Jennifer Sneed
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A STORY UNWRITTEN
"A captivating fairytale adaptation..." - Kirkus Reviews
A retelling of Andersen's fairy tale The Wild Swans set in Oklahoma in 1925.
For ages 8-12 and the young at heart.
“I believe in magic. I believed even before my brothers sprouted wings and flew away.”
Eleven-year-old Cora, a woefully unladylike oil baron’s daughter, resists her family’s demands to become a fine young lady, but her plans to prevent it are interrupted when a fortune-hunting medium with a knack for potions bewitches her father. Cora unmasks the woman, but it makes no difference. After a whirlwind wedding, the medium turns Cora’s six brothers into hawks and Cora escapes through secret tunnels.
Trading her voice to a fairy on the prairie for the antidote to save her brothers, she must craft magical shirts for them before the Blue Moon rises or lose her family—and her voice—forever. By accepting new challenges and finding new allies, this little Princess on the Prairie does more than save her brothers; she finds the tenacity to become the author of her own fantastic life story.
For fans of Alyssa Colman and Gail Carson Levine, A STORY UNWRITTEN is the perfect book for ages 8-12 and the young at heart, young fantasy readers, lovers of historical fiction, and empowering young girls.
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About Jennifer Sneed
Jennifer Sneed is a former elementary school teacher and legal assistant. Always a reader, one day she decided to write down the stories in her head. It’s the best decision she ever made. Her articles and short stories have been published in Cricket and Ask magazines and she’s won a few awards for her writing. She is a leader of the SCBWI OK/AR region. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a graduate of the University of Tulsa with a history degree, somewhere along the way she fell in love with the city and decided to stay. A STORY UNWRITTEN, a middle grade fairy tale retelling, is her debut novel.
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