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Enna Burning 30 reviews
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2006
great book
+ Not as good as The Goose Girl
+ Shannon Hale is an amazing author
+ Lds Author
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A Curse Dark as Gold24 reviews
Elizabeth C. Bunce
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008
A fine fantasy
+ a good book
+ Angieville: A CURSE DARK AS GOLD
+ Intruiging, can't put it down fairy tale
+ Not your typical retelling of a fairy tale
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Bella at Midnight12 reviews
Diane Stanley
HarperTrophy, 2008
My daughter loves this book!
+ A Cinderella story worth sharing
+ Creative fairy tale retelling with a butt-kicking heroine
+ Mix and Match the Fairytales
+ Sweet Story
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Book of a Thousand Days56 reviews
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007
Maid Maleen thrown on its head in this haunting twist
+ Simple read
I was a little displeased with Hale's "Enna Burning." I'm happy to say this made up for it. Hale takes the fairy tale of Maid Maleen and sets it Mongolia--with the tale's ignored maid as our main character and heroine. The story is told via Dashti's journal, an account of she and her lady's ...
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Spindle's End (Firebird) 143 reviews
Robin McKinley
Puffin, 2002
A beautiful and believable world
+ A truly enjoyable read
+ Great Book
I've just finished reading Spindle's End after guiltily eying it on my shelf for about a year. What put me off reading it at first were some reviews that complained that the novel was rather long-winded. Yes, it is, and I sometimes had to re-read certain sections to hold on to the thread of the ...
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The Goose Girl (Bank Street College of Education Josette Frank Award (Awards)) 121 reviews
Shannon Hale, 2003
I <3ed dis BOOK!!!!!!!
+ Someone else actually knows this fairy tale
+ The most enchanting fairy tale ever!
+ Great for all ages/genders
+ The Best
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Princess Academy103 reviews
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2005
Ignore the title and we'll be okay
+ Very well written
+ great read
+ Who will the Prince choose?
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Ella Enchanted1138 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
Scholastic Inc., 1997
Nothing but praise
+ A wonderful book
+ Ella Enchanted
+ best book like EVER..
+ A delightful twist on the classic Cinderella tale...
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Rose Daughter 157 reviews
Robin McKinley
Ace, 1998
A Wonderful Retelling of Beauty and The Beast!!!
+ Not her best, but still good
I purchased this book with some hesitation based on the mixed reviews I had read. This was an excellent story!! I enjoyed this book so much, it took me less than a day to read it, and I can't wait to read it again! (so I'm not:) What a wonderfull retelling of an old classic.
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Fairest64 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
HarperTrophy, 2008
Love this book
+ A worthy rival for Ella
+ Great twist to the original fairytale
+ Courtesy of Teens Read Too
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Just Ella187 reviews
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Simon Pulse, 2007
This book is the bomb!
+ One of M.P. Haddix's best books
+ Just Ella
+ Just Ella
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Mira, Mirror14 reviews
Mette Harrison
Viking Juvenile, 2004
A truely original fairy tale... in the old style of the Brothers Grimm...
+ a great fantasy read
+ Dark, earthy and left me very reflective of life.
Do you remember the magic mirror in the fairy tale, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"? Where you ever curious about where the magic mirror came from, or who was in it? Well, in this truely original fairy tale, you find out how a young witch named Mira was put into the magic mirror, and how she ...
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Rose Daughter157 reviews
Robin McKinley
Ace, 1998
A Wonderful Retelling of Beauty and The Beast!!!
+ Not her best, but still good
I purchased this book with some hesitation based on the mixed reviews I had read. This was an excellent story!! I enjoyed this book so much, it took me less than a day to read it, and I can't wait to read it again! (so I'm not:) What a wonderfull retelling of an old classic.
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Enna Burning30 reviews
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2006
great book
+ Not as good as The Goose Girl
+ Shannon Hale is an amazing author
+ Lds Author
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A Curse Dark as Gold24 reviews
Elizabeth C. Bunce
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008
A fine fantasy
+ a good book
+ Angieville: A CURSE DARK AS GOLD
+ Intruiging, can't put it down fairy tale
+ Not your typical retelling of a fairy tale
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Princess Academy103 reviews
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2005
Ignore the title and we'll be okay
+ Very well written
+ great read
+ Who will the Prince choose?
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Book of a Thousand Days56 reviews
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007
Maid Maleen thrown on its head in this haunting twist
+ Simple read
I was a little displeased with Hale's "Enna Burning." I'm happy to say this made up for it. Hale takes the fairy tale of Maid Maleen and sets it Mongolia--with the tale's ignored maid as our main character and heroine. The story is told via Dashti's journal, an account of she and her lady's ...
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Bella at Midnight12 reviews
Diane Stanley
HarperTrophy, 2008
My daughter loves this book!
+ A Cinderella story worth sharing
+ Creative fairy tale retelling with a butt-kicking heroine
+ Mix and Match the Fairytales
+ Sweet Story
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The Goose Girl (Bank Street College of Education Josette Frank Award (Awards))121 reviews
Shannon Hale, 2003
I <3ed dis BOOK!!!!!!!
+ Someone else actually knows this fairy tale
+ The most enchanting fairy tale ever!
+ Great for all ages/genders
+ The Best
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Spindle's End (Firebird)143 reviews
Robin McKinley
Puffin, 2002
A beautiful and believable world
+ A truly enjoyable read
+ Great Book
I've just finished reading Spindle's End after guiltily eying it on my shelf for about a year. What put me off reading it at first were some reviews that complained that the novel was rather long-winded. Yes, it is, and I sometimes had to re-read certain sections to hold on to the thread of the ...
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