Cloaked (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Johnny Marco: Johnny, son of a run away dad, and young boy living with his mother. working all day and most of the nights repairing shoes for a living. The beautiful Princess of Alora has come and talked Johnny into a magical adventure in search of her brother for a very enticing reward of fortune. as Johnny is caught between his best friend Meg and the irregular Princess he learns there is more to life then what he thought. He's really awesome.
• Princess Victoriana: Princess Victoriana is described as the hottest looking girl in the book. She is worried sick about her brother after he disappears. When she meets Johnny, she asked him to find her brother because he was a "good boy". She's awesome.
• Meg: Meg is Johnny's best friend. She works at the neighboring coffee shop that her family owns inside the hotel. Readers believe that by the end of the story, romance between her and Johnny builds up. It's true.
• Prince Philippe: Prince Philippe is a frog. Well, he was turned into a frog by the Witch Sieglinde. He is also the brother of Princess Victoriana. He is the person that they mainly are looking for throughout the book. He is really snotty compared to his sister.
• Ryan: Ryan is sorta kinda Johnny's friend. He is a college guy that works at the hotel's swimming pool. He is considered one of the popular guys.
• Bruno: He is Princess Victoriana's main body guard. He dislikes Johnny, and turns out to be something else...
• Siegfried: Siegfried is Sieglinda's son. He helps his mom try to capture Prince Phillipe.
• Todd: Todd is a fox who lives behind a rough hotel. He was once a fisherman. He turns out to be something different.
• Caroline: Caroline is the youngest daughter of the King of Key West. She is not aware that she has other siblings. She is also human and runs a place.
• Harry: Harry is one of Caroline's older brothers. Him, along with his five other siblings, (excludes Caroline), are swans living in the hotel lobby. He is really nice to Johnny.
• Margarita: One of Caroline's older sisters. She is a swan.
• Ernest: One of Caroline's older brothers. He is a swan.
• Mallory: One of Caroline's older sisters. She is a swan.
• Jimmy: One of Caroline's older brothers. He is a swan.
• Cornelius: A rat who was once a man. Currently lives in Miami in a port.
• Princess Victoriana: She is a beautiful princess. She is always partying. But, it is just a cover up. Her brother, Phillipe has been turned into a frog by Sieglinde the evil witch. Therefore, she asks Johnny to find him for her.
• Truman: One of Caroline's siblings.
• Margaret: One of Caroline's siblings.
• Mr. Farnesworth: Owns the hotel Johnny, Meg and Ryan work at.

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• “I'm told there's even an e-group, though my siblings and I haven't been able to participate due to an unfortunate combination of lack of fingers and the fact that the desk clerk is online all night.”

  Ernest

• “I guess I can tell you, since you know about the ring. We have brownies. Brownies? Sure. You've got an awesome crumb cake too, but what does that have to do with shoes? Brownies are elves, Johnny. It's an Irish thing.”

  Johnny & Meg

• “Elves? They clean up after we leave, do the baking, then start the coffee before we come every morning. They don't work during the day. They like to be left alone. Elves made the shoes? Brownies.”

  Johnny & Meg

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• A lie can travel halfway ’round the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.

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• With your head full of brains, and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.—Dr. Seuss

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• “As much as I really admire your shoes . . . I really wouldn’t want to be in your shoes at this particular time and place.”

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• ‘I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes—and the stars through his soul.’”

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• ‘Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence, and nothing too much.’”

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• “‘Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us, but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip,’”

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• “‘The shoe that fits one person pinches another.’”

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• “If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.”

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• “‘I still have my feet on the ground,’” she says. “‘I just wear better shoes.’

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• For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of the shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost. . . . —Poor Richard’s Almanack

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• Miami
• South Beach
• Florida Keys
• Zalkenbourg
• New York

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1. Alex Flinn (Author)

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• Dewey: FIC FIN

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• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths › Stories
• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen

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• SurLaLune Fairy Tales

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