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Here are some of our favorite titles. These titles can be found in the Teen Middle section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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The Stolen Slipper
by Melissa De la Cruz
To get the glass slipper back from Cinderella, Filomena and her gang return to Never After where they must help Cinderella's twin stepsisters—who are victims of her cruelty—as spells, creatures and evil swirl around them.
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Disenchanted : the Trials of Cinderella
by Megan Morrison
Even though evil witch Envearia is dead, King Clement is still nasty, Queen Maud has fled with the help of her son, Prince Dash, and Ella Coach (called Cinderella) would rather be at home sewing than living in the palace.
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The Princess Revolt
by Cathy O'Neill
Shortly after her thirteenth birthday, Cia Anderson discovers that fairy tale princesses are real, they live in New York, and they really want the spell placed on Cia when she was a baby to stop disrupting their happily-ever-afters.
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Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Young Ella of Frell embarks on a quest to overcome the gift of obedience, a curse bestowed on her at birth by a fairy, and along the way, she encounters princes, ogres, fairy godmothers, and other fairy-tale creatures.
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Against the Tide
by J. Elle
When her sister Mala is kidnapped but leaves behind a clue, 15-year-old Ariel and her sisters delve into forbidden waters before the Coral Moon in order to rescue Mala and end up uncovering secrets about their family, their kingdom, and what really happened to their mother.
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Never After : the Thirteenth Fairy
by Melissa de la Cruz
The first book in a fairy tale-inspired series that finds a bullied teen summoned by a character from her favorite books into a magical world that is being threatened by an evil queen.
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Fairest of All : a Tale of the Wicked Queen
by Serena Valentino
Examines the life of Snow White's stepmother, the Wicked Queen, to find out just what it is that makes her so evil that she would want to cut out her teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered in a locked keepsake box
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Grounded : the Adventures of Rapunzel
by Megan Morrison
A middle-grade adaptation of the Rapunzel fairy tale follows the adventures of a long-haired girl who grows up in a wish-granting tower before meeting a stranger who tells her that the outside world is not as bad as the girl's witch guardian claims.
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Beasts and Beauty : Dangerous Tales
by Soman Chainani
A New York Times best-selling author challenges readers to believe in their own strength to face their demons with hope and an open heart and to always think for themselves, in this collection of 12 dangerous tales..
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Cruella : Black, White, and Red
by Hachi Ishie
"You don't become a legend by being nice. She wasn't born Cruella. Gifted with talent, innovation, and ambition, Estella dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, but the world seemed intent on making sure her dreams would never come true. The life of an amateur thief is hardly a glamourous one, but in 1970s London, at the crossroads of fashion, Estella has a vision for herself and her designs, if only she can afford it! Witness Estella's life on the streets with her best friends and partners in (petty) crime, Horace and Jasper, before the infamous diva Cruella emerges to make sure no one gets in her way!"
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The Isle of the Lost
by Melissa de la Cruz
The teen offspring of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar and Cruella de Vil search for a cursed magical relic that will help them escape from the dreary isle where their wicked parents have been exiled.
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The School for Good and Evil
by Soman Chainani
Best friends Sophie (princess wannabe) and Agatha (witchy loner) are headed (via kidnapping) to the School for Good and Evil, but their assumed destinies are reversed: Sophie's dumped into the School for Evil for Uglification and Henchmen Training classes, while Agatha attends Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication at the School for Good. When a certain prince charming (son of King Arthur) is thrown into the mix, anything can happen!
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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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Disney Lands
by Ridley Pearson
Wanting to celebrate the defeat of the Overtakers, the five Kingdom Keepers are mystified by their mentor's final puzzle, which reveals a threat by an evil force far greater than any they have yet encountered.
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Beastkeeper
by Cat Hellisen
When her mother's abandonment unleashes on remaining family members the magic her parents previously avoided, Sarah witnesses her father's transformation into a wild beast and moves to her grandparents' crumbling castle to break the terrible curse.
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Just Ella
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape
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Ogre Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
A companion to the Newbery Honor-winning Ella Enchanted finds a young healer, Evie, transformed into an ogre by meddling fairy Lucinda, who establishes that Evie must accept a sincere proposal of marriage in order to break the curse.
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Rapunzel's Revenge
by Shannon Hale
Using her long, braided hair as a lasso, Rapunzel teams up with a wild outlaw named Jack and heads west to start a brand new life filled with grand adventures and crazy characters.
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