{"product_id":"once-upon-a-wickedness-9781776958092","title":"Once Upon a Wickedness","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exciting adventure novel for contemporary kids with a fairytale setting, a daring hero and message that you're never too young and powerless to stand up to tyrants!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dare to ask those in power some hard questions? Find out in this magical novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ten-year-old orphan Dance Violet might have had a short and troubled history, but it hasn't dampened her warrior spirit - not in the slightest. And that's a good thing, because something is rotten in her village, and no one else has the courage to try to put things right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e People have been disappearing overnight and the village children are left to fend for themselves under the tyrannical schoolteachers Murk and Misselthwaite. There are whispers that the trouble started ten years ago when a beautiful but wicked woman - 'the golden-haired hellion' - appeared at a wedding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dance has some powerful gifts that she's only just beginning to discover, and while she knows it's dangerous to ask questions, she's determined to find this golden-haired hellion - even if it means getting disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Dance finds her, the golden-haired hellion had better look out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776958092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2024 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fleur Beale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44723189711029,"sku":"9781776958092","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a66bbe7c-da9e-4872-97cd-09ac5bddfbd6.jpg?v=1729006976","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/once-upon-a-wickedness-9781776958092","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}