Rapunzel's Revenge by Dean and Shannon Hale and Nathan Hale (artist)

Hale, Shannon, Hale, Dean, and Hale, Nathan (2008). Rapunzel’s Revenge. New York: Bloomsbury.

This version of Rapunzel's story is like nothing you have ever heard before!

ALA 2009 Notable Children's Book

YALSA 2009 Great Graphic Novel for Teens

Al's Book Club for Kids selection

Eisner Award nominee

Kid's Indie Next for Fall 2008

2011 Young Readers Choice Award

Junior Library Guild Premiere Selection

Nominee for the Texas Lone Star reading list

Best Book of the year from kidsread.com and teenreads.com

Cybil Award winner

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List (Vermont)

Nominated for 2010 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

2009-2010 Maine Student Book Award Reading List

TriState YA Review Group Books of Note for 2009 (PA, DE, and NJ)

Winner of the Utah Book Award for Children's Literature

Winner of 2009 Leah Adezio Award for Best Kid-Friendly work from the Friends of Lulu

ALA 2009 Popular Paperback

Part of the 2010 ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Bibliography

Texas Maverick Graphic Novel

Oregon Battle of the Books selection

Young Hoosiers Book Award Nominee

A damsel in distress. A charming prince. A brave and courageous rescue. A happily ever after.

Those are all great, but my story is different. My name is Rapunzel. I was locked in a tree tower by a woman who I thought to be my mother. Now, I have read all of the stories about damsels in distress (I practically have the book Girls Who Get Saved and the Princes Who Save Them memorized!) Some would say that I was a damsel in distress, being trapped in my tower, that a charming prince rescued me and swept me off my feet, but my story, my real story is very, very different...

First of all, I don’t need anyone to save me. I got myself out of that tree because I wanted to save my mother. My real mother. As for my prince charming, well I got stuck with Jack. He’s not that charming, and definitely not a prince! As for bravery and courage, I think I’ve got that covered, but you can make up your own mind when you read about my adventures (with Jack tagging along) in Rapunzel’s Revenge.

I have to admit, part of the reason I chose this book is because I love the Disney movie Tangled. I thought it was going to be a classic retelling of Rapunzel's story in Graphic Novel format, but I was wrong! It had a unique twist to Rapunzel's story that was intriguing and I loved it! Being in Graphic Novel format, it was a quick read that you could breeze through, but the writing and artistry of this Graphic Novel was amazing! I think it is a good introduction into the world of Graphic Novels for those who are not familiar with Graphic Novels!