Once Upon a Wickedness

Fleur Beale

ISBN 10: 1776958098 / ISBN 13: 9781776958092

Published by Penguin Group (NZ), NZ, 2023

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An exciting adventure novel for fans of Roald Dahl's Matilda, with a fairytale setting, a daring hero and message that you're never too young and powerless to stand up to tyrants!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 by the bestselling Fleur Beale, stunningly illustrated by Lily Uivel.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.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.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.When Dance finds her, the golden-haired hellion had better look out.Read all Fleur Beale's bestselling novels!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Once Upon a Wickedness
• Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ), NZ
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1776958098
• ISBN 13: 9781776958092
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Uivel, Lily
• Condition: New
• Weight: 248 grams

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Synopsis

An 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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

When Dance finds her, the golden-haired hellion had better look out.

About the Author

Fleur Beale is the author of more than 40 books, including I Am Not Esther and Walking Lightly. 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.