THE PRINCESS TALES: Volume One

Gail Carson Levine, . . HarperTrophy, $6.99 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-06-051841-7

"Levine's talent for hilarious subversion of fairy tale motifs is honed to perfection in the Princess Tales series," said PW in a starred review of The Fairy's Mistake and The Princess Test; these two, along with Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, comprise this first volume of tales. Ages 7-12. (Dec.)

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