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Sylvie has spent over eighty years as a twelve‑year‑old princess in a book she was born into. Her heroic tales are always the same, but she longs to leave her story. When she looks up at the Reader—breaking the cardinal rule of all storybook characters—Sylvie launches onto a journey she never anticipated. In the process she discovers what truly lies beyond her world and accomplishes a good beyond any great thing she had imagined.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Rod Townley
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