Book description
Fourteen-year-old Miri lives on a mountain where her ancestors have
quarried stone and lived in poverty for generations. Then just before
winter's first snowfall, a delegation from the lowlands arrive with
exciting news. The king's priests have divined that her small village
is the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince will
come himself and chose his bride from among the girls of the village.
The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, where every
girl of age will be sent to learn the skills of a princess. But there
is no way Miri can prepare herself for what lies in store.
Shannon Hale
started writing books at the age of ten, earning an MFA in Creative
Writing from the University of Montana sixteen years later, and
publishing
The Goose Girl
, her first book, not long after that. She lives in Salt Lake City,
Utah, with her husband, and their son, Max.
