Author : Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547223254
With her parents lost, Princess Benevolence ends up under the thumb of the conniving Queen Sophia. Locked in the castle's highest tower, Ben stumbles upon a mysterious enchanted room. So begins her secret education in the magical arts.
Author : Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 2009-05-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0547349475
A “deliciously frothy fairy tale” from the award-winning author of The Book of Boy and the Dairy Queen series (Horn Book Magazine, starred review). Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s talents for storytelling and creating strong female characters take a fresh turn in this spirited and sophisticated fairy tale. Benevolence is not your typical princess. With her parents lost to assassins, Princess Ben ends up under the thumb of the conniving Queen Sophia. Starved and miserable, locked in the castle’s highest tower, Ben stumbles upon a mysterious enchanted room. So begins her secret education in the magical arts: mastering an obstinate flying broomstick, furtively emptying the castle pantries, setting her hair on fire . . . But Ben’s private adventures are soon overwhelmed by a mortal threat to her kingdom. Can Ben save the country and herself from foul tyranny? “Murdock spins a rip-roaring yarn that borrows fairy-tale conventions (particularly from “Sleeping Beauty”) and reverses them to suit her strong, resourceful heroine. The wild adventure, intricately imagined setting, memorable characters, and romance will charm readers, especially fans of Gail Carson Levine’s Fairest.”—Booklist (starred review) “Murdock’s first venture into fantasy offers a fairy tale with several twists and surprises, and readers will be drawn into the world and moods that she creates.”—School Library Journal “Readers will love every minute they spend with [Princess Ben].”—Teensreadtoo.com This ebook includes a sample chapter of Wisdom’s Kiss.
Author : Jacqueline Jules
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing ™
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 24,19 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1512496081
Called on to watch over King Solomon's daughter, the Ziz takes Magda on a joyful trip around the world. But when she falls in love with a handsome young man, the Ziz's jealousy gets the giant bird into trouble.
Author : Ben Hills
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2006-12-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101216107
The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. Ben Hills's fascinating portrait of Princess Masako and the Chrysanthemum Throne draws on research in Tokyo and rural Japan, at Oxford and Harvard, and from more than sixty interviews with Japanese, American, British, and Australian sources-many of whom have never spoken publicly before-shedding light on the royal family's darkest secrets, secrets that can never be openly discussed in Japan because of the reverence in which the emperor and his family are held. But most of all, this is a story about a love affair that went tragically wrong. The paperback edition will contain a new afterword by the author, discussing the impact this book had in Japan, where it was banned.
Author : Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 44,58 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0807594350
2013-2014 Show Me Readers Nominee List 2012 Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College Although she's always been called Princess at home, Kim is not a real princess, so she decides "From now on, no matter what, I'm only going to tell the truth!" At home, she tells her Dad that the pancakes are rubbery and her Grandma that her new necklace looks the the slimy rocks at the bottom of the fish tank. At school, she's just as honest...until she learns what too much truth can do.
Author : Cheryl Kilodavis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 144243063X
A heartwarming book about unconditional love and one remarkable family. Dyson loves pink, sparkly things. Sometimes he wears dresses. Sometimes he wears jeans. He likes to wear his princess tiara, even when climbing trees. He’s a Princess Boy. Inspired by the author’s son, and by her own initial struggles to understand, this heartwarming book is a call for tolerance and an end to bullying and judgments. The world is a brighter place when we accept everyone for who they are.
Author : Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0547550820
Magic, cunning, and one very special cat join forces in this hilarious, extraordinary tale by the author of the Dairy Queen trilogy and Princess Ben. Princess Wisdom, known as Dizzy, longs for a life of adventure beyond the staid old kingdom of Montagne. Tips, a soldier, longs to keep his true identity a secret. Fortitude, an orphaned maid, longs only for Tips. These three souls might possibly attain their dreams while preserving their empire from ruin — if only they can bear one another’s company long enough to come up with a plan.
Author : Mary Hoffman
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 2007
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9781845075323
The beloved heroine of "Amazing Grace" is back in her first new picture book in more than a decade. Grace hopes to be selected as a princess in the town parade and asks her teacher for help in dressing the part.
Author : Terry Brooks
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 31,64 MB
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345458532
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Sweet, charming and skillful . . . an enjoyable journey, a helluva ride.”—January magazine Ben Holiday, mere mortal turned monarch of the magic kingdom of Landover, has grappled with numerous contenders for his throne, but nothing could have prepared him for the most daunting of challengers: his headstrong teenage daughter, Mistaya. After getting suspended from an exclusive private school in our world, Mistaya is determined to resume her real education—learning sorcery from court wizard Questor Thews—whether her parents like it or not. Then, horrified that a repulsive Landover nobleman seeks to marry her, Mistaya decides that the only way to run her own life is to run away from home. So begins an eventful odyssey peppered with a formidable dragon, recalcitrant Gnomes, an inscrutable magic cat, a handsome librarian, a sinister sorcerer, and more than a few narrow escapes as fate draws Landover’s intrepid princess into the thick of a mystery that will put her mettle to the test—and possibly bring the kingdom to its knees. “Fans of Brooks’s magic kingdom of Landover will welcome this title. . . . There are plenty of treats.”—Publishers Weekly “Fun and engaging.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author : Ben Smiley
Publisher : Golden/Disney
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,56 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Disney characters
ISBN : 9780736430982
First work originally published: New York: Golden Books, c2012. Second work originally published: New York: Golden Books, c2010. Third work originally published: New York: Golden Books, c2009.
