Why a Booktrail?
A magical retelling of The Nutcracker
The Kingdom of Sweets
Why a Booktrail?
A magical retelling of The Nutcracker
What you need to know before your trail
Light and dark – this is the destiny placed upon Natasha and Clara, the birthright bestowed on them by their godfather, the mysterious sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara, the favourite, grows into beauty and ease, while Natasha is cursed to live in her sister’s shadow. But one fateful Christmas Eve, Natasha gets her chance at revenge. For Drosselmeyer has returned and brought with him the Nutcracker, an enchanted present which offers entry to a deceptively beautiful world: the Kingdom of Sweets.
In this land of snow and sugar, Natasha is presented with a power far greater than Drosselmeyer: the Sugar Plum Fairy, who is also a giver of gifts . . . and a maker of dread-filled bargains. As Natasha uncovers the dark destiny laid before her birth, she must reckon with powers both earthly and magical . . . and decide to which world she truly belongs.
Locations
Reset- Russia - Moscow
- A: Red Square
- B: The Kremlin
- C: Bolshoi Theatre
- Russia - St Petersburg
- D: Mariinsky Theatre
- E: The Hermitage Theatre
Travel Guide
Moscow and St Petersburg
A fictional world in its entirety. Erika says:
“The Russian Revolution has interested me since high school as one of the clearest historical examples of how well-meaning social movements often become so extreme that they cannibalize themselves, becoming the very thing they despised. I’m also a sucker for fictional tales in which history is not placed front and center as part of the plot, but provided in tantalizing snippets around the edges. So while The Kingdom of Sweets begins in a place that could probably be anywhere at the close of the Gilded Age, it gradually becomes centered in St. Petersburg in the dying days of Nicholas II’s reign.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Kingdom of Sweets
Destination: Moscow, Russia, St Petersburg Author/Guide: Erika Johansen Departure Time: now
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