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Rose, a fashion‑forward orphan struggling at a new school, retreats to her grandmother’s glass greenhouse, a Tudor‑style sanctuary. One night a strange light beckons, and she steps through to a world 400 years earlier: Hatfield Palace, the home of a banished Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII. In the Tudor court, Rose becomes a servant and a trusted confidante to the future queen.
Between the intrigue of court life and the need to find her way back, Rose stumbles upon a locket bearing two enigmatic images that hint at her own past. As she pieces together the mysteries of her family and the portal’s purpose, she learns that her hidden strengths and her grandmother’s secrets may hold the key to reopening the path to her present.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Kathryn Lasky
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