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Description
Grassina, Emma's wonderful, magical aunt, is herself a teen in this prequel to the Frog Princess books. She and her sister, Chartreuse (Emma's irritating mother from the other books) are vying to see who will get the family's inherited magical skills as they navigate the intricacies of being a princess in a magical kingdom-a bevy of mostly terrible would-be suitors, a father who becomes a ghost, a mother who changes from a stressed, but semi-normal human to a selfish witch, and the arrival of some terrible werewolves. When Grassina finds and falls in love with a wizard-in-training, Haywood, and invokes the wrath of her sister, it is the werewolves, who despite their evil ways, bring about Grassina's change from mortal princess to Green Witch powers. Every bit as funny and satisfying as the other stories!
Product details
Published | 05 Sep 2010 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 272 |
ISBN | 9781599904023 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury USA Childrens |
Series | Tales of the Frog Princess |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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High-spirited romantic comedy. . . . Fans of Gail Carson Levine's Princess Tales should leap for it.
Kirkus Reviews on The Frog Princess
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As magically adventurous as fantasy can get.
VOYA on Dragon's Breath
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Baker's vividly imagined fantasy world . . . [is] irresistible and loaded with humor.
VOYA on Once Upon a Curse
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Kids will get a kick out of the hip Shrek vibe that Baker creates in this updated fairy tale.
SLJ on No Place for Magic