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Author
Series
Grimrose girls volume 1
Language
English
Description
While investigating the apparent suicide of their best friend, four students at an elite boarding school uncover a series of past murders connected to ancient fairy tale curses, and they fear that their own fates are tied to the stories, dooming them to gruesome deaths unless they can forge their own paths.
4) Malice
Author
Series
Malice volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
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Description
"Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. A curse that could only be broken by true love's kiss. You've heard this before, haven't you? The handsome prince. The happily ever after. Utter nonsense. Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. I thought...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
While reading aloud fairy stories in hopes of bringing her comatose eight-year-old daughter back to this world, Ceres is called to a land colored by the memories of childhood and the folklore beloved by her father where old enemies are watching and waiting.
6) Misrule
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Does true love break curses, or begin them? Sleeping Beauty's dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice. The Dark Grace is dead. Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce's wicked domain. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath. Not even the one person who holds her heart. Princess...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An incredible retelling of the well-loved classic story Peter and the Wolf-with a twist. Enter the fairy-tale world first created by Sergei Prokofiev and now reimagined into an enchanting graphic masterpiece of love and loss by award-winning musicians, Gavin Friday and Bono.When a wolf is found roaming the woods, Peter's grandfather warns him to stay at home. But Peter, who is mourning the loss of a parent, decides to venture into the deep, dark woods...
Author
Series
Land of Stories volume 6
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
With all of the fairy tale characters occupying the same world, Conner and Alex face their biggest challenge to date of restoring order to the human and fairy tale realms.
10) Mihi ever after
Author
Series
Mihi ever after volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mihi Whan Park loves fairy tales. She wants to be a princess more than anything, but everyone tells her she’s not the princess type. Then Mihi gets her shot: When she and her new friends Savannah and Reese discover a portal to a fairy tale realm, they get a chance to learn how to be princesses! But the fairy tale world turns out not to be the wonderful place Mihi imagined. Soon, Savannah and Reese decide they’re ready to go home, and Mihi has...
Author
Series
Grimrose girls volume 02
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At Grimrose Acadm̌ie, the fairy-tale deaths continue. And unless the curse is broken, one of the girls could be next. Nani, Yuki, Ella, and Rory have discovered the truth about the curse that's left a trail of dead bodies at Grimrose. But the four still know nothing of its origins, or how to stop the cycle of doomed fates. And each girl harbors her own secret. One is learning why she was brought to the school. One struggles to keep her new and deadly...
12) Windswept
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Years after her sisters venture Outside and vanish in a snow squall, thirteen-year-old Tag sets out to rescue the lost Youngers, accompanied by an unlikely crew--Boots, who can climb anything; Ant, who will eat anything; and Ren, who will say anything. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Adventures from the Land of Stories volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First stand-alone edition.
Language
English
Description
Little Red Riding Hood as queen talks about maintaining her image while revealing the quirks of other royal characters in fairy tales.
Gift donated by the Benware Family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this fairy tale mixup, the Three Bears get an unexpected visit from Redlocks (otherwise known as Little Red Riding Hood) who has fled her book to get away from the wolf--and the Bears, with some help from the Three Little Pigs, need to mediate betweenRedlocks and the misunderstood wolf.
16) Sugar and spice
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this trip through the magic mirror, Abby and Jonah find themselves in the tale of Hansel and Gretel, where they have to deal with the witch and hope the portal will open so they can get home.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Sleeping Beauty's daughter, Aria, enters a fashion design competition against her mother's wishes, and when she pricks her finger on a cursed needle, she must figure out how to reverse the spell to prevent her family history from repeating.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 383
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A hardcover omnibus edition of three classic works by British writer Angela Carter: two story collections (The Bloody Chamber and Fireworks) and one novel (Wise Children). A bibliography and chronology and a new introduction by Joan Acocella are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Two lions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Little Red likes to play by the rules. So when the narrator comes along and asks her to follow the story set out in her fairy tale, she grabs the basket for Grandma and goes. After all, she loves her grandma. But unfortunately, none of the other characters are quite what they're expecting. As Little Red attempts to follow the narrators directions (which, frankly, seem kind of dangerous!), she is beset by fill-in characters, confusing instructions,...
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