by Sheila Bair
First published 2023
Princess Persephone has big plans for summer vacation. She wants her friends to join her on the trip of her dreams, but they cannot afford the tickets. The princess has a simple solution. She orders Ganymede's Money Wizards to create more money so everyone can buy what they need. One wizard warns her that printing additional bills might cause prices to rise throughout the kingdom. Persephone dismisses this concern and demands they follow her orders anyway. The royal subjects receive their new money and immediately begin buying everything in sight. Stores run out of goods quickly, including the vacation tickets her friends desperately need. The princess discovers that her well-meaning attempt to help has made things worse for everyone. Now she must figure out how to fix the economic mess she created in Ganymede.
Genres: fiction, fantasy, contemporary, economics, money
Vibes: thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Ganymede
32 pages · Hardcover · Albert Whitman & Company