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Chainani, Soman

Beasts and beauty : dangerous tales / Beasts & beauty Soman Chainani ; illustrated by Julia Iredale. - First edition. - 320, 4 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes an excerpt for The School For Good and Evil (pages 1-4 at end of work).

Red riding hood -- Snow White -- Sleeping Beauty -- Rapunzel -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Hansel and Gretel -- Beauty and the Beast -- Bluebeard -- Cinderella -- The Little Mermaid -- Rumpelstiltskin -- Peter Pan.

Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare.

Ages 10 & up.

ISBN: 9780062652638 006265263X 9780063142701 0063142708 9780063159396 0063159392

LCCN: 2021935419

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fairy tales--Adaptations--Juvenile fiction.
Truth--Juvenile fiction.
Magic--Juvenile fiction
Characters and characteristics in literature--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy
Short stories
Magic--Fiction.
Truth--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Short stories
Fantasy fiction
Adaptations
Short stories
Fairy tales
Fantasy fiction

LC Class. No.: PZ7.C34874 / Be 2021

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]