Spindle's End

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Firebird
Published: 05/13/2002
ISBN: 9780698119505
Pages: 422
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.16w x 1.13d

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 05/20/2002 pg. 70
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2002

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 41479 / Spindle's End
Reading Level: 7.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 22