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Fairytale and Other RetellingsHigh School |
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Playin' Hard
by Whitney D. Grandison
If there’s one thing Cree Jacobs can’t stand about Moorehead High, it’s definitely the Ballers Club—an exclusive clique of boys who dominate the school’s sports teams. The boys are arrogant, flashy, and just way too overrated for Cree’s taste.
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On the wings of la Noche
by Vanessa L. Torres
Seventeen-year-old Noche, who serves as an avian guide to the afterlife, suffers inner turmoil between falling for a new boy in town and letting go of her late girlfriend's soul
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Escaping Mr. Rochester
by L. L. McKinney
In this empowering Black queer romance reimagining of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, Jane Eyre, the new governess at Thornfield Hall discovers her cruel employer has locked away his wife as revenge for withholding her inheritance and, as his dark plan unfolds, must find a way to save this woman she's come to love.
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Off with their heads
by Zoe Hana Mikuta
"A royal Saint-harvester pretending not to know of the twisted monster experiments her beloved Red Queen hides beneath the palace, Caro must finally confront her former lover, Icca, whom she betrayed—and who will stop at nothing to exact her vengeance. "
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What monstrous gods
by Rosamund Hodge
After killing Ruven, a heretic sorcerer, and waking the royal family from an enchanted sleep, Lia, born with a miraculous gift, must marry Prince Araunn and forge a pact with a god—or die, discovering the boy she killed may be her only hope of survival.
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A drop of venom
by Sajni Patel
"When priestess Manisha and warrior Prayuth meet, they find hope in each other's arms, but when Manisha is pushed into a pit of vipers, never to be seen again, Paryush is tasked with killing one last monster, who turns out to be Manisha, who never died, to gain his freedom. "
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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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Cursed
by Thomas Wheeler
Nimue grew up an outcast. Her connection to dark magic made her something to be feared in her Druid village, and that made her desperate to leave. . . . That is, until Red Paladins slaughter her entire village, and Nimue's fate is forever altered. Charged by her dying mother to reunite an ancient sword with a legendary sorcerer, Nimue is now her people's only hope
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Within these wicked walls : a novel
by Lauren Blackwood
Andromeda, an exorcist who has been forced to work for Magnus Rochester and hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye, realizes that death will be the outcome if she stays but refuses to let Magnus live out his curse alone since she's fallen for him.
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Not good for maidens
by Tori Bovalino
Beneath the streets of York, the goblin market calls to the Wickett women--the family of witches that tends to its victims. For generations, they have defended the old cobblestone streets with their magic. Knowing the dangers, they never entered the market--until May Wickett fell for a goblin girl, accepted her invitation, and became inextricably tied to the world her family tried to protect her from. The market learned her name, and even when she and her sister left York for Boston to escape it, the goblins remembered. Seventeen years later, Lou, May's niece, knows nothing of her magical lineage or the twisted streets, sweet fruits, and incredible jewels of the goblin market. But just like her aunt, the market calls to her, an echo of a curse that won't release its hold on her family. And when her youngest aunt, Neela, is kidnapped by goblins, Lou discovers just how real and dangerous the market is. To save her, both May and Lou will have to confront their family's past and what happened all those years ago. But everything--from the food and wares, to the goblins themselves--is a haunting temptation for any human who manages to find their way in. And if Lou isn't careful, she could end up losing herself to the market, too.
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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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My fine fellow
by Jennieke Cohen
In 1830s England, where the Culinarians, who create gorgeous food and confections, are the crème de la crème of high society, three individuals combine forces to pull off a delectable caper that will bring them fame, fortune—and a little romance.
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Cake eater
by Allyson Dahlin
In the year 3070, App sensation, style icon and social influencer Marie Antoinette arrives in Versailles to marry Louis-Auguste and together, after witnessing people outside of their gilded world suffering and starving, risk everything to set things right.
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It will end like this
by Kyra Leigh
When Charlotte and Maddi's mother dies suddenly and mysteriously, the two girls suspect foul play when their father moves on with their mother's personal assistant, whom they are convinced is determined to take everything that's theirs away for herself, in this contemporary take on the Lizzie Borden story that explores how grief can cut deep.
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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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Cinderella is dead
by Kalynn Bayron
Two hundred years after Cinderella found her prince, the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl's display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again. Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. Sophia tries to flee the ball, and finds herself hiding in Cinderella's mausoleum. Together with Constance, the last known descendant of Cinderella and her step sisters, Sophia vows to bring down the king once and for all.
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Into the heartless wood
by Joanna Ruth Meyer
"Deep in the wood lives a witch queen and her eight tree siren daughters. For centuries, they have harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow their ever reaching kingdom of ash, birch, and oak. Owen Merrick lives at the edge of the forest, mapping the stars for the king in his father's observatory. For years, he has resisted venturing over the garden wall, until one day he must enter the woods to find his missing sister. But one of the witch's tree siren daughters, Seren, decidesto save his life instead of end it. Now, no matter how hard he tries, he can't stop thinking about her--the birch-bright hue of her skin and the way violets bloom in her hair. Every night, he goes into the wood to meet her, and their love for each other grows. But when the constellations shift, the stars foretell an inevitable war between the witch queen and the king. With Seren compelled to fight for her mother, and Owen forced to join the king's army, they are plunged into the heart of a conflict that seemingly no one can win and that might destroy both their kingdoms forever."
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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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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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Red Hood
by Elana K. Arnold
Living a quiet life with her grandmother in Seattle, Bisou Martel is attacked by a mysterious wolf on the night of her school's homecoming before confronting difficult questions about her past and her growing sense of empowerment.
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I killed Zoe Spanos
by Frick, Kit
Hoping for a new start when she accepts a summer nanny job in the Hamptons, Anna is drawn into the disappearance case of a local teen who she eerily resembles while a local podcaster searches for answers, in a tale of suspense inspired by Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.
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Anna K : a love story
by Jenny Lee
A modern reimagining of Anna Karenina is set in the elite enclaves of Manhattan and Greenwich society and finds a reluctant socialite navigating teen life before falling for a notorious playboy who harbors a shattering secret.
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Never look back
by Lilliam Rivera
In an Own Voices retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a girl moves to the Bronx after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina and bonds with a talented bachata singer before their relationship is tested by the demons of the past.
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Night Spinner
by Addie Thorley
After being exiled to a monastery for losing control of her powers, Enebish's sister Ghoa returns from the war front with an offer Enebish just cannot refuse
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House of salt and sorrows
by Erin A. Craig
When her beautiful sisters are cursed to dance at glittering balls night after night before they start dying in tragic accidents, Annaleigh questions her involvement with a mysterious stranger and wonders if she will be next.
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Stepsister
by Jennifer Donnelly
A dark feminist reimagining of the Cinderella story by the award-winning author of A Northern Light follows the experiences of a misfit stepsister who, after mutilating herself in her unsuccessful pursuit of a royal marriage, seizes an opportunity to alter her destiny.
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Izzy + Tristan
by Shannon Dunlap
In this modern retelling of the tragic romance of Tristan and Iseult, a two teenagers fall in love even though family, friends, and society threaten to keep them apart
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Stain
by A. G. Howard
Cast out of her kingdom for her inability to speak, a princess is raised as a boy by a witch who steals her memories, separating her from the cursed prince she is destined to marry.
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A curse so dark and lonely
by Brigid Kemmerer
A lush retelling of Beauty and the Beast finds a cursed prince reliving the same autumn over and over in the form of a dangerous monster, hoping to save his kingdom and win the heart of a girl from the real world.
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Orpheus girl
by Brynne Rebele-Henry
A modern reimagining of the epic of Orpheus follows the experiences of 16-year-old Raya, a gay teen in rural Texas, who resolves to rescue herself and her girlfriend from a sex reeducation camp.
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Damsel
by Elana K Arnold
Required to slay a dragon and rescue a damsel to be his bride in order to inherit, a crown prince astonishes the girl of his choice, who has no memory of her capture by a dragon and who discovers unsettling truths about the legends shaping their lives.
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Bull
by David Elliott
The best-selling author of the Evangeline Mudd series updates the classic story of Theseus and the Minotaur in a darkly comedic, versed adaptation specifically tailored to the interests of today's young adults.
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Heartless
by Marissa Meyer
A stand-alone prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, written by the best-selling author of the Lunar Chronicles, follows the story of the Queen of Hearts, whose talent for baking and love for a mysterious court joker conflict with her mother's ambitions to make her a queen.
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Ash & Bramble
by Sarah Prineas
Follows the adventures of a bold young seamstress who endeavors to break free from the Godmother's fortress before choosing between a charming prince and the young man who helped her escape
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The wrath & the dawn
by Renâee 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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The sacred lies of Minnow Bly
by Stephanie Oakes
Losing everything including her family, her hands and her ability to trust after spending 12 years in a cult, a traumatized Minnow struggles to find her voice in juvenile detention in the aftermath of her leader's death.
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Dorothy must die
by Danielle Paige
Whisked to Oz by another Kansas twister, Amy Gumm discovers that the magical land has been systematically destroyed by Dorothy's tyrannical rule, a situation that compels Amy to join the Revolutionary Order of deposed magic-wielders who want to put an end to Dorothy's oppressive reign.
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Masque of the Red Death
by Bethany Griffin
A wealthy girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow the government, and faces the threat of a new plague.
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Other ever afters / : New Queer Fairy Tales
by Melanie Gillman
Characters in classic stories who have been forced to sit on the sidelines take center stage in this feminist, queer fairy-tale collection told in a graphic novel format by a Stonewall Honor-winning author and artist.
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