The Swan Kingdom

by Zoe Marriott

When Alexa's mother is killed, her father marries a cunning and powerful woman and her brothers disappear, sending Alexa on a long, dangerous journey as she attempts to harness the mystical power she inherited from her mother and restore the kingdom to its proper balance.

• ISBN10: 0763634816
• ISBN13: 9780763634810
• Publish Date: 25 March 2008 (first published 5 March 2007)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 253
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

This story is nearly perfect. It's a retelling of the story of the girl who has to create shirts out of nettles to transform her brothers who are transformed into swans by their evil stepmother. There were some moments when the pace suddenly changed in the storytelling and I had to backtrack to properly follow the story, but overall it was a hit.

Alexandra is a great character, her connection to the world and the earth-magic in the background is quite well drawn and I found it to be an interesting variation on the story. This is the third book I've read by this author and she has yet to disappoint.