From award-winning author of children's historical fantasies THE PRINCESS CURSE, HANDBOOK FOR DRAGON SLAYERS and THE CASTLE BEHIND THORNS, Merrie Haskell, comes a suite of five stories in the same magical, mythic vein as her books. These stories span settings from medieval pasts that never were, to futures we can only wish for. A mixture of retold fairy tales, science fiction, and alternate universe fables, this collection includes her beloved stories "The Girl-Prince" and "Huntswoman," the hard-to-find tales "Rampion in the Belltower" and "Currer Bell Comes to America," and the brand-new "The Library Seed."

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