Hamster Princess, Ursula Vernon
Hamster Princess, Ursula Vernon
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Hamster Princess
Harriet the Invincible

Author: Ursula Vernon

Narrator: Eva Kaminsky

Unabridged: 1 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/15/2016


Synopsis

Sleeping Beauty gets a feisty, furry twist in this hilarious new comic series from the creator of Dragonbreath Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you'll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the palace looking ethereal or sighing a lot. She finds the royal life rather . . . dull. One day, though, Harriet's parents tell her of the curse that a rat placed on her at birth, dooming her to prick her finger on a hamster wheel when she's twelve and fall into a deep sleep. For Harriet, this is most wonderful news: It means she's invincible until she's twelve! After all, no good curse goes to waste. And so begins a grand life of adventure with her trusty riding quail, Mumfrey...until her twelfth birthday arrives and the curse manifests in a most unexpected way.

About Ursula Vernon

Ursula Vernon is the award-winning author and illustrator of the popular Dragonbreath series. Her Eisner-nominated comic Digger won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, and her children's book Dragonbreath won the Sequoyah Award in 2013. Ursula lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where she works full-time as an artist, writer, and creator of oddities. She lives with her husband, a beagle, and a small collection of cats.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lois

Well, that was fun. The assorted adventures of a hamster princess who figures out that if the christening curse is supposed to work on her 12th birthday, it must needs also keep her alive until then. Therefore... I first encountered Ursula Vernon through her brilliant adult short story "Toad Words".......more

So this would have been my FAVOURITE thing as a kid. It's basically everything I would have ever wanted: 1. Fairy tale retelling 2. Fairy tale retelling with reversed traditional gender roles 3. Fairy tale retelling of fairy tales that are less common (The Princess on the Glass hill) 4. Fairy tale retel......more

Goodreads review by Jim

A quick, light-hearted, and fun fairy-tale twist, with delightful illustrations. I'll be passing this one along to my 10-year-old son for him to read next.......more