Rapunzel lives in a grand villa
where she has servants that tend to all her needs. She lives with Gothel, her
mother, and was not allowed to ever leave the villa. One day her curiosity got
the best of her, and Rapunzel climbed over the wall. On the other side the land
was dry and barren, unlike the lush green land that filled the area of her
villa. She also discovered that there were people who were being held prisoners
by her mother, or at least who she though was her mother. One of the prisoners
she ran into seemed vaguely familiar to Rapunzel, it turned out she was her
real mother. Mother Gothel had kidnapped Rapunzel when she was young, and her
mother and father were heart broken. Rapunzel was quickly rushed to the other side
of the wall and taken to a dungeon. One day she managed to escape, and decided
to rescue her mother. Along the way Rapunzel met a guy name Jack, who became
her sidekick. Rapunzel had gotten good at using her long hair to defend herself
while she was in the dungeon, that she would handle any bad guys that came
their way before Jack could intervene. After a long series of adventures
Rapunzel and Jack finally made it to Mother Gothel’s Villa. Once there, they were
able to rescue her mother and vanquish Mother Gothel. Rapunzel found her totem
and retrieved it using a pick ax named Inga. Once the totem was out of the
glass case, the little tree started to grow. In the process Mother Gothel tried
to attack Rapunzel, but Jack pushed her into the tree. They never heard of
Mother Gothel again, Rapunzel was reunited with her mother, and the land
returned to its natural lush state. This book is a graphic novel that is fun
and exciting for students in the upper elementary to read. The illustrations
are colorful, and you can clearly see every detail in the images. The illustrator
did a wonderful job at capturing the expressions on the characters faces as
well. This book can be used in a compare and contrast activity with the
original story. Students can also us this to learn about plot, character conflict, and
making inferences on what happened at the end of the story. The one thing that
I wished this book had, was and explanation on how Mother Gothel was able
to suck the life out of the land. There is a lot of questions that I still have
regarding the totem.
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