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  • Novel

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  • Children's

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The publisher's summary in its Library of Congress record reads: "Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!." It is book 1 of the Princess in Black series and listed for an audience of children.

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