Spinners
by Donna Jo Napoli, Richard Tchen
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Author: Donna Jo Napoli, Richard TchenIllustrator: Donna Diamond
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-08-01
ISBN: 0525460659
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
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Book Review: A great yarn
Summary: 5 Stars
Unlike the other readers, I did not find the ending of this novel far-fetched. The spinner becomes who he is through a series of life events that leave him bitter and twisted. Napoli makes this incredibly clear, using his body to signify the twisting that takes place in his mind, so that he winds up incapable of loving anyone, not even himself. It's part of the reason that he so deeply wants to hurt the queen. Napoli has presented the spinner in as sympathetic a light as I think was possible. In the original tale of Rumpelstiltskin, the spinner has no redeeming qualities at all--at least here we understand how he became what he is. For the mother who proclaimed that this book should not be read by children. It is not a children's book. It is a book for young adults. I assume that teenagers know where babies come from and that in order to prevent pregnancy, certain steps must be taken. Of course Saskia will try to prevent becoming pregnant--what was it that she promised the spinner? Unfortunately, someone who is apparently incapable of determining the difference between literature appropriate for young children and that appropriate for young adults was allowed to trash the book and its ratings.
For what it's worth, this book is highly recommended by me. I have read other works of Professor Napoli's, and I think that her handling of fairy tales is stellar. This book wove a tale so beautiful and haunting that it is obvious who the gifted spinster really is--it is Napoli herself.
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