Alice In Queerland: A Re-Education Fable - Paperback

by Karlyn Borysenko (Author)

A darkly satirical reimagining of Lewis Carroll's classic for the modern era.

When thirteen-year-old Alice asks a forbidden question in her increasingly ideology-driven middle school, she discovers that curiosity has become a crime. One innocent inquiry: "What is a woman?" sends her tumbling down a rabbit hole into a surreal world where language is violence, identity is fluid, and everyone must constantly apologize for existing.
In this twisted Wonderland, Alice encounters:

• Workshop facilitators who teach students to "unbecome" themselves
• A Mad Hatter hosting an eternal tea party of deconstructed reality
• Shape-shifters in a forest where being certain about anything is considered toxic
• A drag queen ruling over a garden of severed heads that never stop apologizing
• Tribunals where asking questions is prosecuted as thoughtcrime

Guided by a mysterious Cheshire Cat who speaks in riddles about power and performance, Alice must navigate a world where up is problematic, down is relative, and the only acceptable truth is that there is no truth.

Perfect for readers who enjoyed:

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Alice in Queerland is a provocative fable about maintaining your identity in a world determined to deconstruct it. Part social commentary, part fantasy adventure, this unflinching satire asks uncomfortable questions about our current cultural moment.