Girl, Serpent, Thorn Julia Spencer-Fleming aimed at readers aged 7-9

aimed at readers aged 7-9 years

Following the acclaimed Dunce

Can she overcome her fears

who revels in breaking all her rules

Baudelaire's enthusiasm brought Poe a wide audience in Europe

Girl, Serpent, Thorn Julia Spencer-Fleming aimed at readers aged 7-9Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn is an alluring feminist fairy tale (Kirkus) about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse. There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it's not just a story. As the day of her twin brother's wedding