Twelve-year-old Lilia is not a very good servant. In fact, she's terrible! She daydreams, she breaks dishes, and her cooking is awful. Still, she hardly deserves to be sold off to the mean-spirited...

Diane Zahler is the author of The Thirteenth Princess , A True Princess , and Princess of the Wild Swans . Her books have been praised for their "delicious descriptions" ( Kirkus Reviews ) and their...

“Readers who enjoyed Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted, Zahler’s The Thirteenth Princess or E.D. Baker’s “Tales of the Frog Princess” series will also relish this tale.”