History Literature / TheGirlWhoCircumnavigatedFairylandInAShipOfHerOwnMaking

* {{Polyamory}}: The witches Hello and Goodbye are both married to the werewolf Manythanks.

* [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen God Save Us From The Marquess]]: The Marquess has no problem killing her subjects, stealing their possessions, forcing them to wear iron chains around their wings (which, for the fey, is ''very'' painful) or [[spoiler:splitting Fairyland forever from the human world]]).

* OurGeniesAreDifferent: Marids. Djinni are creatures of the air, but Marids are creatures of the sea.

* ParentsAsPeople: More serious, less zany. September comes from a loving home, but her father is away fighting in WorldWarII an her mother works long hours in a factory. September holds it against them enough that she doesn't wave goodbye when she goes to Fairyland, though she regrets this later.
* {{Polyamory}}: The witches Hello and Goodbye are both married to the werewolf Many Thanks.

* ComingOfAgeStory: September is right on the verge of puberty. She hasn't grown a heart yet, but she will very soon.

* InsistentTerminology: September argues that witch food and dragon food is not the fairy food that she should beware. [[spoiler: She's wrong.]]

''The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making'' is a children's and young adult fantasy novel by Creator/CatherynneMValente, with illustrations by Ana Juan. The novel started as a [[ShowWithinAShow book within a book]] in ''Literature/{{Palimpsest}}''. It was originally published for free online, but was finally put onto paper in May 2011. It deals with the adventures a young girl called September has in Fairyland. ThatSoundsFamiliar, but the book provides a broad knowledge on folklore, and reads like a love letter to those odd Victorian classics with a twist of sardonic humor to them (such as ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''). A sequel called ''The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There'' was published in October 2012. A prequel, ''The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While'', tells the story of the young girl who became Fairyland's Queen Mallow (and is full of Major {{Spoiler}}s for the first book, so only read it after that one).

* NotSoDifferent: September and Marquess [[spoiler: / Mallow]].

* ShoutOut: The narration mentions an orange book of [[ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]] that September is fond of. This is undoubtedly ''D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths'', which Valente has mentioned as one of her inspirations.

** While Halloween does many unsavory things (steals shadows from Fairyland Above, cuts shadows off of her own people, [[spoiler:plans to force Fairyland Above to join the human world]], etc), she does have a point when she argues that the shadows deserve to have their own lives, independant of the people they mirror.

* TwistEnding: And a really good one. [[spoiler: It turns out that the Marquess wants September to lock the portal which connects the human world to Fairyland, supposely so that no child can get lost again. To pursuade September, she shows her a watch with September's name on it, which determines the time she stays in Fairyland. Then it turns out that it's the Marquess's watch, whose true name is Maud Elizabeth Smythe, and that it's she who doesn't want to return or let any other child come. Then she reveals her backstory, which is really interesting and touching.]]

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''The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making'' is a children's and young adult fantasy novel by Creator/CatherynneMValente, with illustrations by Ana Juan. It was originally published for free online, but was finally put onto paper in May 2011. It deals with the adventures a young girl called September has in Fairyland. ThatSoundsFamiliar, but the book provides a broad knowledge on folklore, and reads like a love letter to those odd Victorian classics with a twist of sardonic humor to them (such as ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''). A sequel called ''The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There'' was published in October 2012. A prequel, ''The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While'', tells the story of the young girl who became Fairyland's Queen Mallow (and is full of Major {{Spoiler}}s for the first book, so only read it after that one).

''The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making'' is a children's and young adult fantasy novel by Creator/CatherynneMValente, with illustrations by Ana Juan. It was originally published for free online, but was finally put onto paper in May 2011. It deals with the adventures a young girl called September has in Fairyland. ThatSoundsFamiliar, but the book provides a broad knowledge on folklore, and reads like a love letter to those odd Victorian classics with a twist of sardonic humor to them (such as ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''). A sequel called ''The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There'' was published in October 2012. A prequel, ''The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While'', tells the story of the young girl who became Fairyland's evil Marquess (and is full of spoilers for the first book, so be careful).

''The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making'' is a children's and young adult fantasy novel by Creator/CatherynneMValente, with illustrations by Ana Juan. It was originally published for free online, but was finally put onto paper in May 2011. It deals with the adventures a young girl called September has in Fairyland. ThatSoundsFamiliar, but the book provides a broad knowledge on folklore, and reads like a love letter to those odd Victorian classics with a twist of sardonic humor to them (such as ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''). A sequel called ''The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There'' is also set for an unknown release date. A prequel, ''The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While'', tells the story of the young girl who became Fairyland's evil Marquess (and is full of spoilers for the first book, so be careful).

''The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making'' is a children's and young adult fantasy novel by Creator/CatherynneMValente, with illustrations by Ana Juan. It was originally published for free online, but was finally put onto paper in May 2011. It deals with the adventures a young girl called September has in Fairyland. ThatSoundsFamiliar, but the book provides a broad knowledge on folklore, and reads like a love letter to those odd Victorian classics with a twist of sardonic humor to them (such as AliceInWonderland). A sequel called ''The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There'' is also set for an unknown release date. A prequel, ''The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While'', tells the story of the young girl who became Fairyland's evil Marquess (and is full of spoilers for the first book, so be careful).