Spindle's End (Robin McKinley)

Author Biography

Robin McKinley has won multiple awards for her young adult fantasy novels, including the 1985 Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown. She lives in Hampshire, England.

Published By: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers

Year: 2000

ISBN: 978-0-698-11950-5

Reading Level: Grades 10 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

In this imaginative retelling of “Sleeping Beauty,” a cursed princess is raised as a peasant by fairies to protect her. But the fate decreed at her birth can’t be altered… or can it?

The Hero and the Crown (Robin McKinley)

Author Biography

Robin McKinley has won multiple awards for her young adult fantasy novels, including the 1985 Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown. She lives in Hampshire, England.

Published By: Greenwillow Books

Year: 1984

ISBN: 0-688-02593-5

Reading Level: Grades 8 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

Awkward, unfeminine, of questionable blood, and with no magical skills, Aerin is an outcast in the royal court despite being the king’s daughter. But when a deadly dragon and wicked wizard threaten the kingdom, she just might prove herself a hero.

The Blue Sword (Robin McKinley)

Author Biography

Robin McKinley has won multiple awards for her young adult fantasy novels, including the 1985 Newbery Medal award for The Hero and the Crown. She lives in Hampshire, England.

Published By: Greenwillow Books

Year: 1982

ISBN: 987-0-688-00938-0

Reading Level: Grades 8 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

Stolen from her colony home by the Hill-king Corlath, Harry Crewe is trained as a warrior and discovers great fighting prowess and magic within herself. Can she use them to defend both the Hillfolk and her own people from a demon army?

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (Robin McKinley)

Author Biography:
Robin McKinley has won multiple awards for her young adult fantasy novels, including the 1985 Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown. She lives in Hampshire, England.

Published By: HarperCollins Publishers

Year: 1978.

ISBN-10: 0552572322

ISBN-13: 978-0552572323

Reading Level: Grades 7 and up

Reader’s Annotation:
Beauty loathes her nickname. Short, mousy-haired and boyish looking, she avoids society in favor of books and horseback riding. But what she lacks in looks, she makes up for in courage when facing a new life in a mysterious castle… a castle that belongs to a Beast.