A Long, Long Sleep

It should have been a short suspended-animation sleep. But this time Rose wakes up to find her past is long gone -- and her future full of peril.

Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten subbasement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and utterly changed the world she knew. Now, her parents and her first love are long gone, and Rose -- hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire -- is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat. Desperate to put the past behind her and adapt to her new world, Rose finds herself drawn to the boy who kissed her awake, hoping that he can help her to start fresh. But when a deadly danger jeopardizes her fragile new existence, Rose must face the ghosts of her past with open eyes -- or be left without any future at all.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/09/2011
ISBN: 9780763652609
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.63w x 1.13d
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/13/2011
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2011
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2011 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2011
School Library Journal 12/01/2011 pg. 130
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 112 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
BookPage 08/01/2011

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 146175 / Long Long Sleep
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 12