The Runaway Princess
(A Graphic Novel)
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- ¥1,100
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- ¥1,100
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This princess can't resist the lure of adventure, but her parents aren't quite on board in this fantastical graphic novel perfect for fans of Princess in Black and Phoebe and Her Unicorn!
Robin? Robin? Robin?! Where are you?
She couldn't have gone far. . . .
Princesses don't run away to have their own adventures. Right?
Princesses stay quietly and obediently at home. They would never want mermaids and swamps and pirates and getting kidnapped to be a part of their lives.
Not this princess!
Adventures await when Robin (bored of princess-ing all the time) embarks on the best adventure of her life--meeting friends along the way as she travels through the magical landscape of her country. But her parents aren't so pleased--and they're coming to find her and bring her back to the castle, no matter how she feels about it!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This fizzy, inventive graphic trio of stories stars Robin, a princess who, in the first episode, skips out on her tutor Elias's etiquette class and sets off for the Aquatic Carnival in nearby Noor, finding four lost brothers on the way. ("I'm Paul," the oldest says, politely. "This is Matt, Lee, and Omar.") The five soon reach Noor, the City of Water, where a mermaid floating in a bubble bewitches Paul and the younger boys disappear ("You sure get lost a lot," Robin says, in the Smiths' natural-sounding translation). In all three tales, new creatures and dilemmas appear as fast as the old ones are dispatched, with opportunities for readers to help out now and then ("Use your finger to find out which path they should follow"). Evildoers are often reassuringly incompetent (one makes a gingerbread house with salt instead of sugar), and famous characters from classic children's books make cameo appearances ("I'm Mr. Mole, and this is Mr. Badger"). Author-illustrator Tro anowski's loopy drawings, brilliant colors, and hectic pacing make this book the perfect companion to while away a long journey. Ages 8 12. Correction: A previous version of this review misstated the creator's name in one place.
