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The Queen and the Nobody Boy: A Tale of Fontania
By ELSE, Barbara
- ISBN
- 978-1-8775-7949-3
- Publisher
- Gecko Press
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2013 | Grades 5-8
Gr 4–7— In this companion to The Traveling Restaurant (Gecko, 2012), 10 years have passed since Jasper saved his baby sister, Sibilla, who is now 12 and Queen of Fontania. Jasper's role in this story is minor as the principal players are Queen Sibilla and Hodie, the unpaid odd-job boy at the Grand Palace. Tired of scraping by for every morsel of food and not feeling needed or wanted, Hodie decides to head south and makes plans to sneak away with his dead mother's possessions and little else. Unbeknownst to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
