In This Recent Fractured Fairy Tale Book List Post, I highlighted a sweet book Miss Priss and I found this summer called The Secret Destiny of Pixie Piper. Because of the post, a real live book author contacted ME! She offered to author a guest post at TheRoomMom. Ms. Fisher offers great tips for contacting book authors and writing letters that authors love to read.
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR) has developed a book series for Ever After High. The company had worked on the Monster High book series, which had sold over two million copies. LBYR vice-president Erin Stein said in an interview for Publishers Weekly that when he was first exposed to the Ever After High franchise, "immediately dozens of ideas were spinning in our heads...How could we resist publishing this? It was a no-brainer." The first book, The Storybook of Legends was written by Shannon Hale, who had worked on other titles such as Princess Academy and The Goose Girl. It debuted in October 2013, with the first print of 300,000 copies.[113] Hale has remarked that she likes that the Ever After High books can reach kids who are not regular readers.[114] The first book reached number 7 on the New York Times bestseller list for Children's Middle Grade.[115] In addition to the trilogy, Hale was written a collection of short stories that were compiled in Once Upon a Time: A Story Collection.
A while ago, on my tumblr, I wrote up a list of Ever After High classes. I figured it'd be useful to not only post them here but to post some information (and educated speculation) about the school in general here. I'm currently reading the Ever After High books and, naturally, I'm an avid fan of the webisodes. Information in this article is from both of those sources and things like the website, quizzes, and cards. I'm only human, so information on this list may be wrong or incomplete, though I do strive for accuracy. If you can provide a source to your fact (a screenshot, page number, url...) I'll be happy to update this to include the fact. Every little helps!
The Storybook of Legends was a book that resided in Ever After High. Traditionally, on Legacy Day, a student would pledge their destiny by unlocking the book with a key they had summoned. (Note: the book itself seemed to be able to summon a quill for the student to sign with). Students would then sign the book and tie themselves to their destiny. It is unknown who made the book or where it came from but it was (seemingly) one of a kind. It had been around for at least one generation of students, probably longer.
As mentioned earlier, signing the book tied you to the story/role you signed under. We don't know if this was a symbolic unity or a literal, magic unity. In Way Too Wonderland Courtly wanted to sign the book under Lizzie's name which would apparently give her story/role/destiny/legacy over to Courtly. It could be argued that this is just a misunderstanding, but this worry eventually leads to the book being destroyed by Apple.
Furthermore, when Raven signed to be the next Evil Queen in the real Storybook of Legends it seemed to have an actual effect on her personality. Her magic became instantly stronger and she became, well, pretty evil. Since the only other people we've seen sign the book signed the fake, it is unknown if Raven was a one off or if the book did genuinely change her personality to be more like her destiny. You could also make a case for this having nothing to do with personality at all. It could be the case that the book simply allowed Raven to unlock her full magic potential. This easily could have been overwhelming, leading to her change in behaviour.
In a confusing turn of events, Legacy Year (the year you pledge to fulfill your destiny) is second year, rather than the more logical 1st or 4th year (This is implied in the webisodes and confirmed in the book !The Storybook of Legends).
Though not a part of their schedule, ! The Storybook of Legends has the characters noting that this is the year people start to see students for what they will become. For example, evil characters become more feared in Legacy Year, as the prospect of fulfilling their destiny becomes more real.
Unlike your roommate and your counsellor, classes seem to change every year (! The Storybook of Legends) and they're dependent on what your destiny is. If you haven't got a destiny you get the luxury of picking your subjects, though this is rare. The subjects you pick will be used to shape your destiny (Poppy the Roybel). A scroll detailing your classes for the year is delivered to your dorm at the start of the school year (! Next Top Villain).
There are two types of dust: golden dust and blue dust. From the movies, "pixie dust" flows from the heart of the Pixie Dust Tree. From the books, following the Pixie Dust Tree's destruction, "fairy dust" is created by grinding the molten features of Mother Dove. In its common appearance, Pixie Dust is nothing more than a golden, sparkling powder. This dust comes from special blue pixie dust which replenishes the supply. As a golden color, it enables pixies to fly. Blue dust is shown to be a powerful augment and rejuvenator. However, there are other colors of pixie dust revealed/created in the movies, such as green, pink, orange, cyan, amber, and purple, each granting a fairy a talent or augmenting one. If a fairy's wings get wet, pixie dust cannot replenish them until they are dry. 2ff7e9595c
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