Rapunzel Retold The Classic Tale When an expectant mother craves an herb from a witch’s garden, her husband steals it for her. After the witch catches him, she names a terrible price in return — their infant daughter. Named Rapunzel, the witch secrets her away to a tall tower with no doors. One day a prince finds Rapunzel in the woods and climbs her hair. When the witch discovers them, she tries to kill them both. Middle Grade

Golden Cameron Dokey (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) Born bald and raised by an adoptive mother, Rapunzel is finally told the truth about Rue, another daughter trapped in a tower due to a witch's curse, and so she heads off to help the imprisoned girl but becomes jealous of Rue's beautiful hair. Available through: Overdrive

Rapunzel: The One with All the Hair Wendy Mass (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin are both trapped, one in a tower by an evil witch, the other by his royal duties, but when their paths cross, aided by friends and a little luck, conditions change for them both. Available through: Overdrive, WCDPL location

Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel (book 1 in Tyme series) Megan Morrison (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) Rapunzel believes she is the luckiest person in Tyme, because Witch tells her so, but when Jack climbs into her tower to steal an enchanted rose, he hints that Witch is not telling the whole truth. Rapunzel, driven by her anger and fear, leaves the tower for the first time. Available through: Overdrive, Hoopla (audio only), WCDPL location

Bad Hair Day (book 5 in Whatever After series) Sarah Mlynowski (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) On their fifth trip through the magic mirror, siblings Abby and Jonah find themselves in the story of Rapunzel--and they set out to free her from her tower, reunite her with her parents, and give the story a completely happy ending. Available through: Overdrive, Hoopla (audio only) Rapunzel Retold

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The Golden Braid Melanie Dickerson (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) In medieval Hagenheim, Germany, seventeen-year-old Rapunzel asks God for guidance as she tries to dutifully serve and obey her unpredictable mother, yet fulfill her dream of learning to read and marrying. Available through: Overdrive, Hoopla, WCDPL location

Towering (book 3 in the Kendra Chronicles) Alex Flinn (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel told from the alternating perspectives of three teens whose fates unknowingly bind them together to destroy a greater evil. Available through: Overdrive, Hoopla, WCDPL location

Rapunzel’s Revenge Shannon and Dean Hale Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel. Available through: Overdrive, WCDPL location

My Name is Rapunzel K.C. Hilton My Name is Rapunzel is an entertaining twist on the classic fairy tale. Rapunzel finally gets to set the record straight . Available through: Hoopla

Cress (book 3 in The Lunar Chronicles) Marissa Meyer Working to overthrow Queen Levana, a fugitive Cinder and her companions search for Rapunzel-like hacker Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood and who has received orders from Levana to foil Cinder's efforts Available through: Overdrive, Hoopla (audio only), WCDPL location, Walbridge location