Once upon a time (Simon Pulse)
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Author
Pub. Date
2009, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
A king betrayed by his queen, vows to take a bride for one night only. In the morning she will face a terrible fate, and he will choose another. Nothing can change his course, until Shahrazad seeks to restore his heart with words.
5) Scarlet moon
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In this retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, a young woman, Ruth, takes food and supplies to her grandmother. The older woman was banished to the forest for studying the stars, learning about nature, and dreaming of flying. Ruth also spends time in her father's shop, where she is learning the blacksmithing trade. One day she meets a young man, whose family curse leaves him with strange blood running in his veins.
6)
Spirited
Author
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In a time when the world was young and many things were quite commonplace that are now entirely forgotten, Sarastro, Mage of the Day, wed Pamina, the Queen of the Night. And in this way was the world complete, for light was joined to dark. For all time would they be joined together. Only the ending of the world could tear them apart. In other words, in the days in which my parents married, there was no such thing as divorce....".
8)
The night dance
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9) Golden
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Born bald and raised by an adoptive mother, Rapunzel is finally told the truth about Rue, another daughter trapped in a tower due to a witch's curse, and so she heads off to help the imprisoned girl but becomes jealous of Rue's beautiful hair.
10)
Water song: a retelling of the Frog Prince
Author
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"When Rose's mother dies, her only comfort is the exquisite rose garden her mother left behind. The purple blossoms serve as an assurance of her mother's love. But Rose is dealt a second blow when her father dies and his greedy widow, Ombrine, and her daughter, Desirě, move in and take over the manor in true Cinderella fashion. Fate has been cruel to Ombrine and Desirě, too. So despite their harsh ways, Rose has compassion. But these feelings are...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1880s New York, Bertie is given work as a seamstress, and is able to create exquisite evening gowns overnight with the help of a man from her tenement named Ray Stalls. When Ray asks for her firstborn child as repayment, Bertie never dreams that he is serious.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After Grace rejects next-door neighbor Kai's love, he dreams of a dazzling Snow Queen, who entices him to leave home and wander to faraway lands, prompting Grace to realize how much she has lost and set out on a mystical journey to find him.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In a dynamic retelling of "The Princess and the Pea," 17-year-old Violet falls in love at first sight with the dashing Prince Richard, who has arrived at her impoverished family farm in the middle of a storm and whose parents insist that he marry a princess of high nobility.
19)
The world above
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