Spindle's End

The New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning author tells a "brilliant tale of a sumptuous world" ( New York Times Book Review ) 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.