num_pages: 178
description: In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," Alice seems destined to lead a princess's life--except for the frightening curse that dreaded Aunt Violette bestowed at her christening: She will die at the age of eighteen. Although she lives, something horrible happens on her eighteenth birthday. And as a result, Alice falls into a trancelike state and refuses to speak to anyone. Will she ever recover?
language: English
title: Watching the Roses
titlecomplete: Watching the Roses
genres: Young Adult, Classics, Fairy Tale Retellings, Teen, Retellings, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Romance
ratings_count: 196
series: Egerton Hall
publisher: Clarion Books