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Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible

Ursula Vernon

Harriet Hamsterbone is a princess in a graphic-novel retelling of Sleeping Beauty. A wicked fairy curses her at birth: on her twelfth birthday, she will fall into a deathlike sleep after cutting herself on a hamster wheel. Harriet realizes the curse keeps her alive until that day, making her effectively invincible. With her riding quail, Mumfrey, she seeks dragons, ogrecats, jousting matches, and other adventures before the curse forces her to save her parents.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Adventure · Fantasy And Magic · Humor · Women And Girls
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Puffin Books
Published
May 2, 2017
Pages
256
ISBN-13
9780142427019
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2016Fiction for Children
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