Bella at Midnight

Bella at Midnight
Stanley, Diane
ISBN 978-0-06-07753-5

This book is written is alternating voices between several characters. This device makes the book more interesting because we learn what others are thinking and their particular perspective.
Bella's mother dies right after childbirth. Her father, a knight is angry and unkind, he sends Bella to live with another family and doesn't want anything to do with her. The woman who is raising Bella was also the wet nurse to Prince Julian. Bella and Prince Julian become great friends as they grow up with Bella thinking that she is the daughter of peasants. A great war rages between this kingdom and the neighboring kingdom. This war is almost 100 years old. A prophecy exists that calls for a white knight to ride through the battlefield and bring peace to everyone. The author Diane Stanley does a great job weaving a web with many different characters and ultimately bringing them all together.