The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Secret of the Realms by Meredith Rusu is an extended novelization of the enchanting story behind Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. In this richly imagined children’s fantasy, readers follow Clara Stahlbaum, a young girl coping with the loss of her mother, who receives a mysterious egg-shaped box from her late mom that she can’t open. Her search for answers leads her into a magical land known as the Four Realms, where she encounters whimsical and curious characters and begins to uncover the connection between this wondrous world and her mother’s past.

Author

Meredith Rusu