"A twisty tale of courtly kissing and self-determination in the age of knights"
Interest Age Teen Reading Age 7
Written by the acclaimed author of Things A Bright Girl Can Do, Sally Nicholls’ The Knight’s Kiss sees a sharp-witted young Lady craft her escape of an arranged marriage. With short chapters and dyslexic-friendly paper, this is especially suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic teen readers, particularly those who adore tales of female derring-do, for this spritely, romantic romp fizzes with a spirit of independence.
Fourteen-year-old Lady Elinor leads a lonely life until her cousin Dan, a Knight-in-training, comes to Hardford Castle to learn from her father. In Dan, Elinor finds someone to play games with, banter with, and fall in love with. But tragically, Lady Elinor’s father has other ideas for his daughter’s future. As revealed after he walks in on the young couple kissing, he wants her to marry Sir William, his fifty-year-old friend.
While Sir William turns out to be a kindly man, Elinor remains determined to marry her true love and so sets about controlling her own destiny, though her plan leads to an entirely unexpected outcome…
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