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212 pp.
| HarperCollins |
February, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-200492-5$16.99
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4-6
When Princess Meriel's new stepmother turns her five brothers into swans, Meriel must save them by making each a shirt from stinging nettles--but she mustn't speak before her task is done. The novel departs from Andersen's "The Wild Swans" in ways that diminish the narrative tension, but fairy-tale fans will enjoy the atmosphere and the spunky heroine.