Young Eliza and her eleven brothers' lives are transformed when a plague ravages the Kingdom of the North and kills their mother, the Queen. When their father remarries, their brilliant and "unusual" new stepmother becomes obsessed with finding a cure for the plague and protecting her new family a ' so obsessed that she decides to turn the boys into swans so they can fly away from the plague, and to send Eliza to a far-away village the plague hasn't touched. Years later, the Queen discovers a cure for the plague just before she dies from it herself. With the kingdom in chaos, it's up to teenaged Eliza to find her brothers, break the Queen's spell on them, return home to cure the plague a ' and claim her rightful place in the kingdom!
About the AuthorXanthe Gresham Knight is an acclaimed writer and storyteller who performs across Europe and North America. Xanthe lives in East Sussex, England. She has written Thumbelina and The Princess and the Pea for Barefoot Books.
Book InformationISBN 9781782853626
Author Xanthe Gresham KnightFormat Paperback
Page Count 48
Imprint Barefoot Books LtdPublisher Barefoot Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 128g
Dimensions(mm) 207mm * 142mm * 5mm