{"id":258,"date":"2011-07-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2011-07-16T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T14:00:00","slug":"briar-rose-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Briar Rose (fiction)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shh… Sneak-in Saturday has a double meaning today, as we consider an adult book that snuck itself into teens’ hearts and then snuck onto numerous award lists<\/a> before I could blog about it.<\/p>\n

Originally written as a novel for adults, Briar Rose<\/i> won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature<\/a> in 1993, but gathered such a following among older teen readers that it was re-released as a Tor Teen paperback in 2002.<\/p>\n

Memories of less-often told stories<\/a> of the Holocaust spill into the present day as Becca tries to carry out her grandmother’s last wishes on a trek to Poland<\/a> that becomes a heart-wrenching journey into the hellish days of World War II.<\/p>\n

A strong, faithful book that reminds us that history’s headlines are not the only important stories.
**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/b>: Briar Rose \/ Jane Yolen. Macmillan\/Tor Teen, 2002. [author’s website<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] [book trailer<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Recommendation<\/b>: Becca always loved her grandmother\u2019s story about Briar Rose, no matter how many times Gemma told it to her and her sisters. The princess, the black-booted witch\u2019s curse, the mist that covered the kingdom and made everyone sleep for a hundred years\u2026 not the same Sleeping Beauty story that you heard or read in books.<\/p>\n

Years later, grown-up Rebecca promises her elderly grandmother that she will find out the rest of the story. Upon Gemma\u2019s death, she inherits a small box of photos and papers \u2013 clues to the past and the rest of the Briar Rose story that journalist Rebecca must uncover.<\/p>\n

From research to refugee camp, Becca traces Gemma\u2019s mysterious arrival in the United States from Europe in the closing days of World War II. The path leads back to a Nazi extermination camp in Poland, not a concentration camp, but a place so deadly that only 4 men ever escaped\u2026 and no women ever left it alive.<\/p>\n

Why does Gemma\u2019s paperwork say that she came from that place of death? Is she the princess of Briar Rose? How can Becca find her family\u2019s roots when no one in Chelmno will talk about the camp?<\/p>\n

A powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty that explores the brutal depths of the Holocaust. (One of 5,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>) Review copy courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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