H. C. Andersen
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The prince is looking for a true princess to be his wife, but all the girls he meets are too rude, too vain or too greedy. When a young lady knocks on the palace door claiming to be a princess, the queen decides to put her to the test by hiding a pea under a pile of mattresses.
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Publisher
Luminant Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
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Alyssa, a wood-cutter's daughter, gets lost during a storm and asks for shelter at the King's winter palace, where she takes a job as companion to the 11-year-old twin princesses. As she works at learning her new job, she begins to fall in love with the prince. But when she discovers a plot to overthrow the kingdom, she must use all her learning to save her new-found family.