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Rapunzel's Revenge
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2008
A fun change...
I loved this book!! Being mother of 4 and loving the Young Adult books that Hale so beautifully writes, I was just excited for her next book. Then I got it in the mail and saw that it was a comic book! I was so surprised, but very happy. I sat down and started ...
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka
Viking Juvenile, 1992
Great for kids and parents!
This is a great read to keep kids and parents entertained alike. The play on the original fairy tales is great. This is a must for a library.
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Gregory Maguire
Harper Paperbacks, 1996
Utterly Engrossing
It's interesting to read recent negative reviews of this book. My experience in reading it were so strongly positive that I find it hard to account for the differences.
Here's what Wicked actually is: The book is not "just" a re-telling of the Wizard of Oz from ...
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Robin Mckinley
Eos, 2005
An easy nd imaginative read.
The book is very fun and intreging. The details and diction used are captivating. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite story and this version has become one of my favorites.
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister: A Novel
Gregory Maguire
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
This book is fantastic. I loved it, and the inside look on the stepsisters. We all know that everyone has feelings, and their own side of things, and this story demonstraits perfectly how even the ugly stepsister dosen't have to be evil, even the beautiful daughter can ...
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Anne Rice
Plume, 1999
Totally awesome!!!!!
this story is really fun it gives you different perception of what's lust and true love means.... anne rice is so good!!!!! i hope everyone will like it.
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Possession: A Romance
A.S. Byatt
Random House, 1991
A beautiful work
One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how much Byatt can pack into her work. So many allusions and references, but each is appropriate. I have to say that I'm a bigger fan of her short fiction, but this is by far the best of her novels. It can be a little slow at ...
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Son of a Witch: A Novel
Gregory Maguire
Harper Paperbacks, 2006
NOT A FANTASY ENTHUSIAST! BUT THIS IS GOOD!
I must a be honest...I never read "Wicked"...So I cannot pick up on anything or give any comparison to "Son of a Witch." Liir, the son, has so many problems, and of course he is adapting to the loss of his love one. I found this real...about the only thing that was ...
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Princess Ben
Catherine Murdock
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Princess Ben
This is a delightful imaginative book that will take the reader into a new land.
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Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007
Fine Fairy Tale Revisited Option
Hale has mastered these other kingdoms so unlike our own, yet so familiar. Book of a Thousand Days brings to life a little known Grimm's tale (not for the Disney-hearted) and a way of life from long ago, far away. However, the book resonates with teens who are ...
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The Goose Girl
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2005
Loved it!
I'm a thirty something mom and I thoroughly enjoyed this book! What a great read. If you're looking for a happy distraction- this is it!
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Beauty's Release: The Conclusion of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty
Anne Rice
Plume, 1999
Light your smokes!
The ending was just as hot and wonderful as the beginning. This series is worth keeping as a collection item. I have not read anything this good since the Happy Hooker series. Anne Rice rocks!
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The Three Pigs
David Wiesner
Clarion Books, 2001
Stay in the pictures? Sez who?
I am surely not surprised that David Wiesner has joined the world of modern art with this innovative story that jumps right off the pages. Ever heard of that expression: It is so real it jumps out of the pages? Wiesner plays with this concept and has the pigs come out ...
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Fairest
Gail Carson Levine
HarperTrophy, 2008
A worthy rival for Ella
I remember the first time I ever read "Ella Enchanted". I thought "This is the greatest book I've ever read and Gail Carson Levine will never top it". In fact, I began reading "Fairest" with lowered expectations--that were quickly shattered by a story that may in some ...
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Beauty's Punishment (Sleeping Beauty)
Anne Rice
Plume, 1999
Punishment Is Sweet
After finishing Claiming I immediately started on Punishment. I was glued. Punishment introduces some very interesting characters as well. It, like Claiming, left me wanting more!!
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