for if Aurora sleeps, she will not wake for one hundred years. From fearsome beasts to raging storms, many dangers befall them, yet they must not give up. Soon, in spite of all precautions, Aurora is struggling not to slip into an enchanted sleep.įrantic, the princesses accept the help of a young fisherman named Symon and embark on a daring ocean voyage to find their aunt-a fairy who may be able to break the spell. Product Details About the Author Interviews & Essays Product Details About the Author Diane Zahler is the author of four middle-grade fairy-tale retellings: The Thirteenth Princess, A True Princess, Princess of the Wild Swans, and Sleeping Beauty’s Daughters. The acclaimed author of 'The Thirteenth Princess' transforms a classic fairy tale into a dazzling new story about Sleeping Beauty's daughters, Princesses Aurora and Luna, and the perilous quest they undertake when Aurora falls prey to a terrible curse. No one visits, the girls cannot stray beyond the castle walls, and all sharp objects are forbidden here.īut accidents will happen-particularly when an old curse still has power. As she learns to bake, Bee discovers she has a magical power.
The daughters of Sleeping Beauty, Princesses Aurora and Luna, have grown up in a cliff-top palace by the sea, where they are carefully protected by their parents. Briskly paced and full of lush descriptions, readers who enjoy the work of Shannon Hale and Gail Carson Levine will be swept away by this spellbinding novel. The classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty is transformed into a dazzling new story of two sisters fighting a powerful curse by Diane Zahler, the acclaimed author of The Thirteenth Princess.
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