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Highlights
- Based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale Six Swans, The Flight of Swans follows Ryn's journey to save her family and their kingdom.
- 8-9 Years
- 8.2" x 5.8" Hardcover
- 448 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore
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Based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Six Swans," this novel elaborates on the tale of young princess Ryn, who must be silent for six years to save her brothers after they are turned into swans by their evil stepmother.Book Synopsis
Based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale Six Swans, The Flight of Swans follows Ryn's journey to save her family and their kingdom.
Princess Andaryn's six older brothers have always been her protectors--until her father takes a new Queen, a frightening, mysterious woman who enchants the men in the royal family. When Ryn's attempt to break the enchantment fails, she makes a bargain: the Queen will spare her brothers' lives if Ryn remains silent for six years.
Ryn thinks she freed her brothers, but she never thought the Queen would turn her brothers into swans. And she never thought she'd have to undo the Queen's spell alone, without speaking.
Review Quotes
"[F]illed with magic, romance, and peril. . . . An imaginative retelling with an unforgettable heroine."--starred, Kirkus Reviews
-- (6/20/2018 12:00:00 AM)"A captivating adventure about power, memory, and love."--Booklist
-- (7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM)"A finely crafted and compelling fairy-tale retelling. Hand to voracious fantasy readers and fans of Gail Carson Levine and Shannon Hale."--School Library Journal
-- (8/28/2018 12:00:00 AM)"Inventive twists on the original tale and a few last-minute reversals bring vitality to the well-known ending . . ."--The Horn Book Magazine
-- (7/31/2018 12:00:00 AM)"McGuire has the right balance of heroics, poetics, and pratfalls. . . . Brava performance!"--Jane Yolen
-- (5/2/2018 12:00:00 AM)"McGuire's spellbinding writing will embark you on a grand adventure."--Christina Farley, author of the Gilded series and The Princess and the Page
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