Dixon, H. (2011). Entwined. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books. ISBN 978-0062001030 Hardcover, $17.99
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Booktalk: What do you love most in the world? What would you fight to keep? For Azalea, the eldest of twelve sisters and crown princess of Eathesbury, the answer is easy: her family. As Christmas approaches, her mother is ill and the hostess duties for her Kingdom’s annual Yuletide Ball have fallen to Azalea. She is excited for the ball, she loves to dance; her mother has taught her and her sisters well. When she’s called to her mother’s bedside just hours before the ball, her mother makes her promise to care for her sisters, always. Just hours later, her mother dies. Her father cannot handle the pain and goes off to war, leaving Azalea and her sisters shocked and reeling from the loss. Mourning traditions require that there be no dancing, or guests, for a year. Azalea tries to help her sisters, but she’s alone and brokenhearted. Azalea’s promise to care for her sisters is put to the test. Fighting against crushing hopelessness and isolation, the sisters finally discover magic in the castle – magic that allows them to dance their sadness away and pulls them out of their despair.
Too late, Azalea realizes that the dancing comes at a very high price. Fighting an ancient dark magic with nothing but her love, her determination to keep the promise she made to her mother, and a silver handkerchief, can Azalea pay that price? Can she keep her promise? Can she save her family from the terror that haunts them?
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