![]() ![]() The nanny her father hired does not like Lorelei because she is so lazy! She can’t do anything without getting hurt! She wants to "do her off." The problem is that even though she wants to help and wants to contribute to the household chores, she always ends up hurt in one way or another. In The Princess Test, a retelling of a Danish fairy tale called The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen (or “The Princess on the Peas”) a little girl named Lorelei has a humble heart and is kind to anyone and everyone she meets. Her use of run-on sentences leaves you out of breath and laughing from the repetitiveness. Just by the first page, you can grasp the humor Levine puts in her words. – The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine ![]() She cried when her bathwater was too hot or too cold or too wet or not wet enough.” “ She cried when her porridge was too hot or too cold or too salty or too bitter or too sweet. She is witty, and pokes fun at fairy-tales all the while making you love the story even more. Do you like retelling of fairy-tales? Gail Carson Levine is the author for you. ![]()
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