Paperback, 432 pages
English language
Published May 13, 2002 by Firebird, Penguin.
Spindle's End
5 stars
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The evil fairy Pernicia has set a curse on Princess Briar-Rose: she is fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an endless, poisoned sleep. Katriona, a young fairy, kidnaps the princess in order to save her; she and her aunt raise the child in their small village, where no one knows her true identity. But Pernicia is looking for her, intent on revenge for a defeat four hundred years old. Robin McKinley's masterful version of Sleeping Beauty is, like all of her work, a remarkable literary feat.
Subjects
- Legends, Myths, & Fables - General
- General
- Juvenile Fiction
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
- Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General
- Fairy tales
- Historical - Europe