The Birthday Ball

Written by Lois Lowry · Illustrated by Jules Feiffer

A princess escapes her royal duties by disguising as a peasant.

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192 pages· 810L

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Princess Patricia Priscilla, tired of her royal routine and unwanted suitors, dons a peasant disguise to experience life beyond the palace walls. As she navigates mistaken identities and unexpected romance, she discovers that beneath the titles, everyone shares the same dreams and desires. Will her week of freedom lead to a new understanding of her world, or will it complicate her royal obligations? Dive into this whimsical tale of adventure and self-discovery, where the lines between royalty and commoners blur in the most delightful ways.

From the publisher

A wry, dry, laugh-out-loud princess tale by the hilarious Lois Lowry, with illustrations by Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excitement surrounding her sixteenth birthday ball. Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she adopts a peasant disguise and escapes her fate—for a week.In this tale of mistaken identity, creamed pigeons, and young love, the two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry compares princesses to peasants and finds them to be exactly the same in all the important ways.

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