jennifer Wiltsie
Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 10/02/2007
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories, Fairy Tales
Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain’s Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler.Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, “lured there by our grandchildren,” Creech says.www.sharoncreech.com
Sharon Creech is a very good author. Reading her Walk Two Moons in Las Vegas is an experience I won't forget. Which is why I really wish I liked The Castle Corona. Kings, queens, hermits, deserving peasants, a mysterious pouch. What's not to like? But it's a yawner. None of the characters evoke an attachment and there is no real solution at the end. All the events come to nearly nothing. Boring.
I enjoyed this a lot, but even so, I found it undercooked at several points. I don't think Creech was attempting a radical overhaul of the fairy tale genre, or a "fractured" fairy tale approach--the giveaway there for me was the introduction of Princess Fabrizia: "It would be wonderful to say that Pr......more
When I saw this I thought, holy crap! Sharon Creech wrote a fairy tale! Yay! Alas, it started well, but fizzled. :( It's like she wrote it on the toilet but then finished shitting just when it was getting good.......more
A cute little story with lavish and unusual illustrations and formatting that made it a treat. The deliberately stilted style and dreamy voice was very reminiscent of Gail Carson Levine. I did think the ending rather unsatisfying but overall it was fun.......more
When I first started really reading on my own as kid, I'd go to the online public library catalog, plug in random words I liked to the search field (like "castle" or "princess") and then push the "place a hold" button on every single title that seemed remotely interesting. Every time I went to the l......more