What would happen if Rapunzel made a deal with a sea witch, and The Little Mermaid wound up at the top of a very tall tower? Fairy tales meet Freaky Friday in this series, where there’s a magical mix-up for every princess! The enchanting first edition paperback of Rapunzel and the Sea Witch (or, The Little Mermaid and the Tower) will feature dual-toned sprayed edges! All Rapunzel wants is to explore, but she can’t set foot outside her tower without triggering her curse. At least, that’s what her mother tells her, and she has no reason not to listen to her mother, right? But when Rapunzel suddenly winds up in a sea witch’s lair, she wonders if this could be her chance: not only to see the world, but also to break the curse that’s always hung over her. . . . Princess Hana, meanwhile, has her hands full with this mysterious storm wreaking havoc under the sea. As a mermaid, she’s pretty sure humans are at fault—especially after her best friend is captured by sailors. But how is Hana supposed to save him when she suddenly finds herself stuck in a very tall tower with no door? Happily-ever-after couldn’t feel farther away. Can Rapunzel break her curse before it is triggered? And can Hana escape the tower in time to save her kingdom? For other Princess Swaps, don't miss: Cinderella and the Beast (or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper) - Snow White and the Dragon (or, Sleeping Beauty and the Seven Dwarfs) " A fresh, fast-paced fairy-tale retelling that explores themes of agency." — Kirkus Reviews Kim Bussing writes fairy tales for children and adults, and is the author of the Princess Swap series. She has an MFA from the University of Arizona, and her shorter work has appeared in various publications and has received several awards. Kim is obsessed with The Phantom of the Opera and gluten-free croissants. Originally from Seattle, Washington, she currently lives in Tucson, Arizona. 1 Rapunzel If Rapunzel could wish for anything, absolutely anything in the world? Obviously, she would love to ride a dragon. Or learn how to speak five hundred languages. Or visit that house people say is made of candy (and, ideally, eat some of it). Things that involve going outside in general are high on the wish list. But that’s not her biggest wish. Rapunzel’s biggest wish of all . . . Is to be absolutely, 100 percent ordinary. Ordinary as old boots. Ordinary as dry toast. Ordinary as paint chip-ping off a fence. “Rapunzel!” Because absolutely nothing about her is ordinary. Dust motes spin lazily in the Library’s late afternoon light. Rapunzel clutches a rag in one hand; the other is gloved, holding an oil lamp. The room’s edges are round, and its shelves are crammed with the rarest, most magical, most forbidden objects from around Reverie, like enchanted quills, shiny hooks, cores of cursed ap-ples, a wolf’s tooth. “Focus, bunny.” Lady Grimm snaps her fingers, looking up from her living map. “If you keep scrubbing at that rate, you’ll let the genie out.” “Sorry, Mother.” Rapunzel runs the rag over the bronze oil lamp, hurriedly placing it back on a crowded shelf. “And don’t touch that with your bare hands,” Mother snaps. “I know,” Rapunzel says. The lamp is a new addition, in from Ambrosia. DO NOT LET GENIE OUT reads a very stern note tied to the neck. “Not” has as many underlines as the years that genie has probably spent inside. Rapunzel’s a little tempted to run her bare palm over it, just once. Maybe a genie could help her. Especially this one. It must be pretty powerful, for someone to bottle it away. But if Mother thought the genie would help them, then she would have said something. Mother knows best. That’s kind of a given when you’re one of the most powerful fairies in Reverie. “Get your head out of the clouds, bunny,” Lady Grimm commands. “Has our work stopped being of interest to you?” “Sorry, Mother.” Rapunzel scribbles down the oil lamp’s condition and the date. The Grimmoire is a record of all the objects in Reverie; Mother uses it to document when they receive something and to keep track of what objects are in their possession. As the head of the Dreamwood Council, Mother’s role is to oversee balance in Reverie. And part of this is to run the Library--recording, loaning out, storing, or disposing of these magical objects. Keeping track of all the stories of Reverie, as Mother says. Much of Rapunzel’s responsibility, now and forever (and ever and ever), is to help her. Assistant Librarian, Mother will say fondly, patting Rapunzel’s hair. How lucky, for a strange, Cursed child like you to have such a noble life planned. Rapunzel brushes the backs of her knuckles against a pretty miniature ship that’s been in the Library for a while, which Mother has gotten down from the shelf once or twice recently. In the Grimmoire, it’s labeled: “Magic Level: Medium. For: a swashbuckling story. Caution: sea sickness.” Rapunzel lets her fingertips rest on the ship’s wooden hull for the briefest of seco