Princess of the Midnight Ball (Twelve Dancing Princesses Series)

by Jessica Day George

Overview

New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George re-imagines the classic fairy-tale, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, in this start to an enchanting YA fantasy series.

Rose is one of twelve princesses—sisters condemned to dance every night in the palace of the King Under Stone. Galen is a young soldier returning from war. Together they will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to attend the endless midnight balls. All they need is an invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with silver needles, and that most critical fairy tale ingredient—true love.

Don't miss these other stories from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George:

The Twelve Dancing Princesses series

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Princess of Glass

Princess of the Silver Woods

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

Silver in the Blood

The Rose Legacy series

The Rose Legacy

Tuesdays at the Castle series

Tuesdays at the Castle

Wednesdays in the Tower

Thursdays with the Crown

Fridays with the Wizards

Saturdays at Sea

Dragon Slippers series

Dragon Slippers

Dragon Flight

Dragon Spear

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599904559
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	05/01/2010
Series:	Twelve Dancing Princesses Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.53(w) x 8.21(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

JESSICA DAY GEORGE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tuesdays at the Castle series, the Twelve Dancing Princesses series, and the Dragon Slippers trilogy. Originally from Idaho, she studied at Brigham Young University and worked as a librarian and bookseller before turning to writing full-time. She now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their three young children.

www.jessicadaygeorge.com

@jessdaygeorge

Editorial Reviews

This is a well-realized and fast-paced fantasy-romance that will find favor among fans of fairy tales, feisty heroines, and dashing young men with strength, cunning, and sensitivity.” —Booklist

“George takes another fairy tale, "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and turns it into a rich and engaging novel.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

As she did so deliciously with 2008's Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, George takes another fairy tale, "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and turns it into a rich and engaging novel. Princess Rose and her 11 sisters must dance each night for the King Under Stone, even when they grow exhausted and ill. They cannot explain their enchantment, cast when their dead mother bargained for both their births and peace for the kingdom of Westfalin. Galen, a young orphaned soldier home from the war against Analousia, has homely skills, including an easy hand at knitting. Watching after Rose from his position as castle gardener, he finds reason to use the strange gifts (a cloak of invisibility and some remarkable yarn) given him by a crone to whom he was kind. Galen, Rose and her sisters are engaging company throughout; near the end the story spirals up in intensity, touching on witchcraft and evil clerics along the way before a satisfyingly exciting conclusion. (Fantasy. 12 & up)

Kirkus Reviews