Left alone with an older brother who barely notices her, Maria makes her escape to Bramblewood, where she is crowned Queen by Bullstrode Frogley, Slime Minister to the Parliament of Owls, and meets her Lady-in-Waiting, a cobalt blue parrot namedMoreLeft alone with an older brother who barely notices her, Maria makes her escape to Bramblewood, where she is crowned Queen by Bullstrode Frogley, Slime Minister to the Parliament of Owls, and meets her Lady-in-Waiting, a cobalt blue parrot named Hyacinth.
But a deputation of orphaned weasels sets Maria on a journey of self-discovery that can only end when she returns home to confront her brother.