Gideon tries to earn money by stealing ice from the palace ponds to sell to the palace cook. Spotted by guards, he hides in the room of the little Duchess. She lives with only a mechanical duchess for company and is eager to help Gideon escape - as long as she can run away with him, leaving the mechanical duchess in her place.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Genre: Children's Fiction
Used availability for Susan Gates's The Ice Thief