Fairy Tale Retellings
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Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. East by Edith Pattou Maas Rose agrees to live with a magical bear in When huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the his ice castle in the north and helps him to woods, a creature arrives to demand return to his human form by breaking the Fairy Tale retribution for it. Dragged to a magical land, curse a Troll Queen has put on him. Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin--one of the immortal faeries who once ruled their world. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her Retellings A wicked fairy appears on the princess Briar life, Rosie hunts fiercely alongside her. Rose’s name-day and places a curse on the Now Rosie dreams of a life beyond the baby, claiming that the child will prick her wolves and finds herself drawn to Silas, a finger on a spindle and fall into deathly young woodsman. sleep. The princess is rescued on her name-day and secretly taken away. Cinder by Marissa Meyer Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. But When the glass slipper just doesn’t fit… when her life becomes intertwined with the The tale of Cinderella has been retold handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds countless times. But what you know is not herself at the center of an intergalactic the true story. struggle, and a forbidden attraction. First in a series. A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan Zel by Donna Napoli It should have been a short suspended- animation sleep. But this time Rose wakes Zel's mother is fearful of her daughter ever up to find her past is long gone-- and her leaving her, so when a young man future full of peril. A futuristic sci-fi accidentally meets Zel and they become retelling of Sleeping Beauty. attracted to each other, Zel's mother locks her away in a tower far away from everyone, especially the young man. Nameless: A Tale of Beauty and Mad- The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by ness by Lili St. Crow Sarah Ockler When Camille was six, she was found in A talented singer loses her ability to speak the snow by Enrico Vultusino. Now, after a tragic accident, leading her to a Cami is sixteen and lives as a Vultusino Created by: Teen Librarians in postcard-perfect seaside town to find heiress. But something is happening, and Monroe County Library System. romance. A modern day Little Mermaid. Cami's carefully built world is beginning to June, 2016. crumble. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge Cassie’s grandmother has told her the fairy Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this The Wrath & The Dawn is a lush retelling of tale about her mother and a polar bear sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey 1001 Nights. It follows Shahrzad as she seeks king. Cassie assumed it was her way of to fulfill her destiny and the monster who revenge for the murder of her best friend by explaining how her mother died—until on gets in her way-by stealing her heart. Since The Monster King of Khorasan, Khalid. her eighteenth birthday the polar bear birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil comes to claim her as his bride. ruler of her kingdom and has been in Bewitching by Alex Flinn training to kill him. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson What if the fairy tales we all grew up Splintered by A. G. Howard Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in believing got it wrong? What if the evil love stories or happy endings. Then she The real Wonderland is a place far darker step-sisters weren't so bad, but cruelly meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever manipulated by Cinderella? What if the forbidden woods of Neverland and let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of mermaid didn't get her "happily ever after" immediately falls under his spell. tests, and decide who to trust—Jeb, her with her prince, but a tragic end? What if gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the witch wasn't an evil shrew, but just a the sexy but suspicious Morpheus. lonely girl? A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay Bunce Beastly by Alex Flinn Game of Thrones meets the Grimm’ s fairy A retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin myth set in I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle tales in this twisted, fast-paced romantic an England-like world on the cusp of an Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, fantasy-adventure about Sleeping Beauty’s Industrial Revolution. Charlotte Miller bar- with money, perfect looks, and the perfect daughter, a warrior princess who must fight gains with Jack Spinner to keep her father’s life. And then, I'll tell you how I became to reclaim her throne. mill alive in her small town. perfectly . beastly. A modern day Beauty and the Beast in New York City. Enchanted by Althea Kontis Stork by Wendy Delsol Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen Sunday meets an enchanted frog and the With a nod to Hans Christian Andersen’s The two become friends. Soon that friendship Snow Queen and inspired by Norse lore, Scarlet's biggest secret of all is one only deepens into something magical. One night Wendy Delsol’s debut novel introduces a hip Robin Hood and his men know...that she is Sunday kisses her frog goodbye, not and witty heroine who finds herself tail- posing as a thief; that the slip of a boy who realizing that her love has transformed him feathers deep in small-town life. is fast with sharp knives is really a girl. back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland—a family enemy. Golden by Cameron Dokey Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George Rapunzel starts off by telling us that the tale Stitching Snow by R. C. Lewlis we have grown up with about her is inaccu- The King of Westfalin's 12 daughters Princess Snow is missing. Her home planet rate and she precedes to tell us the real story. nightly wear out their dancing slippers. is filled with violence and corruption at the Rapunzel is bald, the sorceress is good, a Several princes attempt to uncover the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they prince is involved but isn't the only one to princesses' secret for a reward of inheriting attempt to punish her captors. The king will take credit in saving Rapunzel—the ending the Kingdom, but fail. Only 19-year old stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter has an interesting twist. Galen succeeds in finding out the truth . back. .