Deerskin

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown, a princess flees her home to escape her father's abuse and finds an unexpected new life.

Princess Lissla Lissar is the only child of the king and his queen, who was the most beautiful woman in seven kingdoms. Everyone loved the splendid king and his matchless queen so much that no one had any attention to spare for the princess, who grew up in seclusion.

But the queen takes ill of a mysterious wasting disease and on her deathbed...