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The Hostage Prince

by Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple · 2013

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Lowly midwife apprentice orange-hair Snail, one eye blue, one green, and snobby hostage Seelie Prince Aspen are on the run from Unseelie and Seelie rulers calling down death. Is old drow Jack Daw a friend or foe? Will three questions from Sticksman be the promised favor Aspen cannot keep? Monsters pursue through Unseelie Castle, Unseelie Lands, Shifting Lands.

Genre
fantasyadventureepic fantasyhumor
Themes
royaltyfaefriendship
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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