# What Once Was Mine-A Twisted Tale - Hardcover

by **Liz Braswell** (Author)

**The 12th installment in the _New York Times_ best-selling series asks:** _What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?_  
Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl--with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel.

For eighteen years Rapunzel stays imprisoned in her tower, knowing she must protect everyone from her magical hair. When she finally decides to leave the only home she's ever known--to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday--she gets caught up in an unexpected adventure with two thieves: a would-be outlaw named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there is far more to her story, and her magical hair, and her future than she ever knew.

**For more twisted adventures, try the other books in the A TWISTED TALE series:**

-   **_A Whole New World_ by Liz Braswell**
-   **_Once Upon a Dream_ by Liz Braswell**
-   **_As Old As Time_ by Liz Braswell**
-   **_Reflection_ by Elizabeth Lim**
-   **_Part of Your World_ by Liz Braswell**
-   **_Mirror, Mirror_ by Jen Calonita**
-   **_Conceal, Don't Feel_ by Jen Calonita**
-   **_Straight On Till Morning_ by Liz Braswell**
-   **_So This is Love_ by Elizabeth Lim**
-   **_Unbirthday_ by Liz Braswell**
-   **_Go the Distance_ by Jen Calonita**

### Author Biography

**Liz Braswell** spent her childhood reading fairy tales, catching frogs, and going on adventures in the woods with her stuffed animals. She has a degree in Egyptology from Brown University (and yes, she can write your name in hieroglyphs). After making video games for ten years Liz now writes full-time and plays video games for fun. She has written _Snow,_ _Rx_, _The Nine Lives of Chloe King_, and several books in the best-selling Twisted Tales series, including _Part of Your World_ and _As Old as Time_. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two children, a cat, a part-time dog, three fish, and five coffee trees, and still sleeps with a Stuffy. You can email her at me@lizbraswell.com or Instagram and tweet @LizBraswell

**Number of Pages:** 496

**Dimensions:** 1.65 x 8.43 x 5.75 IN

**Publication Date:** September 07, 2021

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** What Once Was Mine: What If Rapunzel's Mother Drank a Potion from the Wrong Flower?

**Interest Level:** Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up

**Reading Level:** 5.9

**Point Value:** 15

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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