The Goose Girl

$15.99

Hardcover
Author: Shannon Hale
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publish Date: August 2003
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.9
EAN: 9781582348438

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Overview

In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale’s beloved YA fantasy series Books of Bayern, Princess Ani must become a goose girl before she can become queen.

Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. As she grows up, Ani develops the skills of animal speech, but she never feels quite comfortable speaking with people.

So when Ani’s mother sends her away to be married in a foreign land, she finds herself at the mercy of her silver-tongued lady in waiting, who leads a mutiny that leaves her alone, destitute, and fleeing for her life. To survive, Ani takes on work as a royal goose girl, hiding in plain sight while she develops her forbidden talents and works to discover her own true, powerful voice.

Don’t miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale:

The Books of Bayern
The Goose Girl
Enna Burning
River Secrets
Forest Born

The Princess Academy trilogy
Princess Academy
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters

Book of a Thousand Days

Dangerous

Graphic Novels
with Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Rapunzel’s Revenge
Calamity Jack

Illustrated by Victoria Ying
Diana: Princess of the Amazons

Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Real Friends
Best Friends
The Princess in Black series

For Adults
Austenland
Midnight in Austenland
The Actor and the Housewife

Details

Pages: 383
Dimensions: 7.94 x 5.45 x 1.33 in
Lexile Score: 870
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus (MG+)
Point Value: 14
ISBN: 158234843X

Awards

2008 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2005 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)
2004 Children's Book Committee Award - Winner (Fiction)
2004 Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended (Young Adult)
2003 Utah Book Award - Winner (Children/Young Adult)