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The Princess Test

Gail Carson Levine · 91 pages

In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.

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Harriet the Invincible

Ursula Vernon · 242 pages

Never a conventional princess, Harriet becomes an adventurer after learning she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her twelfth birthday, but after two years of slaying ogres, cliff-diving, and more with her riding quail, Mumfrey, things go awry at home and she must seek a prince to set things right.

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Red Riding Hood Gets Lost

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams · 192 pages

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Next Top Villain

Suzanne Selfors · 212 pages

Unlike her classmates, who include the daughters of Snow White, Cinderella, and Rapunzel, Duchess Swan does not have a Happily Ever After waiting for her, but maybe her class in General Villainy, taught by Mr. Badwolf, can change her destiny.

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Of Sorcery and Snow

Shelby Bach · 327 pages

"Rory Landon sets off on another tale from The Ever After School in order to end the reign of the Snow Queen"--

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No Place Like Oz

Danielle Paige · 196 pages

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Little Knife

Leigh Bardugo · 32 pages

A young girl's beauty causes discord in her small town, but her father's solution may prove far more dangerous. ***Little Knife*** is a companion story to the third book of the Grisha Trilogy, ***Ruin and Rising***, and the stories ***The Witch of Duva*** and ***The Too-Clever Fox***.

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Calling on Dragons

Patricia C. Wrede · 244 pages

A fast paced, humorous YA fantasy. Cimorene, now Queen of the Enchanted Forest, her friend Morwen the witch, and various others search for the missing sword of the King. This is the third book in the Enchanted Forest series.

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The Enchantress Returns

Chris Colfer · 448 pages

Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother! Against the will of their grandmother, the twins must find their own way into. The Land of Stories is no longer the joyful world Alex and Conner Bailey remember from their Wishing Spell adventure: The

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Fairest

Marissa Meyer · 384 pages

In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told. Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a s

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Maelyn

Anita Valle · 174 pages

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The Salamander Spell

E.D. Baker · 249 pages

In this prequel to the "Tales of the Frog Princess", Grassina is a young princess-in-training. But as the younger sister to Princess Chartreuse, Grassina is not expected to do much beyond behave herself. When a terrible spell stops her mother from being the good Green Witch, and the Kingdom of Greater Greensward seems to teeter on the brink of terror, Grassina sets off on an errand in the swamp an

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Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

Megan Morrison · 384 pages

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The Grimm Legacy

Polly Shulman · 325 pages

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The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani · 496 pages

**A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist. The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series.** Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains. With her

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Flunked

Jen Calonita · 256 pages

Tossed into Cinderella's stepmother's reform school for fairy-tale villains after stealing a hair clip, twelve-year-old petty thief Gilly meets fellow students Jax and Kayla, who reveal the school's true evil purpose. Book #1 When petty thief Gilly, who lives with five younger brothers and sisters in a run-down boot, gets caught stealing, she is sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale Reform Scho

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Dream On

Sarah Mlynowski · 166 pages

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The Sleeper and the Spindle

Neil Gaiman · 70 pages

On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom.

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Who's The Fairest?

Jane B. Mason, Sarah Hines Stephens · 134 pages

Terrified to compete in the Maiden Games against the mean witches from the neighboring Grimm school because her nasty stepmother Malodora, a powerful witch, is a judge, Snow White calls upon her best friends Rapunzel, Ella, and Rose for much needed support. The Maiden Games are fast approaching and Snow White is frozen with fear. It's bad enough that Princess School will be facing off against the

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Twice Upon a Time

James Riley · 340 pages

Jack, of the village of Giant's Hand, is now accompanied by a prince as he continues trying to help a reluctant princess find her family, while also attempting to save a city full of fairies from a nameless curse.

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Scarlet Moon: A Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood

Debbie Viguie · 157 pages

Ruth's grandmother lives in the forest, banished there for the "evil" that the townsfolk believed she practiced. But if studying the stars, learning about nature, and dreaming of flying is evil, then Ruth is guilty of it too. Whenever Ruth took food and supplies to her grandmother, she would sit with the old woman for hours, listening and learning. When she wasn't in the woods, Ruth was learnin

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The Inside Story

Michael Buckley

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Kissed: Belle / Sunlight and Shadow / Winter's Child

Cameron Dokey · 624 pages

Three stories from the "Once Upon a Time" series. Belle is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast Sunlight and Shadow is a retelling of The Magic Flute Winter's Child is a retelling of The Snow Queen

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