Briar Rose: A Novel of the Holocaust
Author(s): Jane Yolen
In the heat of midsummer 1942, deep in a forest in the heart of Poland, Briar Rose arrives at a castle that has fallen into the hands of an evil army.Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma's stories of Briar Rose. Becca would have sworn the stories were made up, but on her deathbed Gemma extracts from Becca a promise to fulfill three impossible requests: find the castle, find the prince, and find the spellmaker. Her vow sends Becca on a remarkable journey to uncover the truth of Gemma's astonishing claim: I am Briar Rose.Jane Yolen's graceful retelling of the Germand folktale Briar Rose--known to some as Sleeping Beauty--sets the story amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II.
General Information
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- : Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
- : St Martin's Press
- : 0.3
- : 01 November 2019
- : 2.1 Centimeters X 12.8 Centimeters X 20.4 Centimeters
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Jane Yolen
- : 1
- : English