
Wild Swans 2018
Xanthe Gresham Knight(Author)
Barefoot Books Ltd (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-1-78285-362-6 (ISBN)
Description
Young Eliza and her eleven brothers' lives are transformed when a plague ravages the Kingdom of the North and kills their mother, the Queen. When their father remarries, their brilliant and "unusual" new stepmother becomes obsessed with finding a cure for the plague and protecting her new family a?? so obsessed that she decides to turn the boys into swans so they can fly away from the plague, and to send Eliza to a far-away village the plague hasn't touched. Years later, the Queen discovers a cure for the plague just before she dies from it herself. With the kingdom in chaos, it's up to teenaged Eliza to find her brothers, break the Queen's spell on them, return home to cure the plague a?? and claim her rightful place in the kingdom!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bath
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From First Grade to Fifth Grade, Interest Age: From 6 to 10 years
Illustrations
color illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
128 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78285-362-6 (9781782853626)
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Persons
Xanthe Gresham Knight is an acclaimed writer and storyteller who performs across Europe and North America. Xanthe lives in East Sussex, England. She has written Thumbelina and The Princess and the Pea for Barefoot Books.