Fairy Re-Tales : Re-told fairy tales for teens at the Bettendorf Public Library
compiled 2-17-04

The Rose and the Beast: fairy tales retold by Francesca Lia Block
YA F BLOC
Nine classic fairy tales set in modern, magical landscapes and retold with a twist.

Teller of Tales by William Brooke
YA F BROO
An old man 'reports' on the state of the emperor's undress, and when ordered to desist, moves to Fairy tales.

Kissing the Witch: old tales in new skins by Emma Donoghue
YA F DONO
A collection of thirteen interconnected stories that give old fairy tales a new twist.

Truly Grim Tales by Patricia Galloway
YA F GALL
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.

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
YA F HADD
After Ella moves into the palace to await her wedding to Prince Charming, she realizes that she doesn't want that type of life and goes about the difficult and dangerous task of breaking the engagement to seek her freedom and true love.

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
NEW YA F HALE
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.

Cinderella 2000 by Mavis Jukes
YA F JUKE
Fourteen-year-old Ashley has her heart set on spending New Year's Eve 1999 at an exclusive country club party with an Almost Boyfriend, but her plan is endangered by her stepmother and two bratty stepsisters.

Goose Chase by Patricia Kindl
YA F KIND
Rather than marry a cruel king, or a seemingly dim-witted prince, an enchanted goose girl endures capture by several ogresses, imprisonment, and other dangers before learning exactly who she is.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
YA F MAGU
A retelling of the classic fairy tale of Cinderella, told from the point of view of one of the ugly stepsisters, turns the entire legend around in a thoughtful look at what it means to be beautiful.

Beast by Robin McKinley
YA F MCKI
McKinley’s classic retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale.

Deerskin by Robin McKinley
YA F MCKI
When her growing beauty begins to resemble her mother's too closely, Princess Lissar must flee from her father's wrath, and, in doing so, she unlocks a door into a world of magic. Recommended for older teens.

Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
YA F MCKI
Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay, and through her love he is released from the curse that had turned him from man to beast.

Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
YA F MCKI
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.

The Curse of Brambly Hedge by Linda Medley
YA 741.5 ME
Familiar old friends from Mother Goose and the Brother Grimm join a cast of whimsical original characters in redefining 'happily ever after'.

Beast by Donna Jo Napoli
YA F NAPO
Elaborates on the tale of Beauty and the Beast told from the point of view of the beast and set in Persia.

Breath by Donna Jo Napoli
NEW YA F NAPO
In this retelling of the Pied Piper, the medieval town of Hamelin is infected with a plague of madness and overrun with rats. Only Salz, suffering from cystic fibrosis, seems immune. Is that because he is innocent or the devil himself?

The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli
YA F NAPO
After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later.

Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli
YA F NAPO
Elaborates on the events recounted in the fairy tale, "Rumpelstiltskin," in which a strange little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

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

I Was A Rat by Philip Pullman
YA F PULL
At the stroke of midnight, Cinderella’s coach turned back into a pumpkin, and her footmen and pages back into rats. That’s how the story goes. But what if one of her pages didn’t turn back, but remained a boy?

After Hamelin by Bill Richardson
YA F RICH
Tells the story of the little girl left behind after the Pied Piper leads away the children of Hamelin, and her quest to discover their fate.

Straw Into Gold by Gary Schmidt
YA F SCHM
Pursued by greedy villains, two boys on a quest to save innocent lives meet the banished queen whose son was stolen by Rumpelstiltskin eleven years earlier, and she provides much more than the answer they seek.

A Wolf at the Door : and other retold fairy tales
YA F WOLF
Gathers a collection of old fairy tales made new by various fantasy and science fiction authors, including Garth Nix, Nancy Farmer and Jane Yolen.