Hansel and Gretel's story - but from a unique point of view.
Where magic, childhood innocence, smarts, and talking animals come to life. Now, now, don't be discouraged. This isn't just any sort of book.
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I am sure you heard the story of Hansel & Gretel.
Of course you have. But I witnessed it, with my own bird eyes. And the real, true story is much different. Why, you ask? Because I saw it from way up in the sky. A
nd the truth often differs from perspective.
One day, I saw two meek children, too small for their own good travel into the forest, holding only a basket with bread crumbs. They returned back to where they had started their journey. Only it was different. They traveled in a full circle, only the building they returned to was different somehow. "Look sis! We're lost! I followed the breadcrumbs but we're somewhere else now," I heard from the boy. However, they weren't lost. They were back at the place they started. The cottage was now a gingerbread house with sugary treats. It was transformed by a blind witch. Only around these parts, I know her as Stepmother Gerta...
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I in no way own Hanzel & Gretel, this is just my spin on it!
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.