As before, the tennis matches are depicted with pace and spirit. This story, with its elements of sports, fantasy, and social consciousness that highlight tensions between the powerful and those they prey upon, successfully continues the series conceived by late basketball superstar Bryant. Legacy will have to overcome her fears and find the magic that allowed her to claim victory in the past. Winning at tennis is not just about money and fame, but resisting Silla’s plans to send more young people into brutal mines with little hope of better lives. If Legacy is to win again, she must play her imposter while disguised as someone else. False Legacy has become a hero to the masses, further strengthening Silla’s hold, and it becomes imperative to uncover and defeat her. She is so convincing that the real Legacy is accused of being an imitation.
With her friends’ help, she is in training to defend her championship when they discover that another player, operating under the protection of High Consul Silla, is presenting herself as Legacy. In this sequel to Legacy and the Queen (2019), Legacy Petrin and her friends Javi and Pippa have returned to Legacy’s home province and the orphanage run by her father. Unnerving and uncanny-just as it should be.Ī young tennis champion becomes the target of revenge. The majority of characters are White-presenting while there is some variety of skin color among secondary and background characters. Her distinctive illustration style is well matched to Hoffmann’s story, with vivid colors, wavy linework, and exaggerated facial expressions that all reinforce the trippy, unsettling plot. Andrewson makes smart choices with her adaptation, refocusing the story on passionate and empathetic Marie, who has the most personality of all the fairy tale–esque characters. A finale that inextricably weaves these two stories together leaves readers to determine for themselves the line between fantasy and reality. Each night, Marie makes a sacrifice to the terrifying mouse king, who demands payment for sparing her beloved nutcracker.
Marie falls ill after she rescues him, and each day of her recovery, Drosselmeier spins a bedside tale of a princess cursed to transform into a human nutcracker and the astronomer’s son who saves her by embodying the curse himself. That night, she stumbles upon Drosselmeier performing a magic ritual that brings a huge, fuchsia mouse king into her home to finish a long-fought battle with her toys, led by her beloved-and now quite alive-nutcracker. Marie quickly discovers a human-shaped nutcracker under the Christmas tree and immediately becomes enamored. Hoffmann’s Christmas classic.Įvery Christmas Eve, mysterious Godfather Drosselmeier brings Marie Stahlbaum and her brother, Fritz, handmade gifts. A retelling breathes new life into E.T.A.
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