{"product_id":"once-upon-a-wickedness-paperback","title":"Once Upon a Wickedness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFleur Beale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLily Uivel\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exciting adventure novel for contemporary kids with a fairytale setting, a daring hero and message that you're never too young and powerless to stand up to tyrants!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dare to ask those in power some hard questions? Find out in this magical novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ten-year-old orphan Dance Violet might have had a short and troubled history, but it hasn't dampened her warrior spirit - not in the slightest. And that's a good thing, because something is rotten in her village, and no one else has the courage to try to put things right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e People have been disappearing overnight and the village children are left to fend for themselves under the tyrannical schoolteachers Murk and Misselthwaite. There are whispers that the trouble started ten years ago when a beautiful but wicked woman - 'the golden-haired hellion' - appeared at a wedding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dance has some powerful gifts that she's only just beginning to discover, and while she knows it's dangerous to ask questions, she's determined to find this golden-haired hellion - even if it means getting disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Dance finds her, the golden-haired hellion had better look out.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFleur Beale\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than 40 books, including\u003ci\u003e I Am Not Esther \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Walking Lightly.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2012 she won the Margaret Mahy Medal for her outstanding contribution to children's writing and in 2015 she was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. A former high-school teacher, she lives in Wellington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725224906815,"sku":"9781776958092","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/850ccc0b5ea0dd06e9f9f40635b86c5f.webp?v=1765105688","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/once-upon-a-wickedness-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}