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Wintersong

S. Jae-Jones · 448 pages

Dark, romantic, and unforgettable, Wintersong is an enchanting coming-of-age story for fans of Labyrinth and The Cruel Prince. The last night of the year. Now the days of winter begin and the Goblin King rides abroad, searching for his bride… All her life, Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, dangerous Goblin King. They’ve enraptured her mind, her spirit, and inspired her musical composit

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Six Crimson Cranes

Elizabeth Lim · 454 pages

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Spindle

E.K. Johnston · 369 pages

"Yashaa sets out to break the curse over the kingdom with his three friends and the princess herself in this lush, transformative retelling of Sleeping Beauty"--

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Axie Oh · 325 pages

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Once Upon a Winter's Night

Dennis L. McKiernan · 413 pages

In a retelling of the classic French fairy tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," Camille, the daughter of a poor crofter, is forced to wed a mysterious prince in exchange for wealth for her family.

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Spelled

Betsy Schow · 344 pages

As the crown princess of Emerald, Dorthea lives a charmed life full of Hans Christian Louboutin glass slippers and Glenda Original ball gowns. But when she unknowingly wishes upon a cursed star, all spell breaks loose and the rules of fairy tale disappear--taking Dorthea's parents with them.

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Ash & Bramble

Sarah Prineas · 464 pages

After Pin and Shoe escape from servitude in the Godmother's fortress, they learn that she has taken control of Story, which can warp the world around it, forcing people into its shape, and they decide to try to break out and create their own destinies in this tale that features many familiar characters.

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Dorothy Must Die

Danielle Paige · 452 pages

Amy Gumm, the other girl from Kansas, has been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked to stop Dorothy who has found a way to come back to Oz, seizing a power that has gone to her head -- so now no one is safe! Amy Gumm is recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked to stop Dorothy, who has found a way to come back to Oz and seized a power that has gone to her head. The plot con

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The Raven Boys

Maggie Stiefvater · 439 pages

Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger. When she meets Gansey, one of the boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as "raven boys", they can only mean

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Poison

Chris Wooding · 288 pages

Thusly named by her stepmother's accusation of being poisonous, Poison is a smart aleck girl that seems to enjoy little in her life except her baby sister. So, when one night, a scarecrow swaps her sister for a changeling, Poison knows she has to set out and rescue her sister. During this adventure, she meets loyal friends, a cat who is more than it seems, evil Phaeries and uncovers a murderous pl

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Once Upon a Broken Heart

Stephanie Garber · 416 pages

***How far would you go for happily ever after?*** For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kiss

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Lark Rising

Sandra Waugh · 372 pages

Sixteen-year-old Lark sets out on a journey to help her village fight off monsters called Troths and learns she is the Guardian of Life, fated to recover a powerful amulet from the Breeders of Chaos.

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The Wrath and the Dawn

Renée Ahdieh · 416 pages

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Splintered

A.G. Howard · 400 pages

Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's ***Alice's Adventures in Wonderland***. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now. When her mother's mental health takes a tur

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Lords and Ladies

Terry Pratchett · 375 pages

The fairies are back - but this time they don't just want your teeth... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves. It's Midsummer Night. No times for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls, Morris dancers and one orang-utan. And lots of hey-nonny-nonny and blood all over the place.

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The Isle of the Lost

Melissa de la Cruz

Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, the teenaged children of Disney's most evil villains search for a dragon's eye, the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape.

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Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan · 503 pages

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Strange the Dreamer

Laini Taylor · 544 pages

An epic fantasy about a mythic lost city and its dark past from National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared his dream chose poorly. Since he was just five years old, he's been obsessed with the myth

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Love in the Time of Global Warming

Francesca Lia Block · 243 pages

Her life by the sea in ruins, Pen has lost everything in the Earth Shaker that all but destroyed the city of Los Angeles. She sets out into the wasteland to search for her family, her journey guided by a tattered copy of Homer's *Odyssey*. Soon she begins to realize her own abilities and strength as she faces false promises of safety, the cloned giants who feast on humans, and a madman who wishes

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The Iron King

Julie Kagawa · 126 pages

Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined...Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school...or at home.When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's

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Winter Rose

Patricia A. McKillip · 267 pages

Sorrow and trouble and bitterness will bound you and yours and the children of yours... Some said the dying words of Nial Lynn, murdered by his own son, were a wicked curse. To others, it was a winter's tale spun by firelight on cold, dark nights. But when Corbet Lynn came to rebuild his family estate, memories of his grandfather's curse were rekindled by young and old - and rumours filled the

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Fearless

Cornelia Funke · 429 pages

"Jacob Reckless journeys to the Mirrorworld to tell his shapeshifting friend Fox that a fairy curse--a deadly moth in his chest--means he has only one year to live. The journey in Mirrorworld turns into a search against time and against a Goyl treasure hunter for an enchanted crossbow, which is known to strike down any army it faces, and less well known for its healing power when shot by a loved o

Fairy Tale RetellingQuest NarrativeFantasyYoung Adult
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Moonblood

Anne Elisabeth Stengl

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Sleeping Beauty: Vampire Slayer

Maureen McGowan · 330 pages

In this twist on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, Princess Lucette, cursed as a baby by her evil vampire aunt, discovers as she grows older that the only way to protect herself and her kingdom is to train as a vampire slayer. The reader is given chances throughout the text to choose the direction of the plot.

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