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As Old as Time: A Twisted Tale
By Liz Braswell (YA Bras)
What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast? When Belle touches the Beast's enchanted rose, memories flood through Belle's mind-memories of a mother she thought she would never see again. Stranger still, she sees that her mother is the beautiful enchantress who cursed the castle and all its inhabitants.
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
By Julie C. Dao (YA Dao)
An East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress--and the darkness she must unleash to achieve her destiny.
Beheld
By Alex Flinn (YA Flinn)
Kendra, a witch, meets James, another witch, in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials, and he rescues her. This is the story of the three hundred years Kendra spends looking for James, while helping those around her find love.
Towering
By Alex Flinn (YA Flinn)
A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel told from the alternating perspectives of three teens whose fates unknowingly bind them together to destroy a greater evil.
The Forbidden Wish
By Jessica Khoury (YA Khou)
Forced to hide her true identity, Zahra, a teenage genie, finds her chance for freedom challenged by her love for her master, Aladdin.
Cinder
By Marissa Meyer (YA Meye)
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
Heartless
By Marissa Meyer (YA Meye)
In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.
Stealing Snow
By Danielle Paige (YA Paig)
Seventeen-year-old Snow escapes a mental hospital by racing into the woods where she finds herself in icy Algid--her true home--with witches, thieves, an alluring boy named Kai, and she discovers her royal lineage.
Geekerella
By Ashley Poston (YA Post)
Geek girl Ellie hopes to go to ExcelsiCon Cosplay to meet the actor (closet nerd Darien) scheduled to play Federation Prince Carmindor in a reboot of the movie Starfield.
Beast
By Brie Spangler (YA Span)
A Beauty and the Beast retelling: fifteen-year-old Dylan is an outcast. After falling from his roof, the school orders him into group therapy—convinced he was trying to harm himself. There he meets the beautiful and smart Jamie, who doesn’t put up with any of his moaning about not fitting in.