Spindle's End
by Robin McKinley
'We will keep her safe.' All the animals 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: Some unknown time in the future Rosie would prick her finger
on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a poisoned sleep
from which no one could rouse her. Katriona had whisked Rosie away
from her lethal name-day and disappeared into the countryside with
her. Katriona is a young fairy, apprenticed to her aunt, who is known
to be the best fairy not only in their small home village of Foggy
Bottom but in all the wild backland of the Gig. The two of them raise
the princess as if she is their own in order to protect her. No other
human, not even Rosie herself, knows her true identity. But Pernicia
is looking for her, and Pernicia is formidably powerful and tirelessly
intent on revenge for a defeat four hundred years old. Two village
fairies and all the animals in the realm may not be able to save Rosie.
Sleeping Beauty
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