Popular Paperbacks: Gateway to Faerie
Black, Holly. TITHE: A MODERN FAIRY TALE.
In this deliciously
dark urban fairytale, Kaye learns that the fairy courts' glamour
hides clever and all too often deadly traps. (YA Fic M Black)
Card, Orson Scott. ENCHANTMENT.
Kissing a sleeping
princess brings Ivan more trouble than romance. (Fic SF Card)
Dokey, Cameron. BEAUTY
SLEEP.
Aurore chooses to
meet her fate with eyes wide open. (Juv Fic SF Dokey)
Dokey, Cameron. THE STORYTELLER'S DAUGHTER.
A king with a tortured
soul imperils the young women of his kingdom. Can the storyteller's
daughter melt his heart before it's too late? (Juv Fic SF Dokey)
THE ESSENTIAL
BORDERTOWN. Ed. by Terri Windling
and Delia Sherman.
Bordertown--where
you go when the city streets on the edge of Faerie look better
than home.
FAERIE TALES. Ed. by Martin Greenberg.
Twelve glimpses into
Faerie, each with its own view of magic. (Fic SF Faerie)
Ferris, Jean. ONCE
UPON A MARIGOLD.
A lost prince, a kind
troll, a lonely princess, and a helpful pigeon. What else are
fairytales made of? (Juv Fic SF Ferris)
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. JUST
ELLA.
The prince and royal
life are not as charming as Ella was led to believe. (YA Fic Haddix)
Irwin, Jan. VOGELEIN:
CLOCKWORK FAERIE.
This graphic novel
for all ages tells the story of a fairy who must be wound every
24 hours or lose her memory. (YA 741.5 Irwin)
Jones, Diana Wynne. FIRE
AND HEMLOCK.
Why are Polly's memories
being altered to keep her from meeting Thomas Lynn? (Juv Fic SF
Jones)
Kindl, Patrice. GOOSE
CHASE.
Love, magic, evil,
and geese. (Juv Fic SF Kindl)
Lynn, Tracy. SNOW.
Jessica runs away
from her sinister stepmother and finds haven with strange, half-human
creatures. Is she really safe? (Juv Fic SF Lynn)
McCaffrey, Anne. AN
EXCHANGE OF GIFTS.
A runaway princess
and a poor young boy forge a new life for themselves without revealing
their magical powers. (Fic SF McCaffrey)
McKinley, Robin. DEERSKIN.
When Princess Lissar's
fairytale world shatters she must become "Deerskin"
to survive. (Fic SF McKinley)
McKinley, Robin. SPINDLE'S
END.
Rosie is a rough-and-tumble
blacksmith's assistant, very different from her delicate friend
Peony. Which one will make the best princess?
(Juv Fic SF McKinley)
Napoli, Donna Jo. BEAST.
A Persian prince angers
a fairy, who turns him into a savage beast until he is redeemed
by a French beauty named Belle. (Juv Fic SF Napoli)
Napoli, Donna Jo. ZEL.
Her mother's overprotecting
love drives Zel mad with loneliness…until she lets her hair
down. (Juv Fic SF Napoli)
Stewart, Sean. NOBODY'S
SON.
When a young man with
nothing breaks the curse on a kingdom, where is his "happily
ever after"?
Vande Velde, Vivian. THE
RUMPELSTILTSKIN PROBLEM.
Six original versions
of one classic story. (Juv Fic SF Vande Velde)
Viguie, Debbie. MIDNIGHT
PEARLS.
Pearl is a foundling
with an unexplainable dread of the sea and a secret friendship
with a prince. (Juv Fic SF Viguie)
Willingham, Bill. FABLES:
LEGENDS IN EXILE.
Rose Red's missing,
Bluebead's scheming, Prince Charming's romancing his next wife,
Snow White's divorced, and Beauty and the Beast are in therapy.
(Fic SF Willingham)
2/22/07
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802