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Gr 7-10 It's 1936, and 16-year-old Sophie FitzOsborne lives on the edge of poverty in an island castle off the coast of England. With her cousin Veronica; her younger sister, Henry; a dog named Carlos; and her reclusive Uncle Johnthe mad king of Montmarayfor company, Sophie spends her days helping her cousin and the few remaining servants keep house wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On a rainswept rock in the Bay of Biscay, Princess Sophia FitzOsborne keeps a journal of a few fateful months—October 1936 to January 1937—in the history of her family's crumbling island kingdom with its six subjects. Her shell-shocked uncle, King John, spends his days abed or throwing things; her lovely cousin Veronica works devotedly in the royal archives in between sparring matches with the housekeeper's son....Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Princess Sophia FitzOsborne keeps a journal describing her family's crumbling island kingdom (fictional) with its six subjects. When...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Thanks to the romantic isolation of the setting and the narration’s poetic but lucid prose, the story of Montmaray’s last royal generation feels both immediate and timeless. While its central characters experience boredom, loneliness, and loss, the novel never dips too long into m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More