In The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, Wonderland is real and Alyss Heart is heir to the throne. Her evil aunt, Redd, kills her parents, claims the throne, and Alyss barely escapes to our world. Alyss eventually comes back to Wonderland defeats Redd and claims the throne. Although Redd lives and escaped. I think they had Redd escape because this book is in a series and the series would be very boring without a villan. Oh yeah I forgot. Spoiler Alert. That's probably no help know though.
If anyone has seen the Disney movie Alice in Wonderland (which my baby sister wanted to watch 5 times in a row) you will see the similarities between this book and the original story. One example of similarities is the place in the story is still called Wonderland. An example of a difference in the story is Alyss has a best friend named Dodge.
In this book, Alyss tells her story to an author who doesn't believe her. He writes what we know today to be Alice in Wonderland. A lot of the characters are the same except darker. The Mad Hatter for example becomes Hatter Madigan, Alyss' bodyguard. Another example is Alice's cat becomes Redds top assassin. This book is a great book for anyone who like adventure.
p.s. I commented on Sebastian Torero's blog.
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That sounds like a cool book that has some adventure to it. I like the movie "Alice in Wonderland", so I wonder if I'll like those books. Is there a sequel to that book? I will have to read "The Looking Glass Wars".
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