Goose Girl

Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury, Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2003.

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Description

Retelling of the Grimms Brothers tale Goose Girl.

Includes map of Kildenree and Bayern in the frontmatter.

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Characters

Prequels, Sequels, Companion Books

Book 2: Enna Burning
Book 3: River Secrets

Reviews

Awards & Honors

* An ALA Teens' Top Ten
* 2003 Josette Frank Award for fiction
* Selected by Justine Picardie of The Telegraph (UK) as her favorite childrens' fantasy novel of the year
* One of the New York City Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing
* A Texas Lone Star Book
* 2003 Utah Children’s Book Award
* 2003 Utah Speculative Fiction Award
* Selected for the 2005-2006 Tennessee Book Award Master Reading List
* Finalist for the Mythopoeic Award
* A Sonderbooks’ Stand-out of 2003: My Favorite Book of the Year
* Shortlisted for Ottakars Love of Reading Campaign
* 2004 Humpty Dumpty Chapter Book Award given by the Mid-South Independent Booksellers Association
* A 2005 Beehive Award finalist
* A 2006 Great Lakes Great Books finalist

LC Cataloging Info

Summary: On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.

{1. Fairy Tales. 2. Princesses — Fiction. 3. Human-animal Communication — Fiction}

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From Shannon Hale's Site

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