Something large and fuzzy pushed into her from behind, and she absently reached back to scratch her cat, Rufus, beneath his floppy feathered hat. And that was going to present some problems. Unfortunately, the item she was after was currently sitting in the giant’s tunic pocket. Fortunately, even at five and a half feet tall, taller than the average human twelve-year-old, she still measured barely a tenth of the giant’s height, so her footsteps were basically silent. Hopefully, that creaking would cover any sounds she made, since she knew that if the giant woke up before she could find her treasure, this was all over. The wooden chair he lounged in looked like it could barely hold his weight, and it creaked with every tiny movement. Lena held her breath as she slipped beneath a door that was easily one hundred feet tall and caught sight of the giant, snoring loudly in the kitchen as a fire flickered in the dim light. …This sounds like it’ll end badly, doesn’t it? Excerpt

If Jin does find the Last Knight and bring him to the Golden King, why, that could doom the entire fairy-tale world. What Lena and Jin don’t know is how close the Golden King’s plans are to coming together, between his dark magic and his horrible Faceless knights. At least the king only has two wishes left, one of which is for Jin to go to the Cursed City and capture its protector, the Last Knight-one of Lena’s closest friends. In Jin’s case, it’s the power-hungry Golden King.

Someone who knows not to judge by appearances is Jin, a young genie currently serving one thousand and thirty-eight years of genie training that requires him to fulfill the wish of whoever holds his magical ring. Fortunately, Lena has friends down in the Cursed City who understand that looking different doesn’t make her less of a giant. But hiding who she is has always felt wrong, even though she knows the other giants might not accept her. Lena has kept the fact that she’s a tiny giant secret, using magic to grow when out in the giant village. Storybook characters collide in this first book in a new trilogy of twisted fairy tales from New York Times bestselling author James Riley, set in the world of his popular Half Upon a Time series-perfect for fans of Fablehaven and Chris Colfer’s A Tale of Magic series!įive and a half feet might seem pretty tall for a twelve-year-old, but it’s not when your parents are giants.

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