num_pages: 272
description: In a magic kingdom where your name is your destiny 12-year-old Rump is the butt of everyone's joke. But when he finds an old spinning wheel his luck seems to change. Rump discovers he has a gift for spinning straw into gold. His best friend Red Riding Hood warns him that magic is dangerous and shes right. With each thread he spins he weaves himself deeper into a curse. To break the spell Rump must go on a perilous quest fighting off pixies trolls poison apples and a wickedly foolish queen. The odds are against him but with courage and friendshipand a cheeky sense of humorhe just might triumph in the end.
language: English
title: Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers