Fortune's Folly - Hardcover

Fagan, Deva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805087427 ISBN 13: 9780805087420

Verlag: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2009

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Ever since her mother died and her father lost his shoemaking skills, Fortunata has survived by telling fake fortunes. But when she’s tricked into telling a grand fortune for a prince, she is faced with the impossible task of fulfilling her wild prophecy—or her father will be put to death.

Now Fortunata has to help Prince Leonato secure a magic sword, vanquish a wicked witch, discover a long-lost golden shoe, and rescue the princess who fits it. If only she hadn’t fallen in love with the prince herself !

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DEVA FAGAN likes searching for patterns, which is how she explains both her degree in mathematics and the echoes of old fairy tales in her stories. She lives in Maine with her husband and her dog. This is her first book.

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“Never mind,” Allessandra murmured, helping me guide Father to the rear of the blue wagon. “I will see to your father. A bit of my tonic, and he’ll be better by next Saint’s day. And,” she added, “we can begin your training.”

            “Training? To do what?”

            “Why, to be a fortune-teller. To prognosticate. To consult the spirit voices and part the veil that guards the future.”

            “But I told you, I don’t believe in that. It’s all just a bunch of tricks,” I said, as we settled Father onto a narrow padded cot along one side of the covered wagon. The interior was a jumble of shimmering cloth and jangling bells, with a great wardrobe filling one corner and a huge chest in the other. Beside the cot sat a set of movable steps, painted the same bright blue as the wagon itself. Allessandra perched herself on these as we started to roll forward.

            She was grinning. “Yes, it is a bunch of tricks. And you are going to learn every one.”

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0805087427
• ISBN 13: 9780805087420
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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