| Goose Chase | 
 enlarge | Author: Patrice Kindl
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 1428674
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0618033777
UPC: 046442033770
EAN: 9780618033775
ASIN: 0618033777
Publication Date: February 26, 2001
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 Courtesy of Teens Read Too August 25, 2007
Many would think Alexandria Aurora Fortunato to be blessed. She is not only extraordinarily beautiful, but gold pours from her hair and diamonds fall in place of her tears. However, truthfully, she has been cursed with these gifts ever since an old hag showed up at Alexandria's humble cottage and begged for a bite to eat. As a reward for Alexandria's kindness, a spell was cast--and Alexandria's life changed forever.
No longer a simple goose girl, Alexandria is kept locked in a tower where she is forced to sew every last stitch on her gold wedding gown. When the last stitch is finished, she will be forced to marry either King Claudio the Cruel or the dim-witted Prince Edmund from the neighboring country. Both want her only for her wealth, and Alexandria knows she must find a chance to escape. Luck is on the way, and she manages to run away with the help of her flock of enchanted geese. Now her real adventures are set to begin!
Along the way, she and her goose friends have magical adventures involving hungry ogresses, a bumbling prince, dark dungeons, and a special set of royal jewels. Add in a sprinkling of romance and you get a good fantasy novel with a fairytale spin that every girl can enjoy! The character, Alexandria, is strong, witty, brave, and a perfect heroine for this awesome novel. An exciting and twisting plot will keep readers entertained for hours, but will there be a happy ending? Read the book to find out more!
Reviewed by: Safia Abdul
Goose Chase - review December 30, 2003
This book is a fairy tale about a goose girl who gets a magical gift from an old woman. Whenever the goose cries, her tears turn into diamonds and whenever she brushes her hair, gold dust floats to the floor. Her hair is also enchanted, it grows longer or shorter when she asks it to. Althougth the gift might seem great, the goose girl hates it. She wants to stay in her cottage with her her geese, but a prince and an evil king both want to marry her. The prince even locks her in a tower. Most of the book is about what hjappens after her geese help her escape from the tower.The book is a lot like "Ella Enchanted." In both books the main characters have dead mothers and are given gifts that they don't like. This book also combines a lot of fairy tales, like "Hansel and Gretel," because the goose girl and the prince get captured by ogresses who want to eat them. The goose girl saves the prince by telling the ogresses to wait and fatten him up. "Goose Chase" is also like "Rapunzel," because the goose girl uses her hair to escape from a tower and it's like "The Wild Swans" because in the end the geese trun back into humans. I enjoyed the book because the goose girl has a lot of adventures and it is very suspenseful, whenever you finish a chapter something is about to happen, so you always want to keep reading. I liked the goose girl better when she was poor than when she was rich and ungrateful. At the end of the book, when she finally gets to see her sisters in human form she is annoyed by them and wants to go back to living alone. If my sisters were wild geese, I would want to live with them forever.
 Goose Chase October 3, 2003
If you are in for a adventure fanasty you have chosen the right book. I rate this book 3 stars because I do not the genre of the book. Patrice Kindl is an amazing author and does a great job of making cliff hangers. Once you start this book you will never want to put it down! Goose Chase is an Awesome book and I promise you that you will enjoy it.
 I LUV IT! I LUV IT! I LUV IT! Get the picture? June 21, 2003
One of the funniest and wittiest fairytales I've read all year. And it's original to boot.Okay, we have a young goosegirl. She's rather plain, she's not overly fond of bathing or combing her hair, she's poor, alone in the world, and so on...a common peasant. When she shows kindness to a hideous old hag (who happens to be her fairy godmother and who, it may surprise you to know, is not in disguise) she is transformed into a glorious beauty who cries diamonds and brushes gold dust from her hair. And now we have a goosegirl who is not only beautiful, but filthy rich...and pursued by a prince and a king. But when the goosegirl, Alexandria, refuses to marry either of her suitors, her gift becomes a living nightmare as they lock her in a tower and vow to keep her prisoner until she chooses one of them. Hmmm. Bachelor number one is a cruel king who rules his country with an iron fist and a cold heart. He has had two other wives who have both died of mysterious causes. He enjoys polishing his weapons and killing small animals. Bachelor number two is a handsome young prince with no intelligence, wit, or conversation. Actually, he is as dumb as mud and, if he is chosen, he will probably be assinated by his rival. As you can see, it will not be an easy choice for our fair goosegirl. What it will be is a romp through the lands of fairy with a brief nod to several beloved fairytales (Rapunzal, Cinderella, and lots more) that just might end with happily ever after...and true love.
Very amusing, of the same quality as Woman in the Wall. June 8, 2003
I loved this book. Although very different from The Woman in the Wall, it was just as excellent. The characters were great, although it did seem a little too convenient at times, how everything always went just the way it should to break the enchantment. I know, you can shrug it off on the fairy godmother, but I really rather disapprove of that. But otherwise I loved the book. I wish there was a sequel. I love sequels.
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