The golden cage

A dark fairy tale about a spoiled and evil princess.

- Nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
- Awarded with the Cutting Edge Award (Belgium)
- Luxurious edition with linen band and gilded lettering

Rights sold: Chinese (simple), German, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish, English, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Russian

Valentina is the spoiled daughter of the emperor. She loves birds very much. One day Valentina requests a special bird, one with which she can talk. Many servants will die during their dangerous quest for this bird. But when they dare to come back empty-handedly, or with a wrong bird, the blood-princess lets them be beheaded ...

Themes: being lonely, princess, bird