num_pages: 272
description: A middle grade Sleeping Beauty rewrite about a girl who lives in the shadow of her older sister and the curse that has haunted her from birth.For years Briony has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister Rosalin and the curse that has haunted her from birth--that on the day of her sixteenth birthday she would prick her finger on a spindle and cause everyone in the castle to fall into a 100-year sleep. When the day the curse is set to fall over the kingdom finally arrives nothing--not even Briony--can stop its evil magic.You know the story.But here's something you don't know. When Briony finally wakes up it's up to her to find out what's really going on and to save her family and friends from the murderous Thornwood. But who is going to listen to her? This is a story of sisterhood of friendship and of the ability of even little sisters to forge their own destiny.
language: English
title: Thornwood
publisher: Delacorte Press