A highly decorated author of young adult literature, fantasy novels, and science fiction, Yolen has won the Caldecott Medal twice, among many other awards. It's just one of more than 300-yeah, you read that number right-books she has written since her first title was printed in 1963. That would be tacky.įresh off of writing another book about the Holocaust ( Devil's Arithmetic, in 1988), author Jane Yolen published Briar Rose in 1992. We're not going to swear to it on her grave, though. Not your typical Disney fare, we know.Īs it turns out, there was indeed a castle in Gemma's past. In this case, the source material is Sleeping Beauty, which is woven together with a fictional story about a Jewish woman, Gemma, who survived the Holocaust. If this sounds like the stuff that fairy tales are made of, that's because it is: Briar Rose is a novel in a series of modern books inspired by classic fairy tales. Is the castle just a place in her imagination? Or is she leaving you an inheritance beyond your wildest dreams? Of course, it's a little stressful when grams neglects to provide you with certain details-details like the castle's address, or even what country it's in. That goes double when dear old grandma makes you swear on her not-yet-dug grave to find the aforementioned castle. Nothing quite grabs your attention like when your beloved grandmother mentions that she owns a secret castle and then kicks the bucket.
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