Tweens and up who enjoy a fresh twist on an old fairytale are sure to enjoy Jessica Day George’s Twelve Dancing Princesses trilogy.
Princess of the Midnight Ball – Twelve Dancing Princesses (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $1.99)
Rose is one of twelve princesses forced to dance through the night in an underground palace.
The key to breaking the spell lies in magic knitting needles, an invisibility cloak, and-of course-true love. Inspired by “The Twelve Dancing Princesses,”this novel is as captivating as it is fresh.
Enchanted readers are sure to clamor for the new companion, Princess of Glass, also published.
Princess of Glass – Twelve Dancing Princesses (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $5.38)
Hoping to escape the troubles in her kingdom, Princess Poppy reluctantly agrees to take part in a royal exchange program.
She travels abroad hoping to find better political alliances and perhaps a marriage.
But thanks to a vengeful fairy, Poppy’s happily ever after gets complicated.
This companion to Princess of the Midnight Ball will delight readers with action and romance.
Princess of the Silver Woods – Twelve Dancing Princesses (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $6.15)
Petunia is the youngest of King Gregor’s twelve daughters, who together battled their way out of a curse that had plagued the family for years.
But while on her way to visit an elderly neighbor, Petunia’s carriage is ambushed by bandits and Petunia finds herself falling headlong into another conflict–this one between a hidden forest community and the powerful kingdom that has stripped them of their wealth.
With the line between enemies and friends suddenly blurred, and a handsome young thief her only hope of escaping the clutches of the King Under Stone, it will take all of Petunia’s courage and a little help from her eleven older sisters to put an end to the curse once and for all and restore their kingdom to right.