Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

It’s a great story for this character, given that the movie is really about Jack and his identity crisis. After marrying Jack and becoming the Pumpkin Queen of Halloween Town, Sally is uncomfortable in her new role as she doesn’t know how well she fits in in a role that she never thought she would have. Shea Ernshaw has created a dark fairytale that has Sally at the very center of it. This is the exact kind of story a Sally Ragdoll lover wants to have in their life.Īnd yes also for the romantics who love this couple with all their heart. When it was available at ALA, I picked it up, and on my first day of post conference isolation I decided to read it. I like Ernshaw’s work, but Sally is near and dear to my heart. When I heard that Shea Ernshaw had written a new YA dark fantasy called “Long Live the Pumpkin Queen”, which starred Sally after her marriage to Jack, I was nervous. As much as I love her, she admittedly doesn’t have a lot to do in the movie outside of being a sweet romantic foil who sees the downside to Jack’s Christmas vision. I loved the aesthetic, I loved the story, and I LOVED Sally Ragdoll, Jack Skellington’s love interest (voiced by the iconic Catherine O’Hara). This will come as a shock to absolutely no one, but when I was in high school I was obsessed with “The Nightmare Before Christmas” like any good Goth kid was. Review: Thank you to Disney Press for giving me an ARC of this novel! Can Sally discover what it means to be true to herself and save the town she’s learned to call home, or will her future turn into her worst… well, nightmare. But when Sally and Zero accidentally uncover a long-hidden doorway to an ancient realm called Dream Town in the forest Hinterlands, she’ll unknowingly set into motion a chain of sinister events that put her future as Pumpkin Queen, and the future of Halloween Town itself, into jeopardy.

FInkelstein for a different - albeit gilded - cage. Cast into the spotlight and tasked with all sorts of queenly duties, Sally can’t help but wonder if all she’s done is trade her captivity under Dr. Sally Skellington is the official, newly-minted Pumpkin Queen after a whirlwind courtship with her true love, Jack, who Sally adores with every inch of her fabric seams - if only she could say the same for her new role as Queen of Halloween Town.

Where You Can Get This Book: WorldCat | Amazon | Indieboundīook Description: Jack and Sally are “truly meant to be” … or are they?

Where Did I Get This Book: I received an ARC from the publisher at ALAAC22. Publishing Info: Disney Press, August 2022 Book: “Long Live the Pumpkin Queen” by Shea Ernshaw

Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw