Title
Birthday Ball
Price
$6.99
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A wry, dry, laugh-out-loud princess tale by the hilarious Lois Lowry, with illustrations by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excitement surrounding her sixteenth birthday ball. Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she adopts a peasant disguise and escapes her fate--for a week.In this tale of mistaken identity, creamed pigeons, and young love, the two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry compares princesses to peasants and finds them to be exactly the same in all the important ways.SKU
9780547577104
The Birthday Ball - Softcover
$6.99
Description
Sale! Was $6.99, now $3.98!
A wry, dry, laugh-out-loud princess tale by the hilarious Lois Lowry, with illustrations by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excitement surrounding her sixteenth birthday ball. Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she adopts a peasant disguise and escapes her fate--for a week.In this tale of mistaken identity, creamed pigeons, and young love, the two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry compares princesses to peasants and finds them to be exactly the same in all the important ways.Description
A wry, dry, laugh-out-loud princess tale by the hilarious Lois Lowry, with illustrations by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excitement surrounding her sixteenth birthday ball. Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she adopts a peasant disguise and escapes her fate--for a week.In this tale of mistaken identity, creamed pigeons, and young love, the two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry compares princesses to peasants and finds them to be exactly the same in all the important ways.
ISBN
9780547577104
Publisher
Publication Date
September 13, 2011
Binding
Paperback
Item Condition
New
Illustrator
Jules Feiffer
Language
English
Ages
10-12
Pages
192
Keywords
Juvenile Fiction | Royalty; Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Birthdays; Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction | School & Education; Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General; Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General; Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
