Born to Rule

unicorns weren’t real. Unicorns were just made-up creatures from fairy tales. Fairy tales weren’t practical.
    As a practical girl and daughter of one of the most powerful rulers on earth, Gundersnap had had it drummed into her since birth that certain things were silly, such as reading fairy tales. Unicorns would definitely come under that heading. Unicorns weren’t practical in the least. No, a princess needed a fine pony, or a great warhorse like Thunder Monster, her mother’s charger. Gundersnap squinted harder. This tapestry was far from finished, she suddenly realized. But unicorns? Impossible.
    Still…

About the Author
    Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor–winning and national bestselling author of more than one hundred books for children and adults. She has created picture books: PORKENSTEIN, SUGARING TIME, and LUNCH BUNNIES; novels: BLOOD SECRET, THE BONE WARS, BEYOND THE BURNING TIME, and A VOICE OF HER OWN; and the bestselling series Guardians of Ga’Hoole. When she’s not writing, she and her husband, Christopher Knight, enjoy sailing the world aboard a boat named Alice.
    Kathryn Lasky lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. You can visit her online at www.kathrynlasky.com.
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Credits
    Cover art © 2006 by Amy Saidens
    Cover design by Sasha Illingworth
    Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Amy Saidens

Copyright
    CAMP PRINCESS 1: BORN TO RULE. Text copyright © 2006 by Kathryn Lasky. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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