[DeepL Translation - needs review] Sara Allen is a ten-year-old girl living in Brooklyn, New York. Her greatest wish is to go alone to Manhattan to bring her grandmother a strawberry shortcake. The grandmother of this modern-day Little Red Riding Hood has been a music hall singer and has been married several times. The wolf is Mr. Woolf, a multimillionaire pie maker who lives near Central Park in a pie-shaped skyscraper. But the magical thread of this story centers on Miss Lunatic, an ageles...
Lovely little re-imagining of little red riding hood set in New York in the early 90's, a magical world in which anything is possible as long as you keep your eyes open and face your fears.
Unlike most books aimed at the 10+ range, this is well written and if you rolled your eyes at the prose of Amanda Black you should find some comfort here, especially the first third or so which does a great job describing the wonder and frustrations of being a 10 year old. Apparently this is something of a