Fairy Tales New and Retold

New today at the library is Ash, a unique retelling of Cinderella by Malinda Lo.  Ash wishes a fairy will take her away from her cruel stepmother, until the day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King’s Huntress whom she loves.  YA FIC LO.

Read chapter one of Ash on Malinda Lo’s website.

Want to read other fairy tales new or retold?  Try one of these:

Beastly
YA FIC FLINNN
A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast from the point of view of the Beast, a vain private school student. Read it before the movie comes out in 2010!

Just Ella
YA FIC HADDIX
Feeling suffocated by palace rules and court etiquette after accepting Prince Charming’s proposal, Ella plots to escape.

Princess of the Midnight Ball
YA FIC GEORGE
Galen hopes to break the spell on twelve princesses who are cursed to dance each night until their slippers are ragged.

Book of a Thousand Days
YA FIC HALE
Dashti, sworn to obey her mistress, Lady Saren, shares Saren’s years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her to the lands of her true love.

East
YA FIC PATTOU
A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.

A Curse Dark as Gold
YA FIC BUNCE
Upon her father’s death, Charlotte struggles to keep the family’s mill running and decide whether to accept help from a stranger who can spin straw into gold.

Princess Ben
YA FIC MURDOCK
A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence.

Bound
YA FIC NAPOLI
Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother binds her own child’s feet so that she, and not Xing-Xing, might marry well.

Stardust
YA FIC GAIMAN
In the quiet English hamlet of Wall, Tristan embarks on a remarkable journey to recover a fallen star.

Try a book in verse this month!

April is National Poetry Month, so it’s the perfect time to try reading a book in verse.  A book in verse isn’t the same as your usual book of poetry.  Books in verse tell an entire story from beginning to end using poetry as the method of storytelling.  Check out these:

Shark Girl
YA FIC BINGHAM
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her arm, Jane must come to terms with her loss.

On Pointe
YA FIC GROVER
Will Clare’s summer growth spurt end her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer?

The Simple Gift
YA FIC HERRICK
After Billy packs up and leaves his abusive father, he learns how to forge his own path in life.

Identical
YA FIC HOPKINS
Sixteen year old twins desperately struggle to keep their secrets from consuming them. From the author of Crank.

Song of the Sparrow
YA FIC SANDELL
Living with King Arthur’s army, Elaine finds her perception of war changing as she joins the fight against the Saxons.

I Heart You, You Haunt MeYA FIC SCHROEDER
Ava is convinced she hears whispers from her dead love, Jackson.

 

Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
YA FIC MASS
Lost in a coma, Tessa experiences heaven as her local mall.

 

Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
YA FIC SONES
A younger sister must adjust to life after her older sister’s mental breakdown.

 

What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know
YA FIC SONES
Robin feels that his girlfriend’s social status has suffered since they started dating.

If you like Alex Rider…

If you like the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, try these adventure and spy stories…

The Alfred Kropp Series
YA FIC YANCEY
Teenage misfit Alfred is in danger again as he tries to elude new enemies and uncover secret plots.

Double or Die
YA FIC HIGSON
Young James Bond must take a dangerous path to save his professor from mysterious dark forces.

 

The Door of No Return
YA FIC MUSSI
When Zac’s grandfather is murdered, he travels to Africa to find a treasure before the killers do.

Evil Genius
YA FIC JINKS
An antisocial teen finds out his true identity when he enrolls at an advanced crime academy.

H.I.V.E. : The Higher Institute of Villainous Education
YA FIC WALDEN
Four young evil geniuses plot to escape the prison known as H.I.V.E.

 

Sleeper Code
YA FIC SNIEGOSKI
Sixteen year old Tom begins to realize that his dreams of killing people may actually be real.

Stormbreaker
YA GRAPHICNOVEL HOROWITZ
If you like Alex Rider, try the graphic novel.

 

Streams of Babel
YA FIC PLUM-UCCI
Four teens face a bioterrorist attack, while two others, both hackers, help find the perpetrators.

 

Sure Fire
YA FIC HIGGINS
Twins Rich and Jade must rescue their kidnapped father from dangerous international criminals.

Thieves Like Us
YA FIC COLE
A group of teen geniuses follow a set of clues leading to secrets for which they risk being killed.

If you like the Clique…

So, one suggestion I’ve gotten a few times is to get more Clique books.  So, not only do we now have two copies of just about every Clique book, here’s a few other books you might like if you like the Clique…

All Q, No A: More Tales of a 10th Grade Social Climber
YA FIC MECHLING
Fifteen year old Mimi is drawn into problems at school and in her love life.

 

Bittersweet 16
YA FIC KARASYOV
A student at an exclusive prep school deals with the “Sweet Sixteen” parties given by the ultra-wealthy. 
 

The Carlyles
YA FIC VONZIEGESA
The newest in the Gossip Girl series, the Carlyle triplets take Manhattan by storm.

 

 
Click Here (To Find Out How I Survived 7th Grade)
YA FIC VEGA
Erin must figure out what to do when her private blog gets posted on her school’s website.

 

Dramarama
YA FIC LOCKHART
Spending a summer at an elite boarding school for the performing arts tests the bonds between best friends Sayde and Demi.

 
The Fall Musical
YA FIC LERANGIS
Can new girl Casey fit in at her new school, find a boyfriend, and make it in the drama club?

 

The Inside Girl Series
YA FIC MINTER
Flan just wants to fit in at her new school, but her four crazy best friends don’t make it easy.

 

Lucky
YA FIC VAIL
As Phoebe and her privileged friends get ready to graduate from eighth grade, scandal threatens her family’s security.
 

The Secret Rites of Social Butterflies
YA FIC ZINDEL
Maggie is invited to join an elite secret society at her NYC prep school.
 

 

The Truth About Truman School
YA FIC BUTLER
Zebby lets anyone post to her underground online school paper, but someone is using the site to harass other students.

 

If you Clique fans have any other series you want me to buy, let me know!
Katie

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Check out our NextReads lists here.

Katie

Goooooooooaaaallllll!!!!!!!

Missing the World Series already? Don’t want to wait for the Superbowl?

Check out these Sports Stories:

IN YA FICTION:

Tangerine by Edward Bloor
On the Devil’s Court and Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker 
Tournament Upstart and Second Stringer by Thomas J. Dygard
The Dairy Queen and The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Edenville Owls by Robert B. Parker
PrettyTough by Liz Tigelaar 
Ultimate Sports: Short Stories by Various Authors 
The Runner by Cynthia Voigt
Losing is Not an Option: Stories by Rich Wallace
Juice by Eric Walters

IN YA GRAPHIC NOVELS: Re-gifters by Mike Carey

Is your favorite new sports book not on this list? 
Comment me!
Katie