In Heir Apparent there are as many ways to win as there are to get killed. Giannine can testify to how many ways there are to die--it's about all she's been able to do since she started playing. Now all she has to do is get the magic ring, find the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, come up with a poem for the head-chopping statue, cope with the army of ghosts, outmaneuver her half brothers, and defeat the man-eating dragon. If she can do all of that, why, she just might save her own life! AGES: 9 to 12 AUTHOR: Vivian Vande Velde has written many books for teens and middle grade readers, including All Hallow's Eve: 13 Stories, Three Good Deeds, Now You See It..., and Edgar Award winning Never Trust a Dead Man.