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Classic tales told with a new twist...
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Geekerella
by Ashley Poston
A devoted fan of a classic sci-fi television series risks the ire of her evil stepsisters by entering a contest to win an invitation to a ball where she would meet her favorite actor, a teen star who would prove he is more than just a dumb heartthrob.
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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. Inspired by A Thousand and One Nights.
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Shame the stars
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
In the midst of racial conflict and at the edges of a war at the Texas-Mexico border in 1915, Joaquín and Dulceña attempt to maintain a secret romance in this reimagining of Romeo and Juliet.
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Everland
by Wendy Spinale
Scavenging in the streets of a London where the adults have succumbed to blitz bombings and disease, Gwen Darling hunts for a sibling who has been snatched up by a cure-seeking Captain Hook and teams up with a mysterious boy, Pete, who is surviving in an underground city with his gang and a sharpshooter named Bella.
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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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Splintered : a Novel
by A. G. Howard
A descendant of Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 16-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother and predecessors until she discovers that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may be able to save her family from their age-old curse.
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
When Cinder, a gifted cyborg with a mysterious past, becomes entangled with the handsome Prince Kai, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle to save humankind from a deadly plague and ruthless lunar beings.
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The shadow queen : a Ravenspire novel
by C. J Redwine
A dark fantasy inspired by the tale of Snow White follows the adventures of Lorelai, an exiled princess who is being pursued by a magic-wielding prince serving as the personal huntsman for evil queen Irina, who has charged him with bringing her Lorelai's heart.
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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.
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The great hunt
by Wendy Higgins
A reimagining of the Grimm's fairy tale "The Singing Bone" follows the unlikely romance between a princess who wishes to marry for love and a royals-eschewing hunter who seeks to rid the kingdom of a violent beast.
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Queen of hearts
by Colleen Oakes
A fantastical tale that imagines the origins of the villainous Queen of Hearts follows the downward spiral of princess Dinah, whose future reign in Wonderland is threatened by a devastating betrayal that leaves her with a broken heart.
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As old as time
by Liz Braswell
In an alternate take on the classic fairy tale, Belle, trapped in the Beast's enchanted castle, discovers that her estranged mother was the one who placed a spell on the Beast so many years ago.
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