Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars

In Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars, Princess Alyss is daughter of Queen Genevieve. While in the castle, the evil Queen Redd, attacked and Redd’s assassin cat chased them to the pool of tears. Hatter and Alyss jump in and are transported to the real world but in different places. Hatter searches all over for her but only finds a way back to wonderland and goes to an Alyssian camp. They go back for her years later and find her at a wedding and then the cat attacks but they bring her back to wonderland. Alyss completes the crystal maze and continues to defeat redd. Several people take on responsibility to help complete or to complete the goal. Hatter was one of the people who was most responsible. Genevieve had demanded that Hatter protect Alyss. Hatter went through the pool of tears with Alyss to get away from the cat but he lost her, “He planned to canvass the streets, search every lane and alley for the princess before moving on to another town or city.” Hatter is strong so he can save the princess. “Only an enemy would try to take Hatter’s weapons. … The daggers pinned the men to a wooden cart by their shirtsleeves: a feat of martial skill Hatter hoped would show that he could kill all three of them if he so desired.” Hatter was responsible for protecting the …show more content…
Alyss was fighting redd in an all-out war. Alyss wanted to just help and actually win. “‘Dodge!’ Alyss shouted, and in a reflex she conjured an AD52 into his hand, just as something knocked her on the head. A black shroud fell over her vision and she lost consciousness, giving Redd the only advantage she needed to put an end to the upstart princess.” Alyss got the advantage in the fight, “‘I'm stronger than you are, Redd.’ ‘You will not defeat me!’ Redd screamed. Alyss braced herself for another attack, realizing only too late what was happening. She watched with disbelieving eyes as Redd launched herself into the Heart