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275 pp.
| Philomel |
July, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-17151-2$16.99
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4-6
For her thirteenth "nameday," Princess Juniper asks for a kingdom to rule; she receives a "very small country" and recruits children from home to populate it. All goes fairly well, until her subjects learn their families are in danger--a secret that, when revealed, results in mutiny. At times the book's lightheartedness rings false, but its kid-centric kingdom has appeal.