num_pages: 454
description: The clock chimes midnight a curse breaks and a girl meets a princebut what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums.New York City 1899. Clara Stole the mayors ever-proper daughter leads a double life. Since her mothers murder she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer.Then on Christmas Eve disaster strikes.Her home is destroyed her father abductedby beings distinctly not human. To find him Clara journeys to the war-ravaged land of Cane. Her only companion is the dethroned prince Nicholas bound by a wicked curse. If theyre to survive Clara has no choice but to trust him but his haunted eyes burn with secretsand a need she cant define. With the dangerous seductive faery queen Anise hunting them Clara soon realizes she wont leave Cane unscathedif she leaves at all.Inspired by The Nutcracker Winterspell is a dark timeless fairy tale about love and war longing and loneliness and a girl who must learn to live without fear.
language: English
title: Winterspell
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers