Hansel and Gretel Retold The Classic Story Hansel and Gretel, are abandoned by their father and stepmother in the woods because there is no food to feed them. The siblings find house made of gingerbread. After eating some of the house, they are captured by its owner, a wicked witch who lures children to her home so she can eat them. Using cleverness and luck, Hansel and Gretel defeat the witch by shoving her into her own oven, and escape the forest with their lives. Middle Grade A Tale Dark and Grimm Adam Gidwitz Hansel and Gretel become recurring characters in reworked versions of the Grimms ' lesser known tales. The children must extricate themselves from one outrageous situation after another including, a hungry old woman in an edible house.
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Sugar and Spice (book 10 in Whatever After series) Sarah Mlynowski (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) The magic mirror transports Abby and Jonah into the middle of Hansel and Gretel's story and they must escape or end up being the witch's dinner! Available through: Overdrive, Hoopla (audio), WCDPL location
YA/Teen No Place Like Here (book 3 in the It Started with Goodbye trilogy) Christina June (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) Coming home from boarding school, Ashlyn has big plans for the summer until her wealthy father is arrested for tax evasion, her mother enters a rehab facility for "exhaustion," and Ashlyn, not a fan of the outdoors, is sent to a rustic team-building retreat center in the middle of nowhere. Available through: Overdrive, Hoopla Sweetly Jackson Pearce (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) When the owner of a candy shop molds magical treats that instill confidence, bravery, and passion, 18-year-old Gretchen's haunted childhood memories of her twin sister's abduction by a witch begin to fade until girls start vanishing at the annual festival. Available through: Overdrive
Mapping the Bones Jane Yolen (Prolific Fairy Tale Author) In Poland in the 1940s, twins Chaim and Gittel rely on each other to endure life in a ghetto, escape through forests, and the horrors of a concentration camp. Available through: Overdrive, WCDPL location