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Fae & Fairy Fiction

Sleeping Ugly

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  • 1981 first published
  • 64 pages
  • 8 editions
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Sleeping Ugly is a 1981 fae fiction novella by Jane Yolen. Readers will find themes of fairy tales, nastiness in women, magic and fairies.

23 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 64 pages — about an hour of reading at an average pace.

About Sleeping Ugly

When beautiful Princess Miserella, Plain Jane, and a fairy fall under a sleeping spell, a prince undoes the spell in a surprising way.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Fairy tales
  • Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
  • Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories
  • Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
  • Fairy tales, American
  • Nastiness in women
  • Magic
  • Fairies
  • Wishing and wishes
  • Cautionary tales and verse
  • Nonlooksist children's literature
  • Kindness in women
  • Twisted folktales
  • Picture books
  • Sleep
  • Children's fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Sleeping Ugly?

Sleeping Ugly was written by Jane Yolen and first published in 1981.

What genre is Sleeping Ugly?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is Sleeping Ugly?

The median edition has 64 pages, about about an hour of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Sleeping Ugly?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Thorns and Roses.

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