by Jan Vermeer
Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song, the Newbery Honor for A Solitary Blue, and was a National Book Award Finalist for Homecoming—all part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle-grade and teen readers, including the Tales of the Kingdom series and Izzy, Willy-Nilly. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 and the Katahdin Award in 2003 for her work in literature. She lives in Maine. Visit her online at CynthiaVoigt.com.
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Also by Cynthia Voigt
The Tale of Gwyn
The Tale of Birle
The Tale of Oriel
THE TILLERMAN CYCLE
Homecoming
Dicey’s Song
A Solitary Blue
The Runner
Come a Stranger
Sons from Afar
Seventeen Against the Dealer
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Text copyright © 1999 by Cynthia Voigt
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Voigt, Cynthia, author.
[Elske]
Tale of Elske / Cynthia Voigt.
pages cm. — (Tales of the kingdom ; 4)
Originally published under the title Elske. New York : Atheneum, 1999.
ISBN 978-1-4814-2189-8 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-2190-4 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-4570-2 (eBook)
1. Princesses—Juvenile fiction. 2. Queens—Juvenile fiction. 3. Brothers and sisters—Juvenile fiction. 4. Friendship—Juvenile fiction. [1. Princesses—Fiction. 2. Kings, queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction. 4. Fantasy.] I. Title.
PZ7.V874Tak 2015
813.54—dc23
[Fic]
2014044091