This is a signed, first edition, hardcover of M.A. Larson's fantastical novel: Pennyroyal Academy

Set in a Grimm's fairytale world, Pennyroyal Academy masterfully combines adventure, humor, and magical mischief.  

Seeking bold, courageous youths to become tomorrow's princesses and knights¿.Come one, come all!

A girl from the forest arrives in a bustling kingdom with no name and no idea why she is there, only to find herself at the center of a world at war. She enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons. There, given the name "Evie", she must endure a harsh training regimen under the steel glare of her Fairy Drillsergeant, while also navigating an entirely new world of friends and enemies. As Evie learns what it truly means to be a princess, she realizes surprising things about herself and her family, about human compassion and inhuman cruelty. And with the witch forces moving nearer, she discovers that the war between princesses and witches is much more personal than she could ever have imagined. 

M.A. Larson is a film and television writer whose credits include My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He has been a guest at "brony" fan conventions from Paris, France to Dallas, Texas. He has written for Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney UK, Discovery Kids Channel, The Hub, and Nickelodean.

M. A. Larson has created a magical world of adventure¿a world that shows who princesses truly are: people of character and courage and strength. No one rescues Pennyroyal princesses; they rescue themselves.
                                                -- Reese Witherspoon