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Snow
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Description
In this beautiful and haunting fantasy, an imprisoned princess needs the help of a girl from the modern world to undo a wish gone wrong and save her snowy kingdom.
Every day, a lonely princess digs through the snow in search of a way to undo the terrible wish she made--one that has left her with an empty kingdom and a heart full of guilt. But one day, a mysterious girl named Ela tumbles through the kingdom's protective mist barrier. The princess is determined to bring Ela to her father, the harsh king, as proof that her wish can be undone, even if it means keeping Ela against her will. Meanwhile, Ela, who has grown up a regular kid in what she thought was a regular Indian American family, is shocked to discover she's stumbled upon the very snow princess whose picture graces the cover of the locked book that Ela's mom won't let her read. In this elegant fantasy, author Meera Trehan conjures a story of loneliness, family secrets, science, and remarkable snow as two girls from different worlds come together to set things right--and maybe even become friends.
Publication date
January 21, 2025
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
320
ISBN-13
9781536219258
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Walker Books Us
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV034000 - Juvenile Fiction | Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
JUV013080 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Blended Families
JUV034000 - Juvenile Fiction | Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
JUV013080 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Blended Families
Library of Congress categories
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Publishers Weekly
In the near-deserted kingdom of Mistmir, Princess Karina spends her time digging through the all-encompassing snow searching for a way to restore her homeland. Then someone stumbles through the Boundary Mists and changes everything. The stranger, 12-year-old Ela, is from Earth, which exists in a realm parallel to Mistmir. She knows Karina as the protagonist from a book of stories her mother reads to her at night. Ela travels with Karina back to the castle, avoiding the deadly mechanical Hounds that prowl the landscape. The girls' unexpected connection--and the realization that Ela holds the key to saving Mistmir--leads to one final, climactic attempt to break the kingdom's curse and take control of their own destinies. Trehan (The View from the Very Best House in Town) utilizes a quiet, dreamlike tone, lending to the retold fairy tale ambiance of the novel as the kingdom's tragic history unfolds in flashbacks and tales from Ela's storybook. Past and present and magic and science blend together in an introspective manner that assists in the gradual peeling back of this story's many layers to reveal its secrets. Characters appear on the cover with brown skin. Ages 8-12. Agent: Molly Ker Hawn, Bent Agency. (Jan.)
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Kirkus
Poignantly beautiful.
Meera Trehan
Meera Trehan grew up in Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. After attending the University of Virginia and Stanford Law School, she practiced law for over a decade before turning to creative writing. She lives in Maryland with her family.
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