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Author: Adam Gidwitz
Genre: Horror, Fairy Tale Retellings, Middle Grade
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Publication Date: October 2010
Hardcover: 251 pages
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers [...]
Author: Merrie Haskell
Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Young Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: September 2011
Hardcover: 328 pages
Twelve princesses suffer from a puzzling—and downright silly—curse. Ridiculous though the curse may be, whoever breaks it will win a handsome reward.
Sharp-witted Reveka, an herbalist’s apprentice, has [...]
Written by Anne Ursu
Illustrations by Erin McGuire
Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Middle Grade
Publisher: Walden Pond Press (HarperCollins)
Publication Date: September 2011
Hardcover: 313 pages
Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. They had been best friends since they were six, spending hot [...]
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
Title: A Long Long Sleep
Author: Anna Sheehan
Genre: Speculative Fiction/Science Fiction, Dystopia, Fairy Tale Retelling, Young Adult
Publisher: Candlewick (US)/Gollancz (UK)
Publication date: August 2011 (US & UK)
Hardcover: 352 pages
Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by [...]
Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Author: Catherynne M Valente; Illustrations by Ana Juan
Genre: Fantasy / YA
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication date: May 10th 2011
Hardcover: 256 pages
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an [...]
Title: Toads and Diamonds
Author: Heather Tomlinson
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Retelling
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Publication Date: March 2010
Hardcover: 288 Pages
Diribani has come to the village well to get water for her family’s scant meal of curry and rice. She never expected to meet a goddess there. [...]
Title: By These Ten Bones
Author: Clare B. Dunkle
Genre: Fantasy YA
Publisher: Square Fish
Publication date: February 2011, reprint edition.
Paperback: 256 pages
A mysterious young man has come to a small Highland town. [...]
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication date: First edition: 1986 (This edition: 2009)
Paperback: 304 pages
In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league boots were everyday things. The Witch of the [...]
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
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