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Broken Toys
- Date Issued:
- 2018
- Abstract/Description:
- This novel is about a character, Felicity Gourd. She's Cinderella, but she lives in twenty-first century Boston and knows the Cinderella story as well as anyone else. She's also one of a small number of people who are able turn into the creatures represented by their childhood toys. Felicity's toy was a mouse. Her godmother's was, of course, a fairy.Through her godmother, Felicity enters the community of Toys, where she finally finds a home. But the Toys are the only people who stand in the way of Clarity, a secret organization that wants to place humanity under the rule of a personality-type based master race. The Toys' victory comes at the cost of most of their lives, leaving Felicity to find her own way, with neither stepmother nor fairy godmother.
Title: | Broken Toys. |
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Name(s): |
Eliot, Robin, Author Pugh, William, Committee Chair Milanes, Cecilia, Committee Member Nwakanma, Obi, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2018 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | This novel is about a character, Felicity Gourd. She's Cinderella, but she lives in twenty-first century Boston and knows the Cinderella story as well as anyone else. She's also one of a small number of people who are able turn into the creatures represented by their childhood toys. Felicity's toy was a mouse. Her godmother's was, of course, a fairy.Through her godmother, Felicity enters the community of Toys, where she finally finds a home. But the Toys are the only people who stand in the way of Clarity, a secret organization that wants to place humanity under the rule of a personality-type based master race. The Toys' victory comes at the cost of most of their lives, leaving Felicity to find her own way, with neither stepmother nor fairy godmother. | |
Identifier: | CFE0006999 (IID), ucf:51624 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
2018-05-01 M.F.A. Arts and Humanities, English Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): | fiction -- novel | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006999 | |
Restrictions on Access: | campus 2023-05-15 | |
Host Institution: | UCF |