Gail Carson Levine
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 1
Language
English
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Fantastical Fiction - JF
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TIME Magazine Best YA Reads
Womens History Month - JF
Staff Recommends- MID/JF
TIME Magazine Best YA Reads
Womens History Month - JF
Formats
Description
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 2
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 1
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 4
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 6
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The good-natured son of a baker wins the heart of a princess, with the help of a fairy and a magic goose.
7) Fairest
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 3
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
8) Stolen magic
Author
Series
Tale of Two Castles volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Elodie, the dragon detective Meenore, and the kindly ogre Count Jonty Um are all on their way to Elodie's home island of Lahnt. Elodie has barely set foot on land before she learns that the Replica, a statue that keeps her island's deadly volcano from erupting, has been stolen. If the Replica isn't found in three days, a mountain will be destroyed. And when Elodie ends up alone with a cast of characters, each of whom may be guilty, she has to use...
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 3
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Peregrine strives to live up to the ideal of her people, the Latki-and to impress her parents: affectionate Lord Tove, who despises only the Bamarre, and stern Lady Klausine. Perry runs the fastest, speaks her mind, and doesn't give much thought to the castle's Bamarre servants, whom she knows to be weak and cowardly. But just as she's about to join her father on the front lines, she is visited by the fairy Halina, who reveals that Perry isn't Latki-born....
11) Ogre enchanted
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Healer Evora is turned into a hideous ogre by the fairy Lucinda after rejecting a proposal, and has only a few months to find a love to reverse the curse"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
From age seven, Loma relishes traveling with her beloved grandfather across fifteenth-century Spain, working to keep the Jews safe, but soon realizes she must also make sacrifices to help her people. Includes historical notes, recipe, glossary, and a link to a bibliography.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, and must try to find her place in a world that she knows to be perilous; years later, will her friendship with a young Amazon princess named Rin help her to avert a disastrous end to their war?"--
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
With her adventurous sister Meryl suffering from the grey death, meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
15) The wish
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader, forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.
Author
Series
Tale of Two Castles volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 5
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky," a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.