Princess between Worlds: A Tale of the Wide-Awake Princess

Wide-Awake Princess #5

by E.D. Baker

Just as Annie and Liam are busy making plans to travel the world, a witch shows up and gives them a collection of postcards from the Magic Marketplace. Each postcard gives Annie and Liam the opportunity to travel to exotic lands and far-flung kingdoms. What the witch doesn't give them are directions on how to safely return.

With fan-favorite characters making special appearances from E. D. Baker's beloved Tales of the Frog Princess series, this addition to the Wide-Awake Princess series is not to be missed!

Genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Romance, Fairy Tales, Childrens, Fiction, Adventure

240 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2016

About the author

E.D. Baker made her international debut in 2002 with The Frog Princess, which was a Texas Lone Star Reading List Book, A Book Sense Children's Pick, a Florida's Sunshine State Readers List pick & a 2006 Sasquatch Book Award nominee. The Frog Princess inspired the Disney's Princess and the Frog!


E. D. Baker was born in Buffalo, New York and spent most of the next eighteen years in the Town of Tonawanda with her older brother and her parents. She married her husband while in college, and had two children a few years after graduating from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. When her son was four, the family moved to the state of Maryland. With two young children at home, E.D. worked part time in her husband’s business and took writing classes at the local community college. She continued taking writing classes after the birth of her second daughter, but when she and her husband divorced, she went back to school and entered the SIMAT (School Immersion Masters in the Art of Teaching) program at Johns Hopkins University. After graduating, she taught fifth grade until her parents’ health began to fail. Her son had already graduated from college when E.D. and her daughters moved north to be closer to her parents. Having gained a new perspective on what is important in life, E.D. decided that it was time to believe in herself and devoted her time to writing. Her first book, The Frog Princess, was published in 2002. E.D. has written 25 books to date and has no plans to quite writing anytime soon.

Currently E. D. Baker lives on a small farm in Maryland where she and her family breed Appaloosa horses. They also have dogs, cats and goats.

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Reviews

[Cara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series probably needs to wrap up. This book was just ok. I liked that the Dragons and the Wide Awake Princess storylines combined. That was pretty fun. The book just felt jumpy to me.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wasn’t planning on reading more of Baker’s works, especially not a series that has continuously disappointed me, but I saw Princess between Worlds on the library shelves and decided to pick it up. And…it only reinforced my decision that I’m not a fan of Annie’s story anymore.

I did find the idea of a crossover appealing, and Princess between Worlds has characters from Baker’s Tales of the Frog Princess in it, although I hadn’t gotten far enough in the series to meet those particular characters. Now, since Baker essentially reveals everything that occurs in those books, I no longer have to read them—yes, be warned that Baker spoils the events of the later books in the Frog Princess series with this book. The crossover was clearly fan service, but it was a reasonably good idea, and it was probably the part of the book I found most interesting.

Other than that, Princess between Worlds is same old, same old—Annie and Liam go on an adventure, get into trouble because of Annie’s magic, have stilted conversations with each other and with other people, and are attacked by enemies for no apparent reason other than to create conflict. Baker also gets around Annie’s magical immunity by introducing a new, special magic that is not affected by her gift, and I supposed it makes sense in a way even if it is hand-waving and obviously contrived. These series would be good for children who enjoy these sorts of fairy-tale-esque adventures, but if they want something with more depth and memorability, they should look elsewhere.

[Echo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, this series feels like it's petering out. Our lovely couple is now married, but they still feel like they're acting 14. Which is weird. The premise is fine, but the action flows quickly, so I thought it felt more like a outline than a well fleshed out plot. Cool postcard idea, but then didn't dig into anything for the characters to grow about they just looked at different areas and then came home. Nobody learned anything or grew as a person. I find books without a character arc less attention-grabbing. So I think this is the last one of the Wide-Awake Princess (Although I love the Frog Princess). Also the tie in with the Frog Princess world just felt forced and the characters from the Frog Princess felt flat and unlike themselves.

[Eliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poor Annie and Liam never seem to catch a break!

[Rmsooon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ive read " princess between worlds " ,, a very enjoyable book i loved the advature and i felt it was different from the first 4 books ,, i gave it 5 out of 5 stars

[Cassandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hang on, what? Each chapter felt like an interesting new setting with a plot to develop, and then they'd just teleport away??? Very odd. The realm with the yetis sounded really interesting and then we just never found out what was going on??

[Bookworm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Highly imaginative and interesting! Left me a little breathless after so many jumps into a postcard, but I like it.

[Book-A-Saurus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not as good as the others in the series but still very exciting and adventure pack. It was nice to see millie and audrun again. I can't wait for the next book in the series.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finished this book within a day and I LOVED the it!!

[Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I accidentally started this one before Princess in Disguise. Whoops. All of a sudden Annie and Liam were married? I quickly switched back to book 4 to get the chronology right.

Ah! After enjoying the wedding hijinks, I joined the pair on their Grand Tour honeymoon. The addition of magic postcards that transported the couple to new areas of this fairy tale world was a nice touch. Adding the element of an evil wizard raised the stakes a bit and kept the action going. It's still a great series.

I especially appreciate the gentle touch the author gives to the new married couple. They remain sweet and innocent with each other. Well done.

[Mary Anne]

Of the series so far the first book and this one are the two I like best.

I feel like the nature of the story leaves several unresolved subplots, but maybe those will get addressed in the next book.

I'm not sure how I feel about freezing someone instead of jailing them. Sure, it's not killing them and people need to be safe from such people, but it's not like they are really still living either.

[• Ava G •]

it was good. but i only read the first book and this is like the 5th but that did not matter. I liked the different places they visited but they did not stay at one place to long and htey never visited the ship place even tho it was bad. it kid of confused me and they never talked about her sister either. and they should keep the mom and son in the prisoners place even tho they are getting moved and seprated from each other.

[Turah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this one. It had the same likeness as the first in story line. The best part is when they visit new places and we see where they are because of the Frog Princess series. It was nice to see where the time of the two series fall within each other.

[Marlee · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of fun. Since our family also loved The Frog Princess series, this book was especially fun. It was great seeing characters from two different series. This was a little bit silly, mostly predictable, simple, easy to read. Fun for all ages.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, I admit, I'm rounding up because I just love the idea of magic postcards. And the kids are finally married! I'm not sure if they've consummated it yet, though.... Well anyway, two more books to go on this sweet & slight adventure.

[Ciera Legue · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked it but i found some of the adventures were really short and left me feeling confused by the different place jumps when it was short. the ending was amazing and i really liked learning about new species and other places.

[Grace Fischer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is where the series shifts in my opinion. When I first read this book I was so surprised by the premise. I won’t say anything because I think it’s better that you just read it and find out for yourself.

[Olivia Bevan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually liked this one. I felt like the story continued but it was a new plot line that was fun to follow. I loved the idea of magic postcards to travel. I didn’t think that bringing in the characters from the “Princess and the Frog” series was necessary but other than that it was a fun read.

[Alaina Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book!

The this book shows the importance of home and how reading can take you anywhere you want to go! 😀

[Alannah Allocco · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read one of these in so long, but I remembered I loved them, this was definitely a reminder of how good they were!

[The · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved how E. D. Baker tied everything together! Two of my favorite series combined!😁

[Katelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Annie and Liam have magic postcards that bring them to places they never knew existed! As they adventure around many new worlds, they meet new people, discover new things, and learn more about magic!

[Celeste · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun adventures with the married royal couple on their honeymoon.

[Sofia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is where the series starts to get less engaging, but I love how E.D. Baker brings in characters from some of her other books!

[Elena Gussman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would love to have magic postcards like that, as long as I can get home!

[Lydia Hess · Rating 5 out of 5]

A+

[Adriana Fernandes · Rating 3 out of 5]

3⭐

[Yani Mnis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is great and I loved it

[Alex Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like the whole book, it's amazing that they can travel through different postcards and end up in different places

[Kenzie Lewis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Zero stars