Cirrus@Austlit

'A thrilling original fairytale from Megan Hess about the daughter of a locksmith, an evil queen and her secret cage of crows.​

'Best-selling illustrator Megan Hess shines in this astonishing new fairytale about the daughter of a locksmith, who finds a strange key belonging to the queen.

'Violet lives in the wintry forest with her mother, a renowned locksmith. Her mother taught her many things, but the two most important were how to pick a lock in an emergency, and to always trust your instincts – and when Violet finds a lost key belonging to the Queen, she’ll need to do both if she wants to survive her visit to the Palace ... 

A mysterious, heartwarming fairy tale about trusting your gut. 

'The second thrilling picture book in Megan Hess's Young Queens Collection, a series of original fairytales about young girls coming into their own power. Every girl has a queen inside!' (Publication summary)