Rennefarre Blog Tour: Blog Tour Schedule

Monday, October 29, 2012

Blog Tour Schedule

January 2013 - Confirmed Dates

January 3
Book Sake (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 4
The Top Shelf (spotlight)
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January 5
My Devotional Thoughts (review)
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January 7
Reading Challenged (review)
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January 8
Colorimetry (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 10
5 Minutes for Books (review)
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January 11
Crazed Mind (review)
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January 14
The Character Connection (spotlight & giveaway)
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and
Knits and Reads (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 15
The Plot Thickens (spotlight & giveaway)
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and
Freda's Voice (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 16
City Girl Who Loves to Read (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 17
Christie's Book Reviews (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 18
The Bibliophilic Book Blog (spotlight & giveaway)
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and
Concert Katie (review)
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January 21
Gina's Library (spotlight & giveaway)
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and
Novel d'Tales (review)
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January 22
I Am a Reader, Not a Writer (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 24
Tribute Books Mama (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 25
Tribute Books Reviews & Giveaways (spotlight & giveaway)
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January 28
The Children's and Teens' Book Connection (review)
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January 29
D A Bale Publishing (review)
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January 30
Deal Sharing Aunt (review)
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Malve von Hassell

Web Site:
malvevonhassell.com

Bio:
Malve von Hassell is a freelance writer, researcher, and translator. She holds a Ph. D. in anthropology from the New School for Social Research. Working as an independent scholar, she published several books and journal articles, in particular, The Struggle for Eden: Community Gardens in New York City (Bergin & Garvey 2002) and Homesteading in New York City 1978-1993: The Divided Heart of Loisaida (Bergin & Garvey 1996). She has also edited her grandfather Ulrich von Hassell's memoirs written in prison in 1944, Der Kreis schließt sich - Aufzeichnungen aus der Haft 1944 (Propylaen Verlag 1994). She has taught at Queens College, Baruch College, Pace University, and Suffolk County Community College, while continuing her work as a translator and writer. She has published a children’s picture book, Letters from the Tooth Fairy (Mill City Press, 2012), and completed a manuscript for a historical fiction book set in the 13th century for young adults, Falconello. She is working on a historical fiction novel set in Jerusalem in the time of the crusades.

To Purchase Book

Paperback
Price: $13.99
Pages: 297
ISBN: 9781938690389
Publisher: Two Harbors Press
Release: December 11, 2012
Buy Link: MyBookOrders.com

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Summary:
Imagine riding on the back of a blue heron across time and space. Imagine befriending crows, being kidnapped by magpies, and being given a lift on the back of a kindly stag. Imagine experiencing life as an outcast from human society, encountering spirits and mythical creatures from the world of legends, experiencing the plague in Dresden, and being chased through Berlin by Frederick the Great.

Dott is a twelve-year old girl. She lives in the countryside east of Berlin in an unspecified time between the two world wars. When Dott sneaks out to see the bonfire at the edge of her village on the evening of the midsummer night festival, she has no idea what will happen next. In the dark of night, the magical Rennefarre flower falls into her shoe. It not only makes her invisible, but also allows her to see things no one else could see. No longer able to stay with her parents and her young brother and sister, she begins her search to find a way out of her predicament.

Her quest to return home to her family winds its way through the cities and countryside of 20th century Germany—and beyond. As she befriends the local animals, they help her on her way with gifts of food, shelter, and—through the help of a kind spirit—a magical cup which allows her to become small and ride on the backs of the birds.

Flying across the country on the backs of crows and herons, Dott finds herself seeing the country not only as it is, but also as it used to be. She lives through moments in history others can only read about—meeting historical kings and fanciful spirits along the way. But, even with all of the excitement of her travels, she always has one goal in mind: returning home to her family.

Part coming-of-age story, part fantasy, and part social-cultural portrait of Eastern Germany in the early part of the 20th century, the book covers real ground. That is, one could follow Dott's travels on a map of the area. Seamlessly blending elements of fantasy and history, the book contains a fascinating array of details of day-to-day life in rural and urban areas in eastern Germany. Dott’s adventures are interwoven with folklore and myths as well as vivid accounts of different eras and the diverse cultural and ethnic strains that have formed the basis for a rich and complex history of Germany and Eastern Europe. Written on the eve of World War II, the book offers a sobering perspective on the human potential for causing devastation. At the same time it is filled with hope. In one scene, Dott gets a glimpse of the future — an utterly destroyed cityscape; it inspires her to look to her own responsibilities and actions in life.

Details regarding the translation:
Rennefarre: Dott’s Wonderful Travels and Adventures is a translation of a German children’s classic by Tamara Ramsay (Wunderbare Fahrten und Abenteuer der kleinen Dott). Reminiscent of The NeverEnding Story, Nils Holgersson and the Wild Geese, and the Magic Tree House series, the book would be appropriate for children ten years of age and older. The book was first published by Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, in 1941. An expanded edition of the book in three volumes appeared after World War II in 1950/1951. An abridged new edition in a single volume appeared in 1965 (Stuttgart: Union Verlag, 1965). Over 25 editions of the book appeared between 1941 and 2008. In 2007, it was published in a new expanded edition in two volumes by Prignitz-Pur Verlag, Germany. The book was translated only once previously, into Dutch in 1986 (De wonderbare avonturen van Kleine Dot, Christofoor, Zeist, 1986). The translated text reflects the German abridged edition of 1965.