Fairest of all: a tale of the Wicked Queen
by Serena Valentino
For anyone who's seen Walt Disney's Snow White, you'll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it's not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don't know many people who have acted upon it.) Now, for the first time, we'll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty. Here's a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage-and he just "might" have something to do with the Queen's wicked ways!
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Ash
by Malinda Lo
In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves.
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Devoured
by Amanda Marrone
Rising high school senior Megan has been haunted by her twin for ten years, but now Remy is trying to warn her about terrible danger surrounding Megan's summer job at an amusement park called the Land of Enchantment.
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A kiss in time
by Alex Flinn
From an acclaimed author comes a contemporary and original retelling of Sleeping Beauty, in which Jack discovers the babe of his dreams. The only problem is she's 316 years old--and Jack must smuggle her out of Europe to Miami.
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The midnight dancers
by Regina Doman
When teenaged Rachel Durham finds a way that she and her eleven stepsisters can sneak out of their Chesapeake Bayside home after midnight, their troubled fundamentalist father enlists the help of Paul Fester, an ex-soldier and traveling juggler, to find out what the girls are up to. A modern retelling of Grimm's fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses."
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Wild orchid: a retelling of The ballad of Mulan
by Cameron Dokey
The Emperor of China summons a great army, and each family must send a male to fight. Tomboyish Mulan, who can wield sword and bow and arrow as deftly as an embroidery needle, is determined to spare her aging father and bring her family honor, so she disguises herself and answers the call. But when she finds a friend and soul mate in her commander, Prince Jian, will she be brave enough to share her true identity and feelings with him?
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Fortune's folly
by Deva Fagan
Fairy tales are nice, but in the real world you have to make your own magic. Fortunata is a teenager with more responsibilities than most, but she doesn’t spend her time wishing for fairies and good luck. Instead, she ends up on an adventure as she helps a prince try to get hold of a magic weapon, defeat a wicked witch, discover a long lost golden slipper, and rescue a princess. Sweet and determined, she’s more fun than any sighing damsel in distress.
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Princess of the Midnight Ball
by Jessica Day George
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
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My Fair Godmother
by Janette Rallison
High school sophomore Savannah wants to find the perfect prom date after her boyfriend breaks up with her to date her older sister, but when a godmother who is only fair becomes involved, Savannah finds herself in trouble in the Middle Ages, along with a boy who would like to be her charming prince.
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Sun and moon, ice and snow
by Jessica Day George
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.
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Beastly
by Alex Flinn
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast: Kyle is a spoiled, handsome rich teen at a Manhattan private school. He is turned into a beast and has only two years to find true love or else risk being a beast forever.
The Beastly movie stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer (Alex Ryder from the Operation Stormbreaker movie), Mary-Kate Olsen, and Neil Patrick Harris comes out on July 30. Here's a trailer.
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Beauty
by Robin McKinley
Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
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Pay the piper
by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
When the rock and roll band, Brass Rat comes to 14-year-old Callie McCallan's sleepy Massachusetts town, Callie scores an interview with the lead singer for the school paper. When Peter Gringras plays his flute, it's as if he has some kind of hypnotic power. Yolen and Stemple put a modern twist on a classic tale.
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Book of a thousand days
by Shannon Hale
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.
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Mirror mirror
by Gregory Maguire
A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White -- and has a truth and beauty all its own.
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Spindle's end
by Robin McKinley
The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an evil fairy, and then whisked away by a young fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country, unaware of her real identity and hidden from Pernicia's vengeful powers.
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Zel
by Donna Jo Napoli
Zel lives on an isolated Swiss alm where Mother insists they have everything, for they have each other. But Zel is growing and changing, and looks forward to the day when she will have her own house and family. Unfortunately, her mother, imprisoned by her hatred at having no husband of her own, locks Zel in a tower to prevent her marriage to a handsome nobleman.
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Ella enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Since her birth, Ella of Frell has been the unfortunate recipient of an addled fairy's gift--the "gift" of obedience. But spunky Ella does not tamely accept her fate and embarks on a quest to break this curse once and for all.
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Curse Dark as Gold
by Elizabeth C Bunce
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.
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Cindy Ella
by Robin Palmer
Prom fever has infected LA, especially Cindy's two annoying stepsisters, and her overly Botoxed stepmother. Cindy seems to be the only one immune to it all. But her anti-prom letter in the school newspaper does more to turn Cindy into Queen of the Freaks than close the gap between the popular kids and the rest of the students. With a little bit of help from an unexpected source and a fabulous pair of heels, Cindy realizes that she still has a chance at a happily ever after.
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River secrets
by Shannon Hale
Newbery-Honor winner Shannon Hale returns the reader to the intrigue and magic of Bayern, first introduced in her critically acclaimed novel, The Goose Girl. Enter a world where even those with no special magical skills find in themselves something they never imagined.
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Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine.
In a world in which elegance, beauty and singing ability are revered, Aza is awkward and homely with a voice more beautiful and powerful than most. What’s more, she has the gift of voice manipulation. When the beautiful queen discovers Aza’s gift for throwing her voice and mimicry, she sees a way to protect her own reputation and disguise her own lack of talent.
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Wildwood dancing
by Juliet Marillier.
On the night of the full moon every month, five sisters use a hidden portal to cross into a magical world. But what happens when dark forces threaten their happy life?
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