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Title	:	Golden: A Retelling of Rapunzel (Once Upon a Time)
Author	:	Cameron Dokey
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 179 pages
Published	:	February 1st 2006 by Simon Pulse
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Fairy Tales. Retellings. Romance

Golden: A Retelling of Rapunzel (Once Upon a Time)

Cameron Dokey

Paperback | Pages: 179 pages

Rating: 3.78 | 7342 Users | 670 Reviews

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Before Rapunzel's birth, her mother made a dangerous deal with the sorceress Melisande: If she could not love newborn Rapunzel just as she appeared, she would surrender the child to Melisande. When Rapunzel was born completely bald and without hope of ever growing hair, her horrified mother sent her away with the sorceress to an uncertain future.

After sixteen years of raising Rapunzel as her own child, Melisande reveals that she has another daughter, Rue, who was cursed by a wizard years ago and needs Rapunzel's help. Rue and Rapunzel have precisely "two nights and the day that falls between" to break the enchantment. But bitterness and envy come between the girls, and if they fail to work together, Rue will remain cursed...forever.

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Original Title:	Golden: A Retelling of "Rapunzel"
ISBN:	1416905804 (ISBN13: 9781416905806)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Once Upon a Time
Characters:	Raphaela Zilberger

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*Originally posted at Rachael Turns Pages *I fell in love with the story of Rapunzel from my very first encounter with the story when I saw Barbie as Rapunzel to Disney's Tangled. I was excited to read Golden for the specific reason that it was a Rapunzel retelling. I fell in love with Cameron's Dokey's changes to the story.As it turns out Rapunzel's mother has a heart made of stone and can make no room in her heart for Rapunzel. Her mother has hair that is long and beautiful, but Rapunzel is

Have I ever mentioned how much I love fairy tales?Golden is a beautifully done retelling of Rapunzel. Melisande the sorceress catches a man stealing an herb, rapunzel (parsely), from her garden because his pregnant wife has a craving. The mother, although beautiful, is selfish and is unable to love her newborn daughter because the girl was born completely bald. Melisande adopts the girl, who remains bald. When Rapunzel is 16, she learns that Melisande has a daughter who is trapped in a tower as

THIS IS A SPINOFF, not a retelling. Rapunzel isn't the maiden in the tower, but a miserably cursed girl destined to be bald for life. Why? Oh, some wizard had a temper tantrum with the sorceress--who is NOT the villain here, but Rapunzel's mother figure. The book is boring, bland and long-winded with doggone stupid insta-love that makes Disney romances look like stalled engagements.After I complete Once, I'm done with Dokey. She does retellings horribly. A true retelling maintains the CORE story

Really, really good!I liked where the author went with the original story and how it ended. Recommend it to the children and younglings for the engaging little story and meaningful little messages. ;)

SUMMARY: Before Rapunzel's birth, her mother made a dangerous deal with the sorceress Melisande: If she could not love newborn Rapunzel just as she appeared, she would surrender the child to Melisande. When Rapunzel was born completely bald and without hope of ever growing hair, her horrified mother sent her away with the sorceress to an uncertain future. After sixteen years of raising Rapunzel as her own child, Melisande reveals that she has another daughter, Rue, who was cursed by a wizard



I really enjoyed this retelling of Rapunzel. Last semester I took the course the Art of the Children's Book and wrote a paper comparing three different versions of the classic tale of Rapunzel, therefore, I was very interested in reading this. While the three versions stories and illustrations all varied slightly, overall, they were very similar. Golden, on the other hand, had a great twist. I loved the fact that in this rendering, Rapunzel is completely bald. Dokey takes away the most well