2023 PopSugar Challenge: a book you meant to read in 2022

Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Shea Ernshaw

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


3.5 stars but not enough to go to 4

++++

Sally has married Jack and become the Pumpkin Queen. But she's not sure she's up to the role, after all she's just a simple Rag Doll.

But one day a menace strikes Halloween Town that Sally is immune against. She finds she is the only one able to fix what has happened. She ends up traveling to other holiday Towns and also discovers a new realm - Dream Town, where the horror has come from.

In order to help save her home, the other holidays and the Human World, Sally finds she must face her fears, her past and her future to become the Pumpkin Queen in not just name but in practice.

+++++

This story had the feel of an authorized fanfiction and that's not a bad thing. There were aspects that annoyed me - such as the constant reference to how Sally is stuffed with dead leaves. But it was an interesting story that explored the concept of finding yourself and discovering what you can do in a crisis.

I would recommend this book for youth fans of the movie.





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