When her evil aunt Redd kills her parents and seizes the throne, young Alyss Heart is forced to flee Wonderland through the Pool of Tears. She finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne.

First published in the U.S. by Dial Books, 2006. Includes a time line and preview of Seeing Redd!, the second book in the Looking Glass Wars trilogy.