She and Colin join forces in a well-paced adventure that pits good against evil, features astrong and credible young woman, and relies on accurate social history in its Christian orientation.Margaretha's sensations, expectations, and fears are all evoked realistically, making this a good choice forreaders who loved Katherine Paterson's Lyddie (1991) or Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy(1994) and are now ready for more romance. In the latest YA fairy tale retelling by Melanie Dickerson, Margaretha has never been good at holding her tongue. Ina chance meeting with Colin, an Englishman come to the continent claiming that Claypool has murderedgood people and seeking justice, Margaretha learns not only that her suitor may not be as honorable as shethought but also that she can successfully pare down her chattiness, keep an important secret, and help takerighteous action. In The Princess Spy, Margaretha of Hagenheim Castle is a talkative young woman whose latest suitorLord Claybrookseems enamored of her despite her talkativeness. She islooking forward to finding her one true love, and she thinks it might be her latest suitor, Lord Claypool. Award-winning Melanie Dickerson pens her fourth young adult novel set in medieval Germany, loosely based on the story of The Frog Prince. Margaretha is the daughter of a fifteenth-century German duke, and her family and acquaintances havealways noted not only her penchant for talking incessantly but also her deeply romantic nature.
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