If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream…
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
What if it wasn’t a dream?
What if the faeries Shakespeare spoke of were real?
Merry and tragical! Tedious and brief! That
is, hot ice and wondrous strange snow…
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Genre
Wondrous Strange’s genre is Fantasy, but the way Lesley
writes make it very easy to believe that the characters
are real. Who knows maybe Central Park is a gateway
to the Otherworld!
Tavern on the Green
Point of View
I would say this book is in third person
omniscient because the narrator gets
into the minds of both Sonny and
Kelley.
Main Characters
Sonny- Well respected
member of the Janus
Guard. Falls for Kelley.
Kelley- She is a
seventeen year old
girl that loves to
perform
Shakespeare. She
is very nice to
people, but she is
somewhat shy.
Other Characters
Mindi- Stage manager at Avalon Grande
Bob- Actor who plays Puck in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream. Is he acting?
Quentin- High-strung perfectionist director of A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jack Savage- Actor who plays the faerie king, Oberon, in
the show. He is in his early fifties and is often called
Gentleman Jack.
Other Characters
Aunt Emma- Has helped Kelley’s parents raise her since
she was a baby. She holds a deep secret about Kelley’s past
and is the one that gave Kelley a necklace that Sonny
thinks holds some magical properties.
Auberon/Oberon- King of the Unseelie Court of Faerie
and Winter. It is his Janus Guard that guards the Samhain
Gate in Central Park.
Queen Mabh- Faerie Queen of Autumn. Mabh likes to
cause trouble and therefore has been confined to her own
realm. She is the creator of the Wild Hunt.
Other Characters
Tyff Meyers- Kelley’s roommate. She is a model and is more
than a little high-strung. She is not who she appears to be.
Lucky- A “horse” that followed Kelley home after she rescued it
from drowning.
Herne- A man that became a god; he was the original Rider of
the Roan horse and leader of the Wild Hunt which was brought
upon by a curse from Queen Mabh.
Janus Guard- They kill dangerous Faeries that try to escape the
Otherworld into the mortal realm. Members include Sonny,
Maddox, Fennrys Wolf, camina, Bellamy, Godwyn, Bryan, Beni,
Ghost, Aaneel, Percival, Selene, and Cait.
 Kelley and Sonny are the Protagonists
 The Wild Hunt and Queen Mabh are the Antagonists
Setting
The story takes place in New York City in present day.
Most of the scenes take place at the Avalon Grande,
Central Park, and Kelley’s and Sonny’s apartments. The
main areas in Central Park that the story took place
were the Shakespeare Garden, the Lake, Bethesda
Terrace, the Central Park Carousel, Hernshead, and the
Tavern on the Green.
Hernshead
Bethesda Terrace
Central Park Carousel
Conflict
Character versus Circumstances
I think this because Kelley is thrust
into a world she doesn’t understand.
She has a destiny that she cannot
run from.
Themes
-Love
-Lust for Power
-Betrayal
-Sense of Self
-Loss
-Moral Rightness
-Alienation
Favorite Part
My favorite part of this book is when Sonny first comes across Kelley.
He finds her in Central Park in the Shakespeare Garden. He sneaks
up on her to see what she is doing, and assumes that since she is
muttering to herself , she must be just another Central Park crazy.
He starts to leave when she suddenly shouts and points in his
direction…
“Out of this wood do not desire to go! Thou shalt remain here ,
whether thou wilt or no”
For a second, he believes her to be a member of the Otherworld, but
then the rhyming of the words tips him off that it was actually
Shakespeare she was reciting. Kelley ends up stumbling over her
words, and, in frustration, breaks down and cries. Sonny decides to
cheer her up by stepping out of the shadows and presenting her with
a rose. As she leans down to smell the rose, he the promptly
disappears again leaving her in awe.
 I like this part because it is very
romantic. It also leaves Sonny as a
mystery to her.
Photo Resources
Wondrous Strange Cover
http://goldiesays.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/wondrousstrange.jpg
Central Park Bridge
http://environmentalgeography.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/central-parknew-york-city.jpg
Sad Faerie
http://th01.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/311/d/2/__The_Sad_Fairy___by_
missy_g.jpg
Hernshead
http://www.centralparknyc.org/visit/things-to-see/images/hernshead-l.jpg
Photo Resources
Bethesda Terrace
http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/r/ransom_bethesda.jpg
Central Park Carousel
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/22833015.jpg
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
http://alumweb.mit.edu/upload/LS/A_Midsummer_Nights_Dream_18029.jpg
Red Haired Faerie
http://media.photobucket.com/image/fantasyartfairy/nami_yuganashi/Engel/f
antasyartfairy.jpg
Tavern on the Green
http://www.centralpark.com/usr/photos/large/b4/tavern-on-the-green.jpg
Photo Resources
Mystical Forest
http://files.myopera.com/dyktily-wizh/albums/775589/Mystical%20Forest.jpg
Lesley Livingston
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dcAuU5TUbQ/SzBCKEsiTpI/AAAAAAAAB9w/fwB_IpEj_EQ/s320/lesley+livingston.jpg
Darklight Cover
http://www.paranormalpeopleonline.com/media-review/wpcontent/uploads/2010/03/DarklightHCc1.jpg
Loving Embrace
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/imgset/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFllOU01aLVh0M1JHTktOODVvLT
VIUFEAAAACaWQKAXgAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg
Informational Resoures
Author biography, book summary,
awards, reviews, and other books
http://www.lesleylivingston.com/
Quotes, characters, book summary, and
setting
Livingston, Lesley. Wondrous Strange. New York: HarperCollins,
2009. Print.
Out of this wood do not desire go…
And I do love thee…