Author | : Robin McKinley |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2002-05-13 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1440624941 |
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.