MAR Grades 6-9.
This is a romantic “remake” of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans. The only daughter of a king and a beautiful woman with magical powers, 15-year-old Alexandra enjoys her life with her parents and three beloved brothers. Soon after a beast kills her mother, the king remarries with unseemly haste a woman whom Alexandra believes to be her mother’s shape-shifting murderess. Unfortunately, Alexandra's mother dies before explaining the full power of Alexandra's heritage. Alexandra is shipped off to live in a neighboring kingdom. Alone, Alexandra must find her strength, rescue her brothers who have been turned into swans by their wicked stepmother, and restore health to the kingdom. Only she can right the wrongs done to her family and her homeland.
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