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Hamster princess. Harriet the invincible / by Ursula Vernon.

by Vernon, Ursula.

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Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2015.

Princesses -- Juvenile fiction.

Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction.

Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction.

Hamsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Hamster princess ; 1.

9780803739833 (hc.)

0803739834 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Harriet the invincible

242 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Never a conventional princess, Harriet becomes an adventurer after learning she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her twelfth birthday, but after two years of slaying ogres, cliff-diving, and more with her riding quail, Mumfrey, things go awry at home and she must seek a prince to set things right.

"Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you'll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the palace looking ethereal or sighing a lot. She finds the royal life rather . . . dull. One day, though, Harriet's parents tell her of the curse that a rat placed on her at birth, dooming her to prick her finger on a hamster wheel when she's twelve and fall into a deep sleep. For Harriet, this is most wonderful news: It means she's invincible until she's twelve! After all, no good curse goes to waste. And so begins a grand life of adventure with her trusty riding quail, Mumfrey...until her twelfth birthday arrives and the curse manifests in a most unexpected way."--From publisher.

Grades: 3-5. SLJ.

Adventure fiction, Juvenile.

Fantasy fiction, Juvenile.

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