My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 8 Up—This original and imaginative retelling of "Sleeping Beauty/Briar Rose" is set in a far future in which hover vehicles, cell phones worn around the neck, and retinal scans are routine. Rosalinda, "Rose," heir to a huge, interplanetary corporation called UniCorp, wakes up after being in stasis for 62 years and is still 16 years old. She's been awakened by a kiss from a boy, Bren, who found her stasis tube abandoned in the subbasement of their condo building. She's told that she slept through th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
In this future-set "Sleeping Beauty," Rose, heiress to a massive interplanetary corporation, awakens from more than sixty years in stasis. Manipulat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
