Hale, S. (2008). Rapunzel’s Revenge. New York: Bloomsbury. Rapunzel's Revenge is a graphic novel full of adventure; it is a fractured fairy tale with a young adult feel. Rapunzel grew up in a great villa; it was beautiful but since she was little, Rapunzel felt something was not right and that she didn't belong. She has distant dreams of a simpler happier time. Every time she told her mother about her dreams, she is forbid to speak of them again, her mother said if you ignore the dreams they will go away. On Rapunzel's 12th birthday, she rebelled from her mother's clutches and escapes beyond the wall. The great wall hid the desolate wasteland where people work like slaves. As she was watches the people line up for water she sees a face that looks familiar. Rapunzel and the woman realize that she is her true mother, taken away by the woman that raised Rapunzel named Gothel. Rapunzel is brought back within the wall by Gothel's henchmen and eventually banished within a magical tree Gothel has created. After years of being there, Rapunzel with the help of her extremely long hair escape the tree that was a prison. The escape soon led to more trouble, all Rapunzel wants to do was to free her mother. She meets up with Jack and has a series of misadventures where kidnapping, criminals and lies are around every corner. They devise a plan to enter back into Gothel's lair and confront the evil witch woman. After a battle with Gothel, her evil stepmother is defeated and the curse of her magic is broken. The kingdom is saved after Gothel is entrapped by her own magic. The affliction of the years of Gothel's rule was destroyed and the land eventually turns back to a green as it was before Gothel's havoc. Rapunzel is reunited with her Mother, who calls her Annie and Jack steals a kiss. Shannon and Dean Hale along with Nathan Hale have created a visual stunning graphic novel with scenes from the Old West to a castle garden surrounded by a dessert. It is reminisce of a dystopian novel with Rapunzel as its hero. Rapunzel is not a perfect heroine but is brave and ready to defend herself and correct the wrongs in a very Katniss meets a fairy tale way. Nathan created the illustrations for this novel has a website called spacestationnathan.com complete with a blog of his upcoming work. He has illustrated other books notably a graphic novel series, Hazardous Tales.