Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon is a witty and charming children's book. Written in a wonderful tongue-in-cheek fashion this author continues to remind me of Mercer Meyer for older children. In this retelling of sleeping beauty, Harriet proves herself to be anything but a normal fairy tale princess who's willing to accept her fate without a fight. Neither the curse fate nor her princess fate goes down easy and she quickly proves herself to be more obstinate than those around her expect. The following early quote is a good example of both the princess and the style of the book:
Her deportment teacher tried to make her walk around with a book on her head to improve her posture. He was later found in the library with a book stuffed in his mouth, and Harriet was grounded for a month.
I discovered Ursula Vernon in an earlier read-a-thon and have been reading her books ever since on read-a-thon day because they're easy, well written and make me laugh.
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