| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
320 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents |
Long ago and far away ... -- A discovery -- It only ... -- The meek, the spare, the spoiled -- The peasants -- The king and queen -- An encounter -- The royal riders -- The hermitage -- The pouch -- The hermit -- Wisdom -- The old woman -- Preparations -- The count and countess -- The dirty beetles -- Royal duties -- The wordsmith -- The burden -- A gift -- One story ends -- The cornos -- The inventories -- Castle dreams -- The intrusion -- Resolve -- Castle conversations -- Cottage conversations -- Greener grass -- Free? -- Kidnapped -- In a towering castle ... -- The new hermit -- The tasters -- Duty calls -- Bother, bother, bother -- A dream? -- Peasant ignorance -- New inventories -- A duel -- The heir and a hair -- The queen and a bean -- The peasant and a pheasant -- A story was told ... -- A new story -- The castle's tale -- Restless -- The mission -- A favor -- An unexpected reception -- Interrupted -- Hermit in the tunnel -- Poison -- Beans -- The summons -- A noble prince, a peasant girl -- The hermit and the orphans -- A tale ends -- Ever after. |
| Indexed In: |
Bklst 09/01/2007 |
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SLJ Oct 2007 |
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VOYA 2007 NO. 6 |
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PW 09/17/2007 |
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Kirkus 09/01/2007 |
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BCCB Recommended |
| Audience |
008-012. |
| Summary |
Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever. |
| Subject |
Orphans -- Fiction.
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Siblings -- Fiction.
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Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
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Italy -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Diaz, David, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780060846213 |
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0060846216 |
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