The Francine Odysseys
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When Suzy ran away with Sam in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, she brought a suitcase full of books with her. Later, Wes Anderson released a short video with animated sequences of each book. He left us with a few tantalizing sentences and images from which to construct our own stories.
Here's what he gave us from The Francine Odysseys:
"His eyes downcast, his kingdom in ruins, Mynar pressed his heavy paw through the rippling surface of the cool shallows and down to its stone floor.
‘My people were once lead my a great and noble beast and I no longer see his face in this reflection.’
Meanwhile, on the plains of Tabitha, Francine rested. There would be another time for war."
Building on that, I'm writing the full story of The Francine Odysseys, in all its corny 1960s YA glory. If I know anything about Suzy as a character, it's that she has good taste in books. The books that she brought along with her on her adventure deserve to exist.
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