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The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark new series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige. I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know? Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still a road of yellow brick—but even that's crumbling. What happened? Dorothy. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe. My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas. I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. I've been trained to fight. And I have a mission: Remove the Tin Woodman's heart. Steal the Scarecrow's brain. Take the Lion's courage. And—Dorothy must die.

Dorothy Must Die

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A Collection of Modern Tales of Our Life and Times

A whimsical adaptation of classic fairy tales and bedtime stories removes all kinds of bias and objective language from such traditional tales as "Chicken Little," "Rapunzel," "The Three Little Pigs," "Cinderella," and many others.

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

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Once upon a More Enlightened Time

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And Other Animal Fairy Tales





Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed!

What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, doomed to be Weeping Beauty forever What if the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox What if Cinder-Elephant lost her glass plate slipper Then you'd have this hilarious collection of twisted fairy tales from the master of the absurd, Gregory Maguire!

Leaping Beauty

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Fractured retelling of Sleeping Beauty

Once Upon a Curse

Jon Scieszka

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A madcap variation of the cumulative nursery rhyme, this time beginning when Jack writes a book.

The Book that Jack Wrote

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Fractured retelling of The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Betsy Who Cried Wolf

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Fractured retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Hares

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Fractured fairy tale Goldilocks

Tackylocks and the Three Bears

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After a mistake with big financial consequences topples her throne, former "it girl" Miranda Prospero is bitter: she finds herself stranded in a crazed new world, holding court among geeks and misfits at a mall Hot Dog Kabob stand. Then, she gets her chance for revenge. When the storm of the decade snows in the mall workers and last-minute shopaholics for a long winter's night, Miranda sets out to get back at the catty clique who was behind her exile. But there's a complication. She somehow gets handcuffed to sullen loner Caleb. With him (literally) bound to her side, Miranda learns more in one night about her own heart, and human nature, than she ever did as prep royalty. With this twisted take on Shakespeare's The Tempest, authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes prove again that, from Juliet's grief to Cordelia's rage, no one knew about teen angst better than the Bard. His wisdom holds up nearly half a millennium later.

Tempestuous

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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

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i Am Morgan Le Fay

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Terri Windling

And Other Retold Fairy Tales

These are not your mother's fairy tales...Did you ever wonder how the dwarves felt after Snow White ditched them for the prince? Do you sometimes wish Cinderella hadn't been so helpless and petite? Are you ready to hear the Giant's point of view on Jack and his beanstalk? Then this is the book for you.Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Some of the stories are funny, some are strange, and others are dark and disturbing -- but each offers something as unexpected as a wolf at the door.

A Wolf at the Door

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The Story of William Tell

A 1952 Newbery Honor Book 

The year is 1291, and Walter is the twelve-year-old son of William Tell, the greatest bowman in the land of Uri. Walter lives happily in the remote heights of the Alpine Mountains, caring for his family's goat herd and practicing his marksmanship in the hopes of making his father proud. But as the end of the year approaches, Walter's peaceful life is shaken as his country enters a revolution, and Walter must carry a secret that could threaten the life of the father he loves so dearly.
More than seven hundred years have passed since the day Walter stood in the marketplace balancing an apple on his head while the Austrian tyrant Gessler commanded Walter's father, William Tell, to take aim at the apple with his great crossbow. The dramatic tale of William's arrest and escape and the daring revolt of the Swiss against the Austrians has become a legend around the world.

The Apple and the Arrow

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A Novel : fractured fairytale Cinderella 

Is this new land a place where magics really happen? From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much-anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella tale. In the lives of children, pumpkins can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human beings.... When we grow up, we learn that it's far more common for human beings to turn into rats.... We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty . . . and what curses accompanied Cinderella's exquisite looks? Extreme beauty is an affliction Set against the rich backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to become her sister. Clara was the prettiest child, but was her life the prettiest tale? While Clara retreats to the cinders of the family hearth, burning all memories of her past, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household--and the treacherous truth of her former life. God and Satan snarling at each other like dogs.... Imps and fairy godmotbers trying to undo each other's work. How we try to pin the world between opposite extremes! Far more than a mere fairy-tale, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel of beauty and betrayal, illusion and understanding, reminding us that deception can be unearthed--and love unveiled--in the most unexpected of places.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

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Roderick Townley

Stephanie Anderson

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Sequel to The Great Good Thing

Into the Labrynth

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Donna Jo Napoli

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Fractured retelling of Rapunzel

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Frances Minters

G. Brian Karas

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In this updated, rhyming retelling of the traditional fairy tale, Beauty outwits the wicked witch and arranges for her own happy ending.

Sleepless Beauty

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Robin McKinley

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Beauty : A retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast

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Jenni James

A modern retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey finds Claire enjoying her first summer adventure away from home, where she tries to prove that the attractive Tony Russo is actually a vampire.

Northanger Alibi

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Eric Shanower

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz graphic novel by Marvel

When Kansas farm girl Dorothy flies away to the magical Land of Oz, she fatally flattens a wicked witch, liberates a living scarecrow and is hailed by the Munchkin people as a great sorceress but all she really wants to know is: how does she get home?

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“Go out and fall in love with somebody! It’ll do your understanding of literature the world of good.” For Casey and Stew, this advice from their English teacher is just the beginning. How exactly do they fall in love? Casey meets Dean at a party. Dean is gorgeous, he rides a motorcycle, and he’s dancing with her. But Casey soon discovers that Dean’s rebel-without-a-cause act can only go so far. Stew meets Lucy at the school dance concert. He’s doing the lighting; she’s the star. Everything is going well—until Stew realizes that Lucy’s dancing will always come first. Literature is one thing, but what happens if the person you fall in love with doesn’t fall back?

A Winter Night's Dream

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

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Six Fairy Tales Retold by Jeanne Steig with Illustrations by Wiliam Steig

Six retold fairy tales, from Rumpelstiltskin and the Frog Prince to the stories of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood, are accompanied by lively and humorous illustrations.

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Danielle Paige

Dorothy Must Die

James Finn Garner

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

James Finn Garner

Once upon a More Enlightened Time

Gregory Maguire; Chris L. Demarest (Illustrator)

Leaping Beauty

Ed Baker

Once Upon a Curse

Jon Scieszka

The Book that Jack Wrote

Gail Carson Levine, Scott Nash (ill)

Betsy Who Cried Wolf

Heidi Petach

Goldilocks and the Three Hares

Helen lester; ill lynn munsinger

Tackylocks and the Three Bears

Kim Askew; Amy Helmes; Jacquelyn Mitchard (Editor)

Tempestuous

Jon Scieszka

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Nancy Springer

i Am Morgan Le Fay

Terri Windling

A Wolf at the Door

Conrad Buff; Mary Buff

The Apple and the Arrow

Gregory Maguire

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Roderick Townley

Into the Labrynth

Donna Jo Napoli

Zel

Frances Minters; G. Brian Karas

Sleepless Beauty

Robin McKinley

Beauty : A retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast

Jenni James

Northanger Alibi

Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum

Oz

Andrew Matthews

A Winter Night's Dream

Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (ill)

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Jeanne Steig; William Steig (Illustrator)

A Handful of Beans