Title: The Beggar Queen
First published: June 10, 2002
Description: Mickle, once a common street urchin, now rules Westmark as the wise Queen Augusta. Yet the kingdom is strangely restless. Ghosts of the past lurk everywhere, whispering of future war. Justin and his revolutionaries denounce the monarchy--even the benevolent Mickle. Cabbarus, banished from Westmark, plots to seize the throne and install a Reign of Terror.

Theo, the famed Colonel Kestrel, remembers it all--the bloody battles, and the fight for his own soul. The past has retumed to haunt the present, and Theo, once again, must join in the struggle. Who will at last command the fate of Westmark?
Subjects: Revolutionaries, Legislative bodies, Juvenile fiction, Reform, fantasy, young adult, Fantasy fiction, Westmark (Imaginary place), Fantastic fiction, Fiction, Adventure fiction, Science fiction, Accelerated Reader, War stories, American Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Westmark (imaginary place), fiction, Kings and rulers, Queens, Orphans, Rois et souverains, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Reines
People: Theo, Mickle
LC classification: PZ7.A3774 Be 1984