The Princess Curse
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062008137 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Everyone who tries disappears or falls into an enchanted sleep. Thirteen-year-old Reveka, a smart, courageous herbalist’s apprentice, decides to attempt to break the curse despite the danger. Unravelling the mystery behind the curse leads Reveka to the Underworld, and to save the princesses, Reveka will have to risk her soul. Princess Curse combines magic, suspense, humor, and adventure into a story perfect for fans of Gail Carson Levine.. Merrie Haskell’s middle-grade fantasy novel Princess Curse is an imaginative retelling of the fairy tales The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Beauty and the Beast. In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Sylvania, the prince offers a fabulous reward to anyone who cures the curse that forces the princesses to spend each night dancing to
Merrie's first novel, THE PRINCESS CURSE, was a Junior Library Guild selection. HANDBOOK FOR DRAGON SLAYERS is her second novel. . Merrie Haskell grew up half in Michigan, half in North Carolina. She works in a library with over 7 million books, and finds this to be just about the right number
(Publishers Weekly)Haskell’s first novel offers a well-paced fantasy with an involving first-person narrative. Imaginative, intriguing and spirited…In this impressive debut, the author artfully weaves humor, suspense, magic and myth into an intricate plot. (Booklist)An intriguing mix of fairy tale, Romanian folklore, and classic mythology…readers will likely be as anxious to return to the Underworld as Reveka. (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books) . (Kirkus Reviews)With a good sense of humor, an able and empowered protagonist
Charming fantasy with surprising depth Take the fairy tale 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses.' Add in a dash of 'Beauty and the Beast,' the Greek underworld, Romanian mythical creatures, a 13 year old heroine, and not one, but two terrible curses. It's an unlikely mix, but it works. Merrie H. "enjoyable fun read" according to Andrew Milder. For some reason the Kindle edition isn't linked with the hardcover so I thought I'd put my review here so it doesn't look so lonely I found this an enjoyable quick read. I'm older than the YA target audience and I found the pacing to be excellent, ne. Involving read with many myths As another reviewer said, this book is a mix of several fairy tales and myths. There is some Beauty and the Beast, Greek Myths like Hades and water nymphs, and, of course, the 12 princesses who dance each night under a curse.The author, Merrie Haskel