Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu's Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale.

Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Breadcrumbs is a stunningly original fairy tale of modern-day America, a dazzling ode to the power of fantasy, and a heartbreaking meditation on how growing up is as much a choice as it is something that happens to us.

In Breadcrumbs, Anne Ursu tells, in her one-of-a-kind voice, a story that brings together fifty years of children's literature in a tale as modern as it is timeless. Hazel's journey to come to terms with her evolving friendship with Jack will deeply resonate with young readers.

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Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu, was named one of the best books of 2011 by The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, and the Chicago Public Library, with Kirkus Reviews calling it a changing tribute to the power of friendship. It was also featured on NPR's Backseat Book Club and was on the IndieBound Next List. She also received the McKnight Fellowship Award in Children's Literature in 2013. Anne is an MA in Writing for Children and Young Adults instructor at Hamline University. Her son and four cats--all monster fighters--live with her in Minneapolis.