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The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold
by Francesca Lia Block
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This retelling of classic fairy tales introduces Charm, Snow, and Tiny, and tells of how each heroine triumphs because of the strength she finds in a pen, a paintbrush, a lover, a friend, a mother, and, finally, herself. More...
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A Curse Dark as Gold
by Elizabeth C. Bunce
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Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's woolen mill, which holds her beloved town together. But after her father's death, the bad luck piles up. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner makes a tempting offer: he can turn straw into gold. More...
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The Runaway Princess
by Kate Coombs
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Coombs weaves a magical tale full of pesky princes, enchanted frogs, a beady-eyed scarf, and invisibility juice--a tale of wonder, but a story familiar to all who struggle to find their own place in the world. More...
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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
by Emma Donoghue
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Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue unravels 13 familiar stories and recasts them into a collection of remarkable fairy tales. Cinderella, Beauty, Rapunzel, and others are revealed in their own beguiling narratives, voices that shimmer with wisdom and truth.... More...
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Once Upon a Marigold
by Jean Ferris
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In this witty spoof of fairy tales, Christian, who lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, is clueless about how amazing--and stupefying--love can be. But now that Christian's fallen for Princess Marigold, it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom, even if it means bumping off her own daughter. More...
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Beastly
by Alex Flinn
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From acclaimed author Flinn comes a contemporary and original retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," told for the first time from the beast's point of view. More...
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Princess of the Midnight Ball
by Jessica Day George
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A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn... Galen is a young soldier returning from war; Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls.... More...
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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
by Jessica Day George
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From the author of "Dragon Slippers" comes a rich, new fantasy, based on a Norwegian fairy tale, set in a land of eternal winter and complete with trolls, enchanted animals, and a palace made of ice. More...
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Pictures of the Night: Volume 3
by Adele Geras
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In a modern version of "Snow White," 18-year-old Bella, who sings with a small band in London and Paris during her summer breaks from school, is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents she believes are caused by her jealous, malevolent stepmother. More...
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The Tower Room
by Adele Geras
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This new series puts a modern spin on familar fairy tales. In this take on "Rapunzel," Megan, who lives at a secluded girl's school where her foster mother is headmistress, falls in love for the first time with the young man her foster mother has chosen for herself. More...
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Watching the Roses: Volume Two
by Adele Geras
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This haunting tale of treachery and betrayal is the second book in the exciting Egerton Hall trilogy.
Once Megan, Bella and Alice shared a room. The Tower Room was theirs alone, remote from the rest of Egerton Hall School, and here they formed a deep friendship which would continue long after they left their enchanted world.... More...
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The Goose Girl
by Shannon Hale
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Basing her story on the Grimms' fairy tale, Hale's debut weaves an incredible and original tale of a girl who must find her own unusual talents before she can lead the people she's made her own. More...
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Enna Burning
by Shannon Hale
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Enna and Princess Isi became fast friends in "The Goose Girl," but after Isi married Prince Geric, Enna returned to the forest. Enna's simple life changes forever when she learns to wield fire and burn anything at will in this stunning companion novel. More...
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River Secrets
by Shannon Hale
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Razo has no idea why he was chosen to be a soldier. He can barely swing a sword, and his brothers are forever wrestling him to the ground. Razo is sure it's out of pity that his captain asks him to join an elite mission--escorting the ambassador into Tira, Bayern's great enemy.... More...
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Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
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Set in a medieval Asian land, a classic Brothers Grimm tale is reimagined by a Newbery Honor author. In this completely unique retelling, filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise, a young maid sacrifices her freedom to accompany her mistress into exile. Illustrations. More...
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Mira, Mirror
by Mette Harrison
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Abandoned by her parents and apprenticed to a witch, Mira is captivated by a beautiful girl who casts a spell and turns Mira into wood with a face of glass. Mira is left to gather dust until a new hope arrives--a peasant girl with troubles of her own. Soon the two are on their way to find a new kind of magic, a magic that gives life instead of taking it. 4 1/4 x7. More...
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The Princess and the Hound
by Mette Ivie Harrison
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He is a prince, heir to a kingdom threatened on all sides, possessor of the animal magic, which is forbidden by death in the land he'll rule. She is a princess from a rival kingdom, the daughter her father never wanted, isolated from true human friendship but inseparable from her hound.... More...
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