Straw Into Gold
by Gary D. Schmidt
Tousle's life depends on the answer to a riddle. He must solve it in
seven days or be killed. With no one to ease his way in this challenging
quest but the cruelly blinded Innes, Tousle sets off to find the banished
queen. She alone possesses the answer that can save them.
Running for their lives -- pursued through dark woods and across
raging rivers by the king's men -- the boys soon find themselves
challenged by another, even more mystifying, riddle: What happened
to the young prince, who was taken away so long ago by a magical little
man who could spin straw into gold? Is the royal heir hidden in plain
sight? Could the queen, after so many years, even recognize him?
Rumpelstiltskin
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