- Fiction, Fairy tales, Magic, Dancing
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
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Classical in form, resolved, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Jessica Day George
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 312
- Publisher
- Scholastic, AdA éditions, Bloomsbury Children's Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- Russian, French, English
- ISBN
- 9785389089402
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