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Fairy Tale Teen retellings of classics, fairy tales, and myths
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My Dear Henry : A Jekyll & Hyde Remix
by Kalynn Bayron
After being expelled from London Medical School along with his best friend Henry Jekyll in 1885 London, 17-year-old Gabriel Utterson is overcome by jealousy when a mysterious and magnetic stranger arrives, capturing all of Henry's attention and drawing him into a dark mystery.
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The Wicked Ones
by Robin Benway
Attending the royal debut party, their one chance to impress the Prince and live up to their cruel and bitter mother's expectations, sisters Drizella and Anastasia get a taste of freedom, pitting them against a mother whose greatest power lies in manipulation.
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Sky Without Stars
by Jessica Brody
A futuristic reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together by the looming threat of revolution on a French planet colony.
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Wicked as You Wish
by Rin Chupeco
Exiled in Arizona far from the magical kingdom of Avalon, a royal prince hides his true identity while working with a secretive spell breaker and a ragtag band of friends to prepare for a world-changing showdown.
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Cinder & Glass
by Melissa De la Cruz
In 1682 France, Cendrillion, to escape her wicked stepmother, must compete with the other women at court for the Prince's favor, forcing her to decide if she can bear losing the boy she loves in order to leave a life she hates.
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My Plain Jane
by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
The authors of My Lady Jane present a riotously gothic reimagining of Jane Eyre that features an orphan with a tragic past, an aspiring author and a supernatural investigator who team up for an epic ghost hunt.
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Strike the Zither
by Joan He
In year 414 of the Xin Dynasty, Zephyr, the best strategist in the land serving under warlordess Xin Ren, is forced to infiltrate an enemy camp to keep Ren's followers from being slaughtered and meets her match in an opposing strategist.
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Briarheart
by Mercedes Lackey
A fresh and feminist reinterpretation of Sleeping Beauty from a beloved fantasy author finds princess Aurora's older sister, Miriam, discovering that she possesses incredible powers that must be used to protect her little sister and combat the shadowy threats that are moving closer and closer to their kingdom.
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One for All
by Lillie Lainoff
Finally finding a place where she belongs, Tania de Batz, a girl with a chronic illness secretly training as a Musketeer, must decide where her loyalties lie when she is torn between duty and dizzying emotion.
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Bad Girls Never Say Die
by Jennifer Mathieu
In this gender-flipping reimagining of S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" set in 1964 Houston, Evie must redefine what it means to be a bad girl and rethink everything she knows about loyalty after she is saved from the unimaginable by a good girl from the "right" side of the tracks.
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Gilded
by Marissa Meyer
Ordered by the king to spin straw into gold or be killed for telling falsehoods, Serilda, known for her fantastical tales, unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to help her—for a price, in this haunting retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.
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Travelers Along the Way : A Robin Hood Remix
by Aminah Mae Safi
Two sisters, soldiers Zeena and Rahma, on their way to stop Jerusalem from falling into the wrong hands, come across a motley collection of fellow travelers, finding purpose and camaraderie in their company as danger swirls around them.
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What Souls are Made Of : A Wuthering Heights Remix
by Tasha Suri
When Heathcliff, an “outsider,” meets Catherine, who must mold herself into someone marriageable even though it might destroy her spirit, these two lost souls find solace in each other's arms despite the world trying to keep them apart.
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Lost in the Never Woods
by Aiden Thomas
Forced to confront a past she cannot remember involving the disappearance of her two brothers five years earlier, Wendy encounters a boy who begs for her help when other children start to go missing.
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Daughter of Sparta
by Claire M. Andrews
To save the gods' powers, warrior Daphne, guided by Apollo, must find nine mysterious items that have been stolen from Mount Olympus—a perilous journey that will pit her against the very gods themselves.
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Lore
by Alexandra Bracken
After her family was murdered, Lore Perseous turns her back on a hunt that is held every seven years to punish former Greek gods, but when a new hunt begins, Athena convinces Lore to form an alliance to end the hunt and stop the rise of a new more vengeful god.
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Medusa
by Jessie Burton
Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, disrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.
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Go the Distance
by Jen Calonita
Challenged to prove her worthiness of becoming a Mount Olympus god at Hercules' side, an unsure Meg embarks on a soul-risking mission to rescue her loathed ex's new wife from the Underworld.
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Spin
by Rebecca Caprara
After the tragic death of her family, 16-year-old Arachne flees to the city of Colophon, where her skills as a weaver are put to the test, leading to a confrontation with the goddess Athena that results in an exposé of divine misdeeds and unexpected redemption.
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Ravensong
by Cayla Fay
Still stuck in high school and without her full powers, demi-god Neve cannot wait to shed the pretenses of humanity on her 18th birthday, until she meets and falls in love with Alexandria, who is haunted by her own demons—both inner and real.
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Lies We Sing to the Sea
by Sarah Underwood
One of 12 maidens sacrificed to Poseidon on behalf of Ithaca, Leto awakens on a mysterious island where a green-eyed girl with the power to command the sea reveals what needs to be done to stop a thousand more deaths.
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Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm : A New English Version
by Jacob Grimm
The acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy presents mature and scholarly retellings of 50 favorite and lesser-known fairy tales on the 200th anniversary of the Grimm brothers' Children's and Household Tales, in a volume that includes such stories as "Cinderella," "Rapunzel" and "Briar-Rose."
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
by Jacob Grimm
A comprehensive, expanded collection of classic fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm features unabridged, faithful translations of more than two hundred stories, including a number of rare tales that have never before appeared in English.
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