I really liked the twist in the way this fairytale is told, using Sleeping Beauty's younger sister as the heroine. Annie does her best to please her parents and to try and protect her sister, but in the end, the wicked fairy's magic spell comes true and Gwendolyn and everyone in the castle falls asleep. Although this seemed like a good idea it means that none of her family likes to be too near her because her spell tends to affect their own magical enchantments, making them less beautiful, more wrinkled and aged. She cast a spell on Princess Annie that made her impervious to all magic. They invited only one fairy along and asked for her advice. All of the upset over Gwendolyn's christening led to the King and Queen being very scared when their second daughter, Annabelle, was born. Her sister, Gwendolyn, was given various magical gifts at her birth making her graceful and beautiful, but then a bad fairy created the spell that Gwendolyn would prick her finger on a spinning wheel before she turned 16 and sleep for one hundred years. Princess Annie is Sleeping Beauty's younger sister.
Summary: An unusual, fun version of the familiar Sleeping Beauty story - perfect for tweens who aren't quite willing to give up fairy tales just yet.
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