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Birthday ball

Lois Lowry

20103 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2010
first published
  • 2010Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · ENGISBN 9780547238692
  • 2010Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780547488240
  • 2011Sandpiper · 186 pages · ENGISBN 9780547577104
  • 2010Random HouseISBN 9781616574543
  • 2010Listening Library (Audio) · 3 pagesISBN 9780307746207

Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excitement surrounding her sixteenth birthday ball. Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she escapes her fate--for a week. Disguised as a peasant, she attends the village school as the smart new girl, "Pat," and attracts friends and the attention of the handsome schoolmaster. Disgusting suitors, lovable peasants, and the clueless king and queen collide at the ball, where Princess Patricia Priscilla calls the shots. What began as a cure for boredom becomes a chance for Princess Patricia Priscilla to break the rules and marry the man she loves. --publisher description

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesMorality

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