Fiction+-+Fairy+Tales

=// New Fiction Books at Cal Young ~ 2009-2010 //=

//** Fairy Tale Connections **//
FIC Bun Bunce, Elizabeth C. //**A Curse Dark as Gold**// 2009. Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price. (Fantasy - Romance - Historical Fiction) //A 2009 Best Book for Young Adults//

FIC Dok Dokey, Cameron 2009. Belle, who lacks her sisters' beauty, spends her time alone with her wood carving, until she must carve the fabled Heartwood Tree to save her father from the Beast.
 * //Belle : A Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast"//**

FIC Dok Dokey, Cameron 2007. When Shahrazad becomes enslaved, she must remain cool and calm to come up with a clever plan that will make the coldhearted king see her in a different light in order to change her future.
 * //The Storyteller's Daughter//**//: a retelling of "The Arabian nights"//

FIC Geo George, Jessica Day 2009. A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
 * //Princess of the Midnight Ball//**

FIC Geo George, Jessica Day 2008. A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell. //A 2009 Best Book for Young Adults//
 * //Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow//**

FIC Lar Larbalestier, Justine //**How to Ditch your Fairy** 2008.// In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of daily life, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides she does not want hers -- a parking fairy -- and embarks on a series of misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping fairy.

FIC Lin Lin, Grace 2009. Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
 * Where the Mountain Meets the Moon**

FIC Nap Napoli, Donna Jo //**Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale**// 2007. Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted. //A 2009 Best Book for Young Adults//