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If You Like Dorothy Must Die...
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If you like Dorothy Must Die, you'll enjoy these reboots and retellings of classic legends.
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Ivory and Bone
by Julie Eshbaugh
A first novel based on themes from Pride and Prejudice follows the experiences of teen hunter Kol, whose dashed hopes for gaining the favor of the enigmatic young Mya are complicated by her increasingly violent clashes with an enemy from her past.
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My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand
A fantastical, comedic romance adventure inspired by the true story of Lady Jane Grey follows the experiences of a 16-year-old noblewoman who, on the eve of her marriage to a stranger, is swept up in a conspiracy to usurp the throne from her cousin.
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Never ever
by Sara Saedi
Dreading the arrival of her birthday when her parents' nasty divorce convinces her that growing up is not worth it, Wylie is whisked away with her brothers to a mysterious island where nobody ages past 17 and she falls in love with a romantic boy until a friend's disappearance reveals the island's dark secrets. Simultaneous eBook.
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Break me like a promise : Once upon a Crime Family
by Tiffany Schmidt
When new legislation threatens to destroy her family's operations in the black-market organ trade, Maggie finds herself falling in love with Alex, a computer whiz who makes a shocking revelation.
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Doreen
by Ilana Manaster
If Doreen Gray were to take a selfie upon her arrival at the elite Chandler Academy, it would capture a face marked with acne, a head full of frizz, and eyes looking anywhere but at the lens.
What Chandler queen bee Heidi Whelan sees is a desperate hunger for acceptance and the makings of a willing and useful protégé. Heidi's roommate, Biz Gibbons-Brown, works her Photoshop magic to create a stunning profile pic of Doreen--a glossy, digital makeover that Doreen initially rejects . . . only to wake up the next morning transformed as the girl in the picture.
But Doreen quickly becomes accustomed to her newfound power and lives without considering consequences of her actions. Only the picture knows the truth, and she will do anything to protect her secret.
In this sharp, scandal-filled retelling of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray , the men of nineteenth-century London become three girls of twentyfirst-century New England.
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The Wrath & the Dawn
by Renée Ahdieh
Coming of age in a land where the Caliph of Khorasan takes a new bride each night and executes her at sunrise, 16-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry him in order to break the cycle and exact revenge for the murder of her best friend.
Classic Pairing: Thousand and One Nights
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Everneath
by Brodi Ashton
Regretting her decision to forfeit her life on Earth to become an immortal on Everneath, a world between Earth and Hell, teenaged Nikki is given the chance to return to "the Surface" for six months, in a story loosely based on the Persephone myth.
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Great
by Sara Benincasa
A contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby follows the experiences of teen Naomi Rye, who becomes entangled in the drama of East Hampton's social circle and implicated in a community-wide tragedy while spending the summer with her socialite mother.
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Rook
by Sharon Cameron
An arranged marriage escalates into a tantalizing game of cat and mouse for Sophia Bellamy and the wealthy René Hasard in the Sunken City that was once Paris, where a vigilante is either freeing or kidnapping imprisoned opponents of the new revolution that is unfolding in the city.
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Kill me softly
by Sarah Cross
When sixteen-year-old Mira runs away to discover her secret past, she finds a place where Grimm's fairy tales come to life, and she cannot avoid her accursed fate
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Scarlet
by A. C. Gaughen
In a new version of the Robin Hood legend, Scarlet—a fearless young woman who disguises herself as a boy named Will—shadows Robin Hood, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the Sheriff of Nottingham to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector, risking his own life in the process.
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The fall
by Bethany Griffin
A reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, features short, non-chronological chapters that reveal how Madeline's resolve to save her brother from madness causes her to be buried alive inside their decimated home. By the author of Masque of the Red Death.
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Cruel Beauty
by Rosamund Hodge
A tale inspired by Beauty and the Beast finds Nyx, a girl betrothed since birth to the evil ruler of her kingdom, training to kill her intended and resenting the father whose foolish bargain sealed her fate, a situation that transforms when she discovers that the man she must marry is a charming being with a compelling secret.
Classic Pairing: Beauty and the Beast fairytale
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Catherine
by April Lindner
A modern adaptation of Wuthering Heights finds Catherine despairing over the struggling musicians who use her to gain entry into her father's Manhattan club and falling passionately in love with enigmatic musician Hence; while years later, Catherine's daughter, Chelsea, wonders if the mother she believes to be dead may still be alive. By the author of Jane.
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take onthe Cinderella story
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Sisters red
by Jackson Pearce
After a Fenris, or werewolf, kills their grandmother and almost kills them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenaged girls
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The madman's daughter
by Megan Shepherd
Dr. Moreau's 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father's island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors and a love triangle. Inspired by H. G. Wells' classic The Island of Dr. Moreau.
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The glass casket
by McCormick Templeman
Untouched by death after the loss of her mother in early childhood, Rowan Rose learns of the brutal demise of five riders in the woods near her village before discovering the existence of an insatiably hungry monster. By the author of The Little Woods.
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The Looking Glass Wars
by Frank Beddor
When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne.
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Bloodline : a novel
by Kate Cary
Returning from World War I with nightmares that won't end, especially those of his regiment's commander, Quincy Harker, John Shaw is shocked to discover that Harker has found a way to his hometown in an attempt to woo his sister and keep Dracula's bloodline alive in his own disastrous manner.
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