num_pages: 383
description: She was born with her eyes closed and a word on her tongue, a word she could not taste.Her name was Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. And when she was older, she watched as a colt was born, and she heard the first word on his tongue, his name, Falada.From the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become queen, Shannon Hale has woven an incredible, original, and magical tale of a girl who must find her own unusual talents before she can lead the people she has made her own.
language: English
title: The Goose Girl
titlecomplete: The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
characters: Enna, Geric, Razo, Selia, Finn, Princess Anidori-Kiladra
genres: Fairy Tales, Retellings, Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 142081
series: The Books of Bayern
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Utah Book Award
category: Children/Young Adults, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Josette Frank Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Waterstones Children's Book Prize
publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books