Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you'll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the palace looking ethereal or sighing a lot. She finds the royal life rather... dull. One day, though, Harriet's parents tell her of the curse that a rat placed on her at birth, dooming her to prick her finger on a hamster wheel when she's twelve and fall into a deep sleep.
For Harriet, this is most wonderful news: It means she's invincible until she's twelve! After all, no good curse goes to waste. And so begins a grand life of adventure with her trusty riding quail, Mumfrey, until her twelfth birthday arrives and the curse manifests in a most unexpected way. With the entire kingdom asleep, Harriet has to figure out how to break the curse... even if it means finding a prince. This laugh-out-loud comic hybrid series will turn everything you thought you knew about princesses on its head.
"Rather than worry about the inevitable, Princess Harriet lives life without fear — cliff-diving and Ogre-cat fighting, all with her trusty quail friend Mumfrey at her side. When the curse backfires, leaving all in the Kingdom in a deep slumber except Harriet and Mumfrey, it is up to the fierce little hamster to find a willing prince able to help her break the curse and save the kingdom.... Vernon has created a spunky heroine readers will cheer for and who will leave them eagerly searching for the happily ever after in the next installment." — Michele Shaw, School Library Journal
Recommended Age | 8 - 12 |
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Author | Ursula Vernon |
Illustrator | Ursula Vernon |
ISBN | 0803739834 |
Publication Date | Aug 18, 2015 |
Publisher | Dial Books |
Language | English |