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335 pp.
| HarperTeen
| April, 2018
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-244090-7$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-06-244092-1
(3)
YA
After waking from a cursed sleep, Princess Aurora recruits her sister Isbe to help protect the kingdom from further encroachments by the evil faerie Malfleur. This satisfying sequel to Spindle Fire incorporates elements of the "Sleeping Beauty" and "Cinderella" stories. Hillyer's tale about love, loyalty, and persistence avoids typical fairy-tale clichés by depicting protagonists with limitations and by keeping romance at a distance.
355 pp.
| HarperTeen
| April, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-244087-7$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-06-244089-1
(3)
YA
Princess Aurora's beauty and grace come at great cost. To pay for those gifts, her parents tithed Aurora's voice and her sister Isabel's sight in recompense to the faeries. In this dark revisioning of "Sleeping Beauty" set in a declining world, Hillyer intertwines the adventures of two human princesses and two ancient faerie sisters. An ambitious tale full of loose ends that suggest a sequel.
345 pp.
| HarperTeen
| June, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-233037-6$17.99
(3)
YA
Four estranged friends are transported back in time when they enter a photo booth at their summer-camp reunion, forcing each girl to reconcile who she used to be with who she became. Hillyer covers a vast array of life events--from first love to coming out to the death of a friend--and her protagonists are skillfully drawn.