Title: The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom Author: Written by Christopher Healy, Illustrated by Tod Harris Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 293 Pages (US) nter a world where everything, even our classic fairy tales, is not at all what it seems. Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You’ve never head of them, have you? These are the princes who saved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, respectively, and yet, thanks to those lousy bards who wrote the tales, you likely know them only as “Prince Charming.” But all of this is about to change… Rejected by their princesses and cast out of their castles, Liam, Frederic, Duncan, and Guztav stumble upon an evil plot that could endanger each of their kingdoms. Now it’s up to them to triumph over their various shortcomings, take on trolls, bandits, dragons, witches, and other associated terrors to becom the heroes no one ever thought they could be. Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the League of Heroes series, following the adventures of Liam, Frederic, Duncan, and Gustav (and hopefully Ella?). How did I get this book: ARC from […]