When the king decrees that his arrogant son may not wear the crown until he marries a woman who is his e qual, it seems an impossibility - at least to Prince Raphael . But then he meets Rosamund, a poor goat-herd. '
Author Biography
Katherine Paterson has twice won the Newbery Medal, for her young adult novels Jacob Have I Loved and Bridge to Terabithia, as well as the National Book Award, for both The Master Puppeteer and The Great Gilly Hopkins. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for the body of her work, and was National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Mrs. Paterson lives in Vermont.