Isasnora Snores
Young Adult Fantasy
Carol L Paur
Black Rose Writing, 2019
178 pp
$5.99 ebook
$17.99 paperback
also available in hardcover
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About the Book
Exiled because of her dangerously loud snoring, Isasnora
realizes that living in the forest has its advantages, such as talking animals
and flying dragons. When an evil ruler declares war on her former kingdom,
Isasnora wants to go into battle for her country.
My Review
Isasnora Snores is
a delightful young adult fantastical story ultimately about learning to accept
differences and overcome prejudice.
Once upon a time, a baby was born—a most unusual baby with a
horrible problem. “We heard monstrous clanging and crashing, and the king’s
household couldn’t sleep,” Sir Hybroth said, puffing out his shoulders. “Worse,
glass is shattering all over the kingdom, and a strange malady has struck.
People can’t stop laughing and scratching! If this all continues, surely the
Kingdom of Calelind will disintegrate before our very eyes.”
When the kingdom of Calelind’s knights are sent to root out
the source of the trouble, they are baffled. How could a tiny baby, a little
girl, cause so much havoc? The king is unmoved and does what he must to save
his kingdom. Banished to the forest miles from the glass castled kingdom of Calelind,
Isasnora and her family carve out a rustic life in the woods. Isasnora is
gifted with the ability to understand the language of creatures large and small,
exotic, and the stuff of fairy tales. Her close friend and ally is a giant and
her other confidants bugs, mice, and birds. Isasnora is influenced by her wild
life in the forest and avoids the
training and manners her mother tries to enforce. It takes another
kingdom of the forest, her creature friends, to help Isasnora learn to overcome
her feelings of anger and rejection and embrace politeness and kindness. Eventually
her parents decide to believe their daughter’s fantastic tales of speaking to
the animals, and they meet her friends. Learning to communicate comes with a
happy price: “‘You finally have reached an understanding,’ Lovel said. ‘For
some, it’s harder, but you have overcome the biggest obstacle.’
‘What is that?’ Sir Callum asked.
‘Doubt,’ the slug replied.”
Along with acceptance and tolerance, Isasnora and her family
and friends must also overcome jealousy and learn the value of the truth and
obedience. The young son of a neighboring kingdom finds refuge with Isasnora’s
family, but when George’s father declares war on Calelind and George, along
with Isasnora’s father, go to battle, Isasnora wants to be more than “the girl
who snores.” and follows them.
Although written for kids, Paur’s vocabulary is quite fun
including words like corpulent, vociferously, malaise, and impudent, and fun
phrases like “keep a low profile.” This is the first of a series, and the next
quest is introduced at the end of the book. Those who enjoy fantasy tales of
queens and kingdoms, giants and dragons; stories that have a feel of Alice in Wonderland, will enjoy this
story.
About the Author
Isasnora Snores is Carol L. Paur's first children's book,
inspired by her own snoring! She now has a special machine called CPAP that
quiets her snoring and helps her sleep soundly. When she's not slumbering,
she's writing, cooking, singing, painting, traveling, producing plays, and
spending time with her family.
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