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Gr 4–6—In this read-alike to Lois Lowry's The Giver, Shannon Hale's Princess Academy (Bloomsbury, 2005), and the Pixar film Inside Out, Princess Jeniah has just been named Queen Ascendant in a land where everyone is always happy. Her dying mother tells her of an ancient warning: if any royal enters the foreboding Dreadwillow Carse, the Monarchy will fall. Meanwhile, Aon, a local villager, visits the Carse regularly, finding it a balm for the sadness and brokenness that she alone can...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Princess Jeniah wants to heal her ill mother and believes the magic within Dreadwillow Carse can do that, but her visiting ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More