Sleeping Beauty, the One Who Took the Really Long Nap (Twice Upon a Time, No. 2)

by Wendy Mass

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Scholastic Paperbacks (2006), 176 pages

Description

"The girl's been sleeping for a hundred years. The boy's got issues of his own. There are two sides to every story..."--Cover back.

User reviews

LibraryThing member the1butterfly

In this story, as in some other modern versions of "Sleeping Beauty", all the fairies' gifts are seen not as a blessing, but a burdon. Princess Rose wants to be good at what she is naturally good at- not at what some fairies just gave to her. In this one she tries some things that she otherwise

might not be good at just to see whether she is (she isn't). While we hear her story, we hear the tale of a lonely prince who lives in fear of his part ogre mother, and the two tales go back and forth one hundred years apart. The story ends with the princess rebelling against her gifts in a final way that seals her marriage with her prince of choice- she mars her beauty by chopping her hair and getting dirty. Yes, she'll be pretty again tomorrow, but she plans to keep it up. In this story she also sleeps alone except for a friend, but all the letters from her friends and family are kept in a box in the basement for when she wakes.

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LibraryThing member tygers_eye

The first book of twice upon a time was amazing, and this one did not cease to impress me. I really enjoyed this book, and it was funny, humourous, and full of adventure. I liked that it had a new twist of the fairytale to it and that it was different from the traditional disney fairytale story

that every single young girl has watched. I really liked this book, and I hope that the Twice upon a time series will grow.

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LibraryThing member Clx.Bkwrm

Another Wendy Mass wonder book about the princess who slept for a 100 years and a prince with no name. Funny, insightful and colorfully put, teens will love reading this book.

LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Adorable quick adaptation. The principal characters got fleshed out a lot, the basic storyline didn't really change. I do like this author.

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