Damsel

*A 2019 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book*

"Listeners will fall under the spell of the prose and narrationand won't wake up until the last word is spoken--and maybe not even then.Highly recommended."--Erin Entrada Kelly, 2018 Newbery Medalist and NewYork Times bestselling author

A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale fromElana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What GirlsAre Made Of

Therite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, hisson the prince must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, andrescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been.

WhenAma wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, she knows none of this. She has nomemory of what came before she was captured by the dragon or what horrors shefaced in its lair. She knows only this handsome young man, the story he tellsof her rescue, and her destiny of sitting on a throne beside him. It's all likea dream, like something from a fairy tale.

AsAma follows Emory to the kingdom of Harding, however, she discovers that notall is as it seems. There is more to the legends of the dragons and the damselsthan anyone knows, and the greatest threats may not be behind her, but aroundher, now, and closing in.