Princess of the Midnight Ball (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Galen: Once a soldier, always a soldier. These words seem to relate to the events that Galen is mixed into within his new life as an under-gardner. Soon after arriving at King Gregor's castle, Galen finds himself falling in more ways than one...
• Rose: The eldest of her eleven sisters, Rose is always looked up to. She has always felt it was her duty to solve the mystery of the curse that has been bestowed on her mother and her sisters. When over the years it has been proven that she cannot do anything about the curse, her mood drops and she fears the worse. That is until a young man enters her world and gives her hope she thought she had lost long ago.
• King Gregor: He is the King of Westfallin. His late wife bartered with King Under Stone so that the kingdom would win the war and so that she could have lots of children.
• Walter Vogel: Worker for the palace. He is a very old gardener.
• Angier: A bishop who is from Analousia and seems to hate King Gregor and his daughters.
• Reiner Orm: The head gardener for King Gregor. Uncle to Galen.
• Maude: Queen of Westfallin. She made a deal with King Understone so that she could have kids. She also pleaded to win the war. Her part of the deal was that she had to visit his realm and dance for him and his courts.
• Dr. Kelling: The royal physician.
• Lily: The second oldest of the twelve dancing princesses. She was in love with Heinrich, Galen's cousin.
• Illiken: Son of King Understone
• Schelker: Son of King Understone.
• Anne: Servant to Queen Maude.
• Heinrich: Galen's cousin who was assumed dead in the war. He was in love with Lily.
• Jonquil: Third of the princesses
• Ulrike: Galen's cousin, Heinrich's sister
• Jutta: One of the widow Zelda's daughters. A friend of Galen.
• Tante Liesel: Galen's aunt.
• Daisy: One of the younger set of the twelve Princesses. She is also Poppy's twin.
• Bruch: Add a description of this character.
• Prince Alfred: One of the Princes who seek Princess Rose's hand in marriage. He tries to solve the mystery of the disappearing princesses.
• Prince Bastien: Another one of the Princes who seek Princess Rose's hand in marriage. He tries to solve the mystery of the disappearing princesses.
• Maria: One of the princess' maids.
• Zelda: A widow who owns a bakery.
• Hyacinth: One of the twelve princesses. She is the most religious one.
• Herr Fischer: The princess' slipper-maker.
• Rionin: One of Under Stone's sons
• Renata
• Master Werner: Galen. A former soldier.
• Iris: Daughter of Maude and Gregor. She is one of the twelve princesses who are cursed to dance each night.
• Wilhelm
• Poppy: Yet another princess. She is a twin. (daisy is her twin). She is later the heroine to the sequel Princess of Glass.

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• Analousia: Enemy country
• Spania
• Ionia

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Followed by Princess of Glass.

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1. Jessica Day George (Author)

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• South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (Finalist, 2010-2011)

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• Books › Children's Books › Obsessions › Princesses
• Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Royalty
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
• Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12

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• Jessica Day George

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