The Door in the Hedge

by Robin McKinley

Master storyteller Robin McKinley here spins two new fairy tales and retells two cherished classics. All feature princesses touched with or by magic. There is Linadel, who lives in a kingdom next to Faerieland, where princesses are stolen away on their seventeenth birthdays-and Linadel's seventeenth birthday is tomorrow. And Korah, whose brother is bewitched by the magical Golden Hind; now it is up to her to break the spell. Rana must turn to a talking frog to help save her kingdom from the evil Aliyander. And then there are the twelve princesses, enspelled to dance through the soles of their shoes every night. . . . These are tales to read with delight!

• ISBN10: 0688003125
• ISBN13: 9780688003128
• Publish Date: 1 April 1981
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 13 May 1998
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: William Morrow
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[ladygrey]

Another example of [a:Robin McKinley|5339|Robin McKinley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1314406026p2/5339.jpg]'s deft ability, not only with fairy tale retellings but in creating her own stories. A Door in the Hedge is a poetic fairy tale, evident of McKinley's style and mastery of fantasy language. I also loved her reimagining of The 12 Dancing Princesses, which has always been one of my favorite fairy tales.