num_pages: 304
description: In the quiet hour before dawn, anything can happen. A third daughter can dream of being a creature of flight and magic, of wearing a swan-skin like her sisters. But Doucette must run the castle household while her older sisters learn to weave spells. Her dream of flying is exactly that--until the day she discovers her own hidden birthright.Sudden, soaring freedom--it is a wish come true. Yet it comes with a price. As Doucette struggles to find her own way in the world, she risks losing the one she loves most of all.An age-old fairy tale told in a refreshingly original voice, Heather Tomlinson's stunning debut is fantasy at its most eloquent and richly imagined.
language: English
title: The Swan Maiden
titlecomplete: The Swan Maiden
genres: Fiction, Magic, Retellings, Fairy Tale Retellings, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Princesses
ratings_count: 2159
publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)