The Princess and the Castle
by Caroline Binch
(Cape, 10.99)
This story has a startling beginning. Genevieve avoids the beach, because 'Daddy's fishing boat was lost at sea. He never came home again.' This will be true for most fishing communities. As a reader you feel you are looking in on a real family and their life in a harbourside town.
Resisting all offers to go into the sea, Genevieve creates an inviting world of princesses and castles. The role of handsome prince is played by her brother Little Jack. But 'Princesses don't like beaches', and there is no-one to take on the mantle of Red Knight in Genevieve's fantasy.
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