This book was a cute play on Sleeping Beauty. Harriet is cursed to fall into sleep until a prince kisses her, but since she has to be alive on her twelfth birthday and is protected until the curse occurs, she goes around slaying monsters and abusing her invincibilities. On her twelfth birthday, however, the curse backfires and puts everyone in the castle but Harriet and her quail to sleep, meaning now they all need a prince to kiss them. This book had a good sense of humor throughout and nice twists on the classic tale.
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible
By Ursula Vernon
Book 1 of 4 in the
Hamster Princess Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Grades 3 - 6 | n/a | 5.1 | 16098 |
Sleeping Beauty gets a feisty, furry twist in this hilarious new comic series from the creator of Dragonbreath
Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you'll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the palace looking ethereal or sighing a lot. She finds the royal life rather . . . dull. One day, though, Harriet's parents tell her of the curse that a rat placed on her at birth, dooming her to prick her finger on a hamster wheel when she's twelve and fall into a deep sleep. For Harriet, this is most wonderful news: It means she's invincible until she's twelve! After all, no good curse goes to waste. And so begins a grand life of adventure with her trusty riding quail, Mumfrey...until her twelfth birthday arrives and the curse manifests in a most unexpected way.
Perfect for fans of Babymouse and Chris Colfer's Land of Stories, this laugh-out-loud new comic hybrid series will turn everything you thought you knew about princesses on its head.
Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you'll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the palace looking ethereal or sighing a lot. She finds the royal life rather . . . dull. One day, though, Harriet's parents tell her of the curse that a rat placed on her at birth, dooming her to prick her finger on a hamster wheel when she's twelve and fall into a deep sleep. For Harriet, this is most wonderful news: It means she's invincible until she's twelve! After all, no good curse goes to waste. And so begins a grand life of adventure with her trusty riding quail, Mumfrey...until her twelfth birthday arrives and the curse manifests in a most unexpected way.
Perfect for fans of Babymouse and Chris Colfer's Land of Stories, this laugh-out-loud new comic hybrid series will turn everything you thought you knew about princesses on its head.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 9780142427019
ISBN-10: 0142427012
Published on 5/2/2017
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
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While I was skeptical at first about the premise of the book, because it was influenced so heavily from Sleeping Beauty, I ended up loving it! Harriet was such a strong character, and used the curse to her advantage, which was so unique and original for the author to do! I really enjoyed the villain character as well, she was very sarcastic and brought a lot of life to the story. I feel that this is a book that everyone can benefit from reading, and everyone will find something that they enjoy.
LOL!! I give this book 5 stars!!
I give this book 5 stars. This is a fractured fairytale with a new take on Sleeping Beauty. Harriet the princess hamster is cursed by a wicked fairy to fall asleep at the age of 12. The youngest fairy blesses her with a gift that she can wake up with a kiss from a prince. Ratshade, the evil villain shows princess Harriet where the spinning wheel is, but Harriet doesn't touch the wheel. The curse turns upside down, so while everyone in the kingdom sleeps, Harriet must find a prince to kiss everyone in the kingdom so they will wake up. This is a fantastic twist ending! I love how Ratshade POOFS in the end. I love the illustrations. I love this book because it's based on a fairytale that I really like and the story is interesting. My favorite character is Princess Harriet because she loves going on many adventures and she does not want to be a princess. I highly recommend this book!
This is a fun story about a princess named Harriet Hamsterbone who is literally a hamster, and she's superb at fractions. She has a sidekick named Mumfrey, who is a quail. Together, they ride everywhere and have tremendous fun. But, unfortunately, Harriet has a terrible curse put on her by a wicked fairy god-mouse when she was just a baby. According to the curse, on her 12th birthday she will prick herself on a hamster wheel and fall asleep, until she is kissed by a prince. Harriet and Mumfrey enjoy escapades and adventures until her 12th birthday. Even then, as the curse looms, she has her own ideas about how to handle the dreaded wicked fairy god-mouse, and it isn't what you'd expect. The illustrations are almost like those out of a comic book, and I think they make the story even funnier.
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible is about a hamster princess. Just like Aurora, otherwise known as Sleeping Beauty, when she was a baby an evil fairy Ratshade has cursed Harriet Hamsterbone. Except Harriet’s curse is that at age 12 she will prick her finger on a hamster wheel and fall into a deep sleep. Luckily the fairy god-mice are present, and give their three gifts: that Harriet will not have to eat or drink while she is sleeping, that brambles will grow around the castle to protect the sleeping princess(something that Harriet’s father the King is quite worried about), and that if a prince should kiss her she would wake up. Unlike most princess’s who would dread the curse, Harriet is thrilled when she learns of it. Because that means that until she is 12 years old she is invincible, and can do all the high-risk things she has dreamed about. No more princess lessons for her. So, until she is 12 years old Harriet lives a life of adventure, protecting the land, and becomes known as Crazy Princess Harriet. But when the curse finally arrives things go a little...unexpected. Harriet tricks Ratshade into touching the cursed hamster wheel, and she goes into a deep sleep. But to Harriet’s alarm everyone else in the castle falls asleep as well. So Harriet sets off on another adventure (although this one she must be much more careful as she can now be killed), with her trusty riding quail Mumfrey to find a way to save her kingdom. Hamster Princess was an unique re-telling of Sleeping Beauty. I liked that the author mixed elements from the original fairytale with her own twists. The illustrations in this book sometimes seemed to interrupt the flow of the story, especially when you had to look for dialogue, but other than that they were usually very humorous. I recommend this book to elementary girls. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.
i like this book so far because it has a lot of actions. it is a good book to read if you like adventure . i think that this series of hamster princess would be good as a seven-and-up-book. the hamster princess series is a very interesting series.