| Book name: | Spindle's End (Folktales #3) (2024) |
| Category: | Fantasy |
| Author: | Robin McKinley |
| Pages: | 363 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780441008650 |
| Language: | English |
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All the creatures of the forest and field and riverbank knew the infant was special. She was the princess, spirited away from the evil fairy Pernicia on her name-day. But the curse was cast: Rosie was fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a poisoned sleep--a slumber from which no one would be able to rouse her...
In the tradition of Beauty and Rose Daughter, Robin McKinley "lends a fresh perspective to a classic fairy tale, developing the story of 'Sleeping Beauty' into a richly imagined, vividly depicted novel." (School Library Journal