Conceal, Don't Feel (Twisted Tale Series #7)

by Disney Book Group, Jen Calonita

Overview

What if Anna and Elsa never knew each other?
As the future Queen of Arendelle, Princess Elsa's life is full of expectation and responsibility—not to mention, questions. What type of ruler will she be? When will she have to pick a suitor? And why has she always harbored the feeling that some critical piece of herself is missing?

Following the unexpected death of her parents, Elsa is forced to answer those questions sooner than she'd hoped, becoming the sole ruler of her kingdom and growing lonelier than ever. But when mysterious powers begin to reveal themselves, Elsa starts to remember fragments of her childhood that seem to have been erased—pieces that include a very familiar-looking girl. Determined to fill the void she has always felt, Elsa must take a harrowing journey across her icy kingdom to undo a terrible curse . . . and find the missing Princess of Arendelle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368054171
Publisher:	Disney Press
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Series:	Twisted Tale Series
Sold by:	DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE -EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	133,459
Lexile:	HL630L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Jen Calonita is the author of the award-winning Secrets of My Hollywood Life and Fairy Tale Reform School series. She lives in New York with her husband, two boys, and two chihuahuas named Captain Jack Sparrow and Ben Kenobi. A huge Disney fan, Jen dreams of moving the whole family into Cinderella's castle at Walt Disney World. Visit her online at: www.jencalonitaonline.com and Twitter @jencalonita.

Editorial Reviews

2019-08-28
"What if Anna and Elsa never knew each other?"

Anna and Elsa from Frozen feature in this entry to Disney's series featuring their popular animated films reimagined with alternate premises. Accidents when they were young caused both Anna and Elsa to forget Elsa's powers and their relationship. Elsa grows up in the palace, and Anna is raised in a bakery on a mountainside, unaware of her royal status. Key moments from the film are still featured but with reworked pivotal status, as is some narration with strong nods to a certain viral song: "the cold never bothered her, anyway." The novel adds some depth to the worldbuilding, such as by naming and describing members of the palace staff, although no one returning or new adds great substance to the story. This outlandish, convoluted timeline leaves the sisters even more lonely than in the animated film's plot but still with a bond of sisterhood that apparently transcends physical separation with innate yet inexplicable yearnings and feelings. In the end, it's (authorized) fan fiction—exactly what some fans crave. Characters' ethnicities follow the portrayals in the movie original.

Let this one go. (Fiction. 12-18)

Kirkus Reviews