Have you ever wondered just what was going on when that odd little man with the long name stepped up and volunteered to spin straw into gold for the miller’s daughter? If you stop and think about it, there are some very peculiar components to the story. Vivian Vande Velde has wondered too, and she’s come up with these six alternative versions of the old legend. A bevy of miller’s daughters confront their perilous situation in very different ways-sometimes comic, sometimes scary, always unexpected. AGES: 10 to 14 AUTHOR: Vivian Vande Velde has written many books for teen and middle grade readers, including ‘Heir Apparent’, ‘User Unfriendly’, ‘All Hallow’s Eve: 13 Stories’, ‘Three Good Deeds’, ‘Now You See It …’, and the Edgar Award winning ‘Never Trust a Dead Man’. Visit her website at www.vivianvandevelde.com.