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Description
She was born with her eyes closed and a word on her tongue, a word she could not taste. Her name was Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee (aka Ani and later on Isi): The Crown Princess of Kildenree, though Ani's not really confident about that. She doesn't have her mother's gift for people speaking, and she seems to say the wrong things too much. She can speak to birds and can communicate with her horse, Falada, by thought.
- Selia: Ani's lady-in-waiting, she possesses the gift of people speaking.
- Enna: A girl in the country Bayern Ani befriended under the name Isi.
- Geric: A soldier at the castle in Bayern, he befriends Ani, though there's more to this guy than Ani knows.
- Talone: One of Ani's loyal guards on her trip to Bayern.
First Sentence
She was born Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she did not open her eyes for three days.
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Errata
In the Bloomsbury paperback edition with the painting sort of cover, on page 167 Chapter 11 is started too early. The T on that page belongs on the next page, making the first word "The" and not "he."
Series
This is book 1 in the The Books of Bayern series.
Authors & Contributors
- Shannon Hale (Author)
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