{"id":3835,"date":"2012-04-26T08:32:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T12:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2012-04-20T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T23:40:25","slug":"a-long-long-sleep-by-anna-sheehan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3835","title":{"rendered":"A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title: <\/strong>A Long, Long Sleep<\/em>
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Anna Sheehan<\/a>
\nPublisher: <\/strong>Candlewick Press<\/a>
\nSource:<\/strong> ARC from Publisher via NetGalley<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten subbasement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and utterly changed the world she knew. Now, her parents and her first love are long gone, and Rose– hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire– is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat. Desperate to put the past behind her and adapt to her new world, Rose finds herself drawn to the boy who kissed her awake, hoping that he can help her to start fresh. But when a deadly danger jeopardizes her fragile new existence, Rose must face the ghosts of her past with open eyes– or be left without any future at all.<\/p>\n

It should have been a short suspended-animation sleep. But this time Rose wakes up to find her past is long gone– and her future full of peril.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In essence, Sheehan has imagined Sleeping Beauty with a science fiction setting. If you’re not a fan of science fiction, don’t let it keep you from reading this novel. Rose is an outsider trying to figure out how she fits into this new world and what she wants from her life.<\/div>\n
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The plot is solid and asks some tough questions about how children should be raised. The characterizations of Rose and her two friends, Otto and Bren, are deep. All have their faults and their merits.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Title: A Long, Long Sleep Author: Anna Sheehan Publisher: Candlewick Press Source: ARC from Publisher via NetGalley Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten subbasement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times… Continue reading A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[459,455],"class_list":["post-3835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-a-long-long-sleep","tag-anna-sheehan","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t