The Robe of Skulls: The First Tale from the Five Kingdoms (Tales from the Five Kingdoms)
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| Title | : | The Robe of Skulls: The First Tale from the Five Kingdoms (Tales from the Five Kingdoms) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.56 (392 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0763643645 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2009-04-14 |
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"A romp filled with language play and just plain nonsense. Everyone gets his, her, or its due; goodness is rewarded; and evil punished oh-so-wickedly." — The Horn BookHigh above the mountain village of Fracture, trouble is brewing. The sorceress Lady Lamorna wants a skull-studded gown of deep black velvet, but her treasure chest is empty of gold. That doesn’t stop her, however, from kidnapping, blackmailing, and using more than a little magic to get what she needs. Will her plans be foiled by the heroic Gracie Gillypot, two chatty bats, a gallant (if scruffy) prince, the wickedest stepsister ever, a troll with a grudge, and some very ancient crones?
Editorial : From Booklist Prolific British author French (Once Upon a Time, 1996) serves up a charmingly witty adventure peopled with all manner of fairy-tale archetypes: a bad prince who is really not the least bit evil, a beautiful but nasty stepsister, a beleaguered but brave little girl named Gracie, and a talking bat. Lady Lamorna, an aging, evil sorceress, sets off to buy herself a grotesque gown, while at the same time Marlon the bat rescues Gracie from her cellar prison and leads her into the wilderness and the eventual safety of a group of old crones. Meanwhile, Prince Marcus has been left at home for bad behavior and is thus happily passed over by Lady Lamorna’s wicked and calculating spell that turns his twin and the other princes and princesses into frogs. French is a deft storyteller who keeps all the plotlines crisscrossing as beautifully as the web the crones must keep straight and true. Devotees of fractured fairy tales will be as pleased as Gracie with th
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