Being a princess isn't all that.
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX 116 the castle were no better than a pig-tender's wife. Just better dressed. And more powerful. I shivered, remembering something I'd read in a book of my father's, long ago. It was about a king in another land ...
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
This retelling of a beloved fairy tale finds 15-year-old Ella discovering that accepting the Prince's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette.
I watched in helpless horror as two guards hauled Gavin to his feet and dragged him from the room.