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Spindle's end
McKinley Robin

"We will keep her safe."
All the creatures of the forest and
field and riverbank knew the infant
was special. She was the princess,
spirited away from the evil fairy
Pernicia on her name-day. But the
curse was cast: Some unknown time
in the future Rosie would prick her
finger on the spindle of a spinning
wheel and fall into a poisoned sleep
from which no one could rouse her.
Katriona had whisked Rosie
away from her lethal name-day and
disappeared into the countryside
with her. Katriona is a young fairy,
apprenticed to her aunt, who is known
to be the best fairy not only in their
small home village of Foggy Bottom
but in all the wild backland of the Gig.
The two of them raise the princess as
if she is their own in order to protect
her. No other human, not even Rosie
herself, knows her true identity.
But Pernicia is looking for her, and
Pernicia is formidably powerful and
tirelessly intent on revenge for a defeat
four hundred years old. Two village
fairies and all the animals in the realm
may not be able to save Rosie.
In the tradition of Beauty and Rose
Daughter, Robin McKinley again
creates a "heady mix of fairy tale,
magic and romance that has the power
to exhilarate."

G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK

Copyright 2000 by Robin McKinley All rights reserved
This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form
without permission in writing from the publisher, G P Putnam's Sons,
a division of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 345 Hudson Street,
New York, NY 10014 G P Putnam's Sons, Reg US Pat &Tm Off
Published simultaneously in Canada Printed in the United States of America
Designed by Gunta Alexander Text set in Calisto
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