The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland #1) (2011)

September accepts a way out of Omaha and discovers that Fairyland's inviting oddities have rules and costs of their own. New companions and changing forms of travel give her passage a restless, storybook variety. Valente rewards readers who like a narrator pausing over the peculiar details a hurried quest might miss. Written for younger readers with plenty for adults to enjoy, this begins a larger Fairyland sequence.