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Briar Rose

A Novel of the Holocaust

Briar Rose( )
Author: Yolen, Jane
Concept by: Windling, Terri
Series title:Fairy Tales Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7653-8294-8
Publication Date:Apr 2016
Publisher:Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Imprint:Tor Teen
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $11.99
Book Description:

Briar Rose is a historically sensitive retelling of Sleeping Beauty set amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II. In the heat of midsummer 1942, deep in a forest in the heart of Poland, Briar Rose arrives at a castle that has fallen into the hands of an evil army. Corrupted by dark deeds and choked by a poisonous mist, the castle will soon come to be known as Chelmno extermination camp. And in that place of death, Briar Rose...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.56 x 8.23 x 0.71 Inches
Book Weight:0.528 Pounds
Author Biography
Yolen, Jane (Author)
Jane Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1976. After college, she became an editor in New York City and wrote during her lunch break. She sold her first children's book, Pirates in Petticoats, at the age of 22. Since then, she has written over 300 books for children, young adults, and adults.

Her other works include the Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic. She has won numerous awards including the Kerlan Award, the Regina Medal, the Keene State Children's Literature Award, the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.

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