It’s a cute little story, following your basic story line of pampered princess who wants to know what peasant life is like, combined with the ever-popular princess-who-is-going-to-be-forced-to-marry-someone-she-doesn’t-like.  What makes this one different is the silly extremity of the characters that makes it rather cartoon-like:  the potential suitors consist of a man so ugly his servants are charged with making sure he never sees a reflective surface, a man so vain he must always have a mirror within sight, and conjoined twins who love potty humor and fighting.  It wasn’t what I was expecting from Lois Lowry — I was hoping for something with characters of more depth.