num_pages: 47
description: In this amusing eloquently told story created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus unlike those before her she was able to see that the peasants of the kingdom were overworked and starving while the nobles lived in selfish luxury. Miranda with confidence and determination forms an innovative plan to help her people overcome their oppression and in the process reveals the power of words to vanquish ignorance and bring about change.
language: English
title: The Wide-Awake Princess
publisher: Clarion Books