Teachers who don't teach book club...fairy tale edition

Remember the big bad wolf who bothered little red riding hood and her grandmother?

What if the big bad wolf was your dad?


And what if you lived in a dystopia where there used to be fairies who made dreams come true, but now fairies and dreams are gone?

And then what if you have to infiltrate the synthetic fairy dust drug running operation your dad was a part of Fast and Furious style to clear his name?

And what if Eden was a real place that you could see, but weren't allowed in?

And what if the good friend you made in juvie was Jack, of the beanstalk Jacks?

Not to mention a scary creature down in the depths of the city who wants to chomp you who might be a metaphor for societal ills but is also - in real life - going to chomp you.

Oh and don't forget the falling in love part. Wolf love. With a female wolf who asks you how many times she is going to have to save you.

And a feisty female detective who loves a fight.

I'd say it would all make for a rollicking ride of a book.

*My only caution is a brief 2-3 (I'm not sure as I had to cover my eyes and flip pages) TORTURE section which I couldn't handle and left me wondering: was that really necessary?

For dealing in fairy tales, the book was entirely modern and chalk full of modern societal issues like drugs and corruption. There are some problematic logistics in the book, such as: if the different species in the book are a metaphor for our society...who are the wolves? And what is that insinuating? Not to mention, if you can see Eden, but can't get to it (we imagined a floating island in the sky??), how did they pop into Eden by accident through a tunnel system when the societal ills monster was chasing them? CONFUSED.

Book club got off track after that with discussions of other books and teacher talk and CPS talk and why doesn't our waiter understand what can we split the bill means talk and then it was time for bed.

Until next time.

"Nobody knows the real story, because nobody ever heard my side of the story."
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs