This book is about Annie, the famous Sleeping Beauty's younger sister. After Gwen's disastrous account with the evil fairy, the king and queen had another daughter. They only invited one fairy, and her gift was that from then on no magic would affect her. Whenever she is around others, their magic traits or gifts fade. But then Gwin pricks her finger and Annie sets out with a young solider to find every prince she can, to find Gwin's true love. But will she find true love herself? This book if probably meant for preteens and younger teenagers as the story is about love. I recommend this book to older kids wholeheartedly!
The Wide-Awake Princess
By E. D. Baker
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 6 | n/a | 6 | 60985 |
In this new stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty. When Gwennie pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only Annie is awake, and only Annie-blessed (or cursed?) with being impervious to magic-can venture out beyond the rose-covered hedge for help. She must find Gwen's true love to kiss her awake.
But who is her true love? The irritating Digby? The happy-go-lucky Prince Andreas, who is holding a contest to find his bride? The conniving Clarence, whose sinister motives couldn't possibly spell true love? Joined by one of her father's guards, Liam, who happened to be out of the castle when the sleeping spell struck, Annie travels through a fairy tale land populated with characters both familiar and new as she tries to fix her sister and her family . . . and perhaps even find a true love of her own.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN-13: 9781681199580
ISBN-10: 1681199580
Published on 3/19/2019
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
Book Reviews (62)
This book tells the tale of sleeping beauty's sister, the wide awake princess. When her sister falls asleep, she goes on a quest to find her sister's true love, to wake her up. On the way, she bumps into other fairytale characters, a witch, annoying fairies, and much more. I loved this book and recommend it to ages 8-12 who like fairytales and fantasy.
Princess Annie miraculously stays awake when her older sister, Gwen, pricks her finger and the whole castle falls into a deep sleep. In order for them to wake up, Annie, with the help of Liam, a castle guard who was outside the castle when the needle pricked Gwen, must find Gwen's true love. But who could it be? On the long journey, Annie must find Gwen's true love and maybe her own true love, too! Ages 10+
The two main characters are Princess Gwynn and Princess Annie. A wizard cast a spell Annie so she was immune to magic. so magic things didnt work. It can deflect back to a person that cast the spell. Like making her into a beetle, then the other person turned into one.
This book was okay, the story was about a princess, Princess Annie, and her older sister, Gwen, who is going to become sleeping beauty. Annie ventures out and has to find her sister's true love, while Gwen is asleep. This book is pretty much the same as the story of sleeping beauty, but it was very good!
the start of a great series the main characters sister is sleeping beauty and when a curse is put on her kingdom she is the only one awake as she goes to find a way to break the curse
Sleeping Beauty meets a twist on it's own! Meet Annie, the younger sister of Princess Gwen.... but Princess Gwen pricked her finger on a spinning wheel... which causes everyone in the kingdom to fall asleep... uh oh.... Except Annie... who is determined to find Gwen's true love. Who will it be? Did Annie find Gwen's true love? Or does Annie find her true love? Well read and find out. The cover seems like it might be vied for younger kids... but Annie a sixteen year old, who is brave enough to help her sister... I mean it takes guts... (I'm pretty sure if we all had a sister, we would all help...) but she works hard enough.... I felt some parts would've been a little been awkward for younger kids like ten years old and below... but I just liked how the is book involved Hansel and Gretel, Repunzel, and so much more... READ!!!! :-)
Meh, I read it because all my cousin has are girl books, but probably shouldn't. Maybe because I was a boy and had different views from a girl, or it was bad completely, because it was weird how she stayed awake, and wouldn't the castle tell the people not to go out for a reason?? Wouldn't something or someone, get her?
My favorite part of the story was this,some princes kissed the princess.First was prince Digby .It did not work.Andreas,his kiss did not work.Cozwalds kiss did not work did not work.Emilios kiss did not work.Clarence was next.Hes kiss did not work.Liams kiss did not work.Annie cried tears on her sister.Beldegard licked of the tears off her sisters cheek.Suddenly she woke up.She married Beldegard,and lived happily ever after.The End
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I love this book because I like fairy tales but are mixed up and have adventure in it. I loved this book because it had the things I like. This book is like Land Of Stories and this book is similar to it. I love how the sister is loved more, but Annie does so much things. I just love and love this book. I also love that in fairy tales princess are not expected to fight or do something dangerous. I love when books do something opposite when then the other books.