Wadleigh Memorial Library

Baratz-Logsted, Lauren.  Crazy Beautiful.
YA F Bar
In this contemporary retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," a teenaged boy whose hands were amputated in an explosion and a gorgeous girl whose mother has recently died form an instant connection when they meet on their first day as new students.    

Bunce, Elizabeth C.  A Curse Dark as Gold.
YA F Bun
A retelling of "Rumplestiltskin." Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price.  

Dokey, Cameron.  Beauty Sleep.
YA F Dok
A young tomboy princess embarks on a dangerous journey alongside a prince only to find herself cursed when she attempts to rescue him during a battle. Their mutual love proves to be the key to her salvation. (Sleeping Beauty)

Ferris, Jean.  Once Upon a Marigold.
YA F Fer
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.

Flinn, Alex.  Beastly.
YA F Fli
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.     

Galloway, Priscilla.  Truly Grim Tales.
YA F Gal
A guilt-ridden prince with a foot fetish seeking his glass-slippered dance partner and a beauty contest winner as Snow White's murderous stepmother are featured in two of the original “grim” plots in this young adult collection loosely based on eight traditional fairy tales.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.  Just Ella.
YA F Had
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming’s proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.

Kantor, Melissa.  If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince?
YA F Kan
A retelling of "Cinderella." When the father of high school sophomore, Lucy Norton, remarries, Lucy finds herself tormented by two bratty stepsisters and a wicked stepmother.

Maguire, Gregory.  Mirror Mirror.
YA F Mag
A retelling of "Snow White." The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. There she spends her days cosseted by Primavera Vecchia, the earthy cook, and Fra Ludovico, a priest who tends to their souls between bites of ham and sips of wine. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm – and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sisters, the lovely and vain Lucrezia – decadent children of a wicked pope – no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, he leaves Bianca under the care – so to speak – of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest there can be found salvation as well...

Marillier, Juliet.  Wildwood Dancing.
YA F Mar
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.  

McKinley, Robin.  Spindle’s End.
YA F McK
A retelling of "Sleeping Beauty." The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an evil fairy, and then whisked away by a young fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country, unaware of her real identity and hidden from Pernicia’s vengeful powers.

Napoli, Donna Jo.  Bound.
YA F Nap
In a novel based on "Chinese Cinderella" tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well. 

Napoli Donna Jo.  Zel.
YA F Zel
Based on the fairy tale "Rapunzel," the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the nobleman who pursues her, and delves into the psychological motivations of each of the characters.

Pattou, Edith.  East.
YA F Pat
A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment in this version of the Norweigian fairy tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" or "The Polar Bear King."

Pratchett, Terry.  The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
YA F Pra
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.

Shusterman, Neal.  Dread Locks.
YA F Shu
A remix of the Medusa myths and "Goldilocks." Accustomed to a carefree existence, fifteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some of her terrible powers.  

Yolen, Jane.  Briar Rose.
YA F Yol
It is an old, old tale, the German story of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty. Now one of America’s most celebrated writers tells it afresh, set this time in the forests patrolled by the German army during World War II. A tale of castles, of mists and thorns, of a beautiful sleeping princess, and an astonishing revelation of death and rebirth.