Instead of the lanterns she dreamed of, the journey she stumbles upon is one that leads to uncovering the truth about herself. There is more to Rapunzel’s story, and her magical hair, than she realizes, though. For 18 years, she’s been led to believe that she killed her parents when she was an infant, and she knows she must protect others from her magical hair: hence, she lives locked in a tower.īut when she leaves home to see the floating lights that appear every year on her birthday, she quickly gets swept away on an adventure across the kingdom, accompanied by a young woman named Gina and a roguish thief known as Flynn Rider. Rapunzel remembers nothing of her life before the tower. For her safety, as well as the safety of the kingdom, it is agreed that Rapunzel will be locked in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife Mother Gothel. They soon realize the princess’ hair comes with dangerous magical powers to harm. While it does heal the queen, a healthy baby girl is delivered with hair as rare and silver as the full moon. Instead, the shimmering Moondrop flower is mistakenly acquired. When the queen falls ill and her life, as well as the life of her unborn child, are threatened, the good people of the kingdom search desperately for the all-healing Sundrop flower. IN SHORT: This clean young adult book is a retelling of Tangled, the Disney retelling of Rapunzel.
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