Briar Rose: A Novel of the Holocaust
Book formats
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Hardcover No offers
Book short specifications
- Author
- Jane Yolen
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge (Tor Books)
- Series
- Fairy Tales
- Language
- english
- Release date
- November 12, 2019
- ISBN
- 978-1-250-24273-0
- GTIN
- 9781250242730
- Age rating
- 16+
About
Jane Yolen’s classic novel of memory, stories, and the Holocaust — now in a beautiful pocket-sized hardcover edition — is a powerful retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty that is "heartbreaking and heartwarming."
An American Library Association "100 Best Books for Teens" An American Library Association "Best Books for Young Adults"
Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma's stories about Briar Rose. But a promise Rebecca makes to her dying grandmother will lead her on a remarkable journey to uncover the truth of Gemma's astonishing claim: I am Briar Rose. A journey that will lead her to unspeakable brutality and horror. But also to redemption and hope.