OLDER FICTION
George, Jessica Day

Princess of the Midnight Ball

(3) YA In this retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," Princess Rose and her younger sisters are cursed to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Unable to reveal their secret, the sisters fall ill from exhaustion. Galen, a former soldier, helps break the spell. The tale's setting, based on early-nineteenth-century Germany, is vividly realized, and the love story satisfyingly romantic.

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