{"id":38754,"date":"2021-05-27T22:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38754"},"modified":"2021-05-27T22:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:01:05","slug":"review-of-the-kingdom-of-back-by-marie-lu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38754","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Kingdom of Back, by Marie Lu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kingdom_of_back_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kingdom_of_back_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39510\" \/><\/a><em>The Kingdom of Back<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Marie Lu<\/p>\n<p>Putnam, 2020.  313 pages.<br \/>\nReview written December 26, 2020, from a library book<\/p>\n<p><em>The Kingdom of Back<\/em> is a story of Nannerl Mozart, the big sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on things we know about her life.<\/p>\n<p>We know that she was a child prodigy before her little brother came along, and she performed with him before the royalty of Europe.  We also know that she composed music \u2013 but we don\u2019t know about any of that music existing.  We don\u2019t know if some of her music got published in the name of her brother.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also told that she and her brother invented a country, the Kingdom of Back, and had their family\u2019s servant draw a map for them of this country.  In this novel, it\u2019s an actual magical kingdom they got to visit, and it\u2019s tied to young Nannerl getting her heart\u2019s desire \u2013 to be remembered in her own right.<\/p>\n<p>Nannerl meets a princeling of the magical kingdom who tells her he can grant her desire, but first she needs to complete three tasks for him.  Those tasks get more and more sinister, and Nannerl isn\u2019t sure she\u2019s doing the right thing.  But she loves her music and wants to be able to compose.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a magical look at the young Mozarts that will leave you thinking about what it was like to be a creative young woman in a time when making art was the province of men.  This isn\u2019t a typical fantasy novel, but it is a beautifully woven tale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marielubooks.com\/\">marielubooks.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinteen.com\/\">PenguinTeen.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1524739014\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/kingdom_of_back.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/kingdom_of_back.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu Putnam, 2020. 313 pages. Review written December 26, 2020, from a library book The Kingdom of Back is a story of Nannerl Mozart, the big sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on things we know about her life. 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