The Rosewood Chronicles #1: Undercover Princess

by Connie Glynn

Overview

Perfect for fans of Meg Cabot and Shannon Hale, Undercover Princess is a charming royal adventure by YouTube star Connie Glynn (Noodlerella).

Lottie Pumpkin is an ordinary girl who has spent her life longing for the extraordinary.

Ellie Wolf is the crown princess of Maradova, who wants nothing more than a chance at an ordinary life.

When fate puts Lottie and Ellie in the same dorm room at the prestigious Rosewood Hall, there’s only one solution: for the girls to swap identities, and live the lives they’ve always dreamed of.

But at Rosewood, a secret never stays secret for long. Someone in the school is on to them—and if the truth is revealed, the results may be more treacherous than they ever expected.

Undercover Princess is the first book in the Rosewood Chronicles series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062847829
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/17/2019
Series:	Rosewood Chronicles Series , #1
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	150,815
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Connie Glynn has always loved writing. She wrote her first story when she was six, with her mum at a typewriter acting as her scribe. This passion for stories has never left her, and Connie recently finished her degree in film theory. It was at university that Connie started her hugely successful YouTube channel, Noodlerella. There Connie vlogs about her passions, which include comics, cartoons, impressions, video games, cosplay, and all things cute. Connie’s channel has nearly one million subscribers and over 88 million views.

Editorial Reviews

YouTube personality Glynn takes this wish-fulfillment premise and spins it with all the subtlety of cotton candy... Cinderella meets Mean Girls while at Hogwarts.” — Kirkus Reviews

“With a message of kindness, YouTube star Glynn’s middle grade debut, a series opener, is a story of devoted friendship and fierce loyalty that is sure to win readers over.” — Publishers Weekly

“This first in a series is a quick read with hints of light romance... An engaging boarding school story.” — School Library Journal

“This updated take on The Prince and the Pauper is enhanced by the lightest touch of magical realism... but ultimately this is a tale of friendship and belonging. Doors are left open for a sequel, and readers will be eager to see where they lead.” — Booklist

From the Publisher

This updated take on The Prince and the Pauper is enhanced by the lightest touch of magical realism... but ultimately this is a tale of friendship and belonging. Doors are left open for a sequel, and readers will be eager to see where they lead.

Booklist

This updated take on The Prince and the Pauper is enhanced by the lightest touch of magical realism... but ultimately this is a tale of friendship and belonging. Doors are left open for a sequel, and readers will be eager to see where they lead.

Booklist

07/16/2018
Rooming together at posh British boarding school Rosewood Hall are Ellie Wolf, Crown Princess of Maradova, who is masquerading as a normal girl, and Lottie Pumpkin, a normal girl who masquerades as the Princess of Maradova to protect Ellie’s anonymity. When Rosewood starts buzzing about royalty-in-hiding in attendance, and someone leaves threatening messages for the fake princess, life becomes filled with intrigue for both girls—each new threat becomes more menacing as the person behind them gets closer to revealing Ellie’s secret. Lottie is full of fairy tale fantasies, and Ellie loathes her princesshood, making them both an unlikely pair and a perfect match. Unflappably upbeat Lottie proves herself valiant when danger arises, willing to face down Ellie’s enemies with the bravest of hearts. Morose and unfriendly Ellie, meanwhile, proves herself good-hearted. With a message of kindness, YouTube star Glynn’s middle grade debut, a series opener, is a story of devoted friendship and fierce loyalty that is sure to win readers over. Ages 8–12. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

2018-06-11
Being a princess is all that Lottie imagined, except that someone is out to get her.Lottie, 13, has always found solace in the classic fairy tales, and her most cherished possession is her dead mother's tiara (a "pristine object of magnificence, so incongruous in her humble home…that appeared to glow with a glittering grandeur"). Accepted into the opulent and prestigious boarding school Rosewood Hall, Lottie is determined to succeed. She is stunned to learn that her roommate, Ellie, is an actual princess who abhors the role, and her residence at the school is supposed to be top secret. Lottie eventually takes on the part of Portman, one hired to act in place of a member of royalty to protect their true identity. It's a dream come true, with fancy dresses, royal balls, and a handsome prince—but it's also fraught with danger. A toxic sigil is hidden under her bed, and threatening notes begin appearing in places like cupcake frosting. Lottie might be lost as events proceed into very treacherous territory but for her wits, a little help from the mysterious bodyguard Jamie (a "dark" and "wild" multiracial boy whose Pakistani mother died in childbirth, making him one of the few characters of color), and her deep friendship with Ellie. Lottie and Ellie are both white. YouTube personality Glynn takes this wish-fulfillment premise and spins it with all the subtlety of cotton candy—lit'rature this is not. "Cinderella" meets Mean Girls while at Hogwarts. (Fiction. 9-14)

Kirkus Reviews