A Story Unwritten

<p><em>I believe in magic. I believed even before my brothers sprouted wings and flew away.</em></p><p><br></p><p>A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale <em>The Wild Swans</em> set in Oklahoma in 1925.</p><p><br></p><p>Eleven-year-old Cora a woefully unladylike and impetuous oil baron's daughter can think of nothing but avoiding the dreaded Boston Academy for Admirable Young Ladies. The sudden demand that she become a fine young lady has set her carefree life off-kilter. But her plans to prevent it are interrupted when a fortune-hunting medium with a knack for potions cons her way into her father's life. Cora unmasks the woman but it makes no difference. After a whirlwind wedding the medium turns Cora's six brothers into hawks and Cora escapes through the mansion's secret tunnels.</p><p><br></p><p> Pestilence and calamity! Cora never wished for pursuit danger and brothers with feathers. All she wanted was time to grow up on her own schedule! </p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Trading her voice to a fairy on the prairie for the counter curse to save her brothers she must craft magical shirts for them before the Blue Moon rises or lose her family-and her voice-forever. By accepting new challenges finding new allies and muddling through a new way of life this little Princess on the Prairie might do more than save her brothers; she might find the tenacity and spirit to become the author of her own fantastic life story.</span></p><p><br></p><p>For fans of Alyssa Colman and Gail Carson Levine A STORY UNWRITTEN is the perfect book for ages 8-12 and the young at heart young fantasy readers lovers of historical fiction and empowering young girls.</p>