Summary: Zorn of Zorna must find thousands of jewels and get the thirteen broken clocks of the castle to toll at five o’clock if he wants to marry the princess
The version of the book I read had a foreword by Neil Gaiman, which biased me to it just a little bit, because Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors. But I’m glad it did. This is another story book that I feel like I would have loved as a kid because it had the right mix of things for a young reader. The plot creates a quest one would find in a fairy tale only more detailed. The pictures are kind of old school water colors, like the ones I used to have in the ones my mom and I would read together (how’s that for an abject analysis), but they are nice and very well done. I also liked how the villain could be quite snarky and how the hero, Zorn of Zorna, played out his quest. The pacing went along at a good speed and there really is nothing like this story.
First Published: 1950
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