Fairy Tale Retellings

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• Fractured Fairy Tales
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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
By Jessica Day George
YA F GEORGE
Blessed—or cursed—with an ability to understand animals, the Lass has always been an oddball. When an isbjorn (polar bear) seeks her out and promises that her family will become rich if the Lass will accompany him to his castle, she doesn’t hesitate. But the bear is not what he seems, nor is his castle, which is made of ice and inhabited by silent servants.

Book of a Thousand Days
By Shannon Hale
YA F HALE
When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years for Saren’s refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment. The arrival outside the tower of two suitors brings both hope and great danger, and Dashti must make the desperate choices of a girl whose life is worth more than she knows.

Ella Enchanted
By Gail Carson Levine
YA F LEVINE
At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the "gift" of obedience. Anything anyone tells her to do, Ella must do. But her intelligence and liveliness keep her in good stead as she sets out to track down Lucinda to undo the curse. 

The Thirteenth Princess
By Diane Zahler
J F Zahler
Zita is not an ordinary servant girl—she's the thirteenth daughter of a king who wanted only sons. When she was born, Zita's father banished her to the servants' quarters to work in the kitchens, where she can only communicate with her royal sisters in secret. Then, after Zita's twelfth birthday, the princesses all fall mysteriously ill. The only clue is their strangely worn and tattered shoes.

Thornspell
By Helen Lowe
J F LOWE
Prince Sigismund has grown up in a remote castle, dreaming of going on heroic knightly quests while staring out at the forbidden wood that looms to the west. His great-grandfather placed an interdict on the wood nearly 100 years ago, though no one seems to know exactly why. But for those still young or credulous enough to believe in magic, the rumors and stories abound—of an enchanted castle and a sleeping princess cursed by an evil faie.