Rapunzel's Revenge

Hale, S. (2008). Rapunzel's revenge. NY: Bloomsbury.

About the Book

The story of Rapunzel's Revenge is a graphic novel. Rapunzel was given to Mother Gothel the evil land controller. Rapunzel finds out she was taken from her parents and is put in the tower in the middle of the forest in Carrion Glade. She escapes and starts her adventure of making it to Gothel's Villa to have her revenge on Mother Gothel and to save her biological mother. Along the way in her western like adventure she meets a man named Jack. She slowly learns she can trust him and they work together to save everyone from Mother Gothel.

Fantasy Evaluative Criteria

Style – The book is a graphic novel. The author uses the pictures and words to tell the story. Rapunzel’s journey to serve revenge upon the evil Mother Gothel is illustrated with a sense of humor and determination. In the writing and illustrations the author uses different techniques to let the reader know the information is a flashback by using sepia coloring in the illustrations. Rapunzel’s inside voice is presented in a yellowish rectangle boxes, as wells the narrators voice.

Plot – The story illustrates Rapunzel’s journey to set the world free from Mother Gothel control. She escapes from her prison that Mother Gothel put her in and meets up with Jack an outlaw who is trying to get enough money to buy his mother a new house. The author takes the reader through the journey across the land to get to Mother Gothel’s Villa, but at the same time the reader is also taken on the journey of Rapunzel discovering herself.