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Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
It should be simple -- a dragon defeated, a slumbering princess in a castle, a prince poised to wake her. But when the prince falls asleep as his lips touch the fair maiden's, it is clear that this fairy tale is far from over. With a desperate fairy's last curse controlling her mind, Princess Aurora must escape from a different castle of thorns and navigate a dangerously magical landscape -- created from her very own dreams. Aurora isn't alone --...
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the first years of her life listening to her aunt's stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. As she grows up, Ani develops the skills of animal speech, but she never feels quite comfortable speaking with people. So when Ani's mother sends her away to be married in a foreign land, she finds herself at the mercy of her silver-tongued lady in waiting,...
Author
Series
Between the lines volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.
4) East
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.
5) The siren
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"'You must never do anything that might expose our secret. This means that, in general, you cannot form close bonds with humans. You can speak to us, and you can always commune with the Ocean, but you are deadly to humans. You are, essentially, a weapon. A very beautiful weapon. I won't lie to you, it can be a lonely existence, but once you are done, you get to live. All you have to give, for now, is obedience and time. . .' The same speech has been...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After agreeing to spend a year in the castle of a great white bear in exchange for riches for her family, a woodcutter's daughter finds herself on a journey east of the sun and west of the moon to free the man she loves from a magic spell.
7) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Rumplestiltskin story where a king orders a poor miller's daughter to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, so in her desperation she unwittingly summons a mysterious boy, soon discovering other secrets in the castle, including an ancient curse that must be broken.
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim...
8) Mechanica
Author
Series
Mechanica volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all"--
Author
Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king--and the prince--out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Neil Gaiman takes the characters and scenes from popular fairy tales to create his own dark, twisted tale. Featuring some key elements from Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, he takes the readers on a journey where there just might not be the typical fairy tale ending with a knight in shining armor. Featuring Chris Riddell's black and white illustrations with gold highlights complement the traditional fairy tale themes very well.
11) Norse mythology
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Having already appropriated Odin and Loki for his novel American Gods, Gaiman turns his restless imagination to a retelling of Norse folklore (a youthful interest of his). He begins by introducing us to the three main mythological figures: Odin, the highest and oldest of the gods; his son, Thor, who makes up in brawn what he lacks in brains; and Loki, offspring of giants and a wily trickster. In a series of stories, we learn how Thor acquired his...
13) Off the page
Author
Series
Between the lines volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"When Delilah is united with Oliver, a prince literally taken from the pages of a fairytale, the line between what is on the page and what is possible is blurred, and all must be resolved for the two to live happily ever after"--
Author
Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast? As Old as Time is the third book in the hit YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. 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. And, stranger still, she sees that her beautiful mother is none other than the enchantress who cursed the castle and all its inhabitants. Shocked and confused,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"When Robyn and his brothers are turned into ravens through the work of a curse, their younger sister is their only hope for them to become human again. Though she's never met them, April is determined to restore her brothers' humanity. But what will become of Robyn, who has discovered a much greater affinity to the air than to the earth-bound lives of his family?"--
16) Enchanted
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
It isn't easy being Sunday's child, not when you're the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday's only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true. When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night, Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Kenna realizes she made a mistake in leaving Doon behind forever and now she has received her Calling--proof she and Duncan are meant to be--then Duncan informs Kenna Doon needs her, but even if she can save the enchanted kingdom, her happy ending is far from assured.
18) A wicked thing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
One hundred years after falling asleep, Aurora wakes to the kiss of a handsome prince and a kingdom that has dreamed of her return, but her happily-ever-after seems unlikely as she faces grief over the loss of everything she knew and a cruel new king.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
When Petunia, youngest of the dancing princesses, is ambushed by bandits in wolf masks on her way to visit an elderly neighbor, the line between enemies and friends becomes blurred as she and her sisters get a chance to end their family's curse once and for all.
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