Jepp, who defied the stars
Katherine Marsh2012

On a stranger’s promise, fourteen-year-old Jepp leaves his mother and countryside home for the Palace of Coudenberg, home to Isabella, ruler of the Spanish Netherlands. But life as a court dwarf turns out to be more sinister than Jepp ever imagined and after he tries to help a friend, he is exiled to a strange and futuristic island of wonders. Inspired by the real story of the eccentric Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and the dwarf who served him.

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