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About Jane Yolen
See more books from this AuthorHere, Marjorie tells her tale, alternating between her past as a tempestuous young princess forced by the advancing English armies to become a fugitive while her father and uncles are off fighting for Scotland’s independence, and the present, in which she sits, filthy, underfed (starved, later on...
| Read Full Review of Girl in a Cage (Stuart Quartet)In a starred review of this original fairy tale about an orphaned child, PW said, ""Yolen gracefully brings her tale full circle, revealing the surprise identity of Aurea's mother and, refreshingly, rewarding her heroine with something other than a Prince Charming."" Ages 4-8.
| Read Full Review of Girl in a Cage (Stuart Quartet)As the comb's powers help Aurea save herself, the author gracefully brings her tale full circle, revealing the surprise identity of Aurea's mother and, refreshingly, rewarding her heroine with something other than a Prince Charming.
| Read Full Review of Girl in a Cage (Stuart Quartet)The second in a planned quartet of historical novels set in Scotland (which began with Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots), Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen and Richard J.
| Read Full Review of Girl in a Cage (Stuart Quartet)An aggregated and normalized score based on 20 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes