The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale, Elya

The Goose girl is a book about a princess who was never acting like a princess, being raised by her forest born aunt, and her mother (the queen) sends Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee of to the neighboring country to marry the prince. Her aunt taught Ani how to speak to some kinds of birds, and tsught her that there is a forgotten language for everything.

On the long ride (horses) Ani's lady in waiting, Selia, grouped most of the Kildenrian guards, and persuaded them to join her cult, and since Selia and Ani look a lot alike Selia wanted to take her place and marry the prince instead. There is a big fight and Ani runs away,. She hides as a Forest Girl, and finds a job with the workers, as a Goose Girl. She and the workers become very good friends. Which was lucky, because she needed friends when it was time to tell her big secret.

There is SO much more to this book, but I didn't want to give too much away. I know this sounds like a girly book, but you'd be surprised. It is the first book of a series of four.

Ani learns the language of the wind, and the rest of the books are about other people (whom you learn about in the books before) who also learn the languages.

These books would be a favorite to many, and I recommend it to everyone.

9:18 A.M