The kingdom of little wounds

ISBN: 9780763669072 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0763669075 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: remote 1 online resource (554 pages)
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013.

Summary: On the eve of Princess Sophia's wedding the Scandinavian city of Skyggehavn prepares to fete the occasion with a sumptuous display of riches. Yet beneath the veneer of celebration, a shiver of darkness creeps through the palace halls. A mysterious illness plagues the royal family, threatening the lives of the throne's heirs, and a courtier's wolfish hunger for the king's favors sets a devious plot in motion. In the palace at Skyggehave, things are seldom as they seem -- and when a single errant prick of a needle sets off a series of events that will alter the course of history, the fates of seamstress Ava Bingen and mute nursemaid Midi Sorte become irrevocably intertwined.