FAIRY TALE RETELLINGS


By Jackson Pearce Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2010) A Little Red Riding Hood adaptation about Scarlett and Rosie March’s hunt for werewolves called Fenris, who take the form of handsome young men that prey on young girls. Alternating narratives between the sisters, the story is a mixture of romance, fairy tale, and werewolves.
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By Malinda Lo Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2011) The story of two seventeen-year-old girls who embark on a dangerous journey to Tanili in order to save their land and people from a two years of winter. While Taisin is a sage, thrumming with magic, Kaede is a fighter, without a magical gift the two become close and begin to fall in love.
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By Jane Yolen Tor Teen (1988) Retelling of Sleeping Beauty and a granddaughters promise to her dying grandmother, lead to heartbreaking discoveries of her family's past.
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By Gail Carson Levine Scholastic Books (1997) Ella is cursed with the “gift” of obedience, but that doesn’t stop her from maintaining her identity and seeking freedom.
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By Margo Lanagan Knopf Books for Young Readers (2007) A powerful, scary, intriguing collection of short stories.
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By Juliet Marillier Knopf (2007) The story of five sisters in the Transylvanian woods, who must fight their cousins power after their father falls ill.
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