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Margaret Owen.
519 pages
illustrations.
Retelling of: The goose girl.
Summary: For the last year, the wicked maid Vanja Schmidt has lived a lie. Once the loyal servant of the Princess Gisele, Vanja stole a string of enchanted pearls that transformed her into the glamorous princess, leaving the true Gisele a penniless nobody. Now Vanja leads a lonely but profitable double life, charming the nobility with the pearls' facade while ransacking their coffers as a wanted jewel thief. All she needs is enough to fund an escape from the god-mothers, Death and Fortune, who took her in as a child-- and have come to collect her debt.