Fairest of All

By Serena Valentino


Fairest of All is the story of the Wicked Queen, who she was before, and who she longed to be before she was destroyed by her vanity and the need to murder her daughter Snow White. It is a bloody tale of abuse, heartbreak, love and grief, and the lure of a mysterious man in an enchanted mirror.

Geek Charming

By Robin Palmer

Dylan Shoenfield is the princess of L.A.’s posh Castle Heights High. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new “it” bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog: selfprofessed film geek Josh Rosen. Will the frog help Dylan get her life back on track?

Runemarks by Joanne Harris

It has been 500 years since Ragnarok. The old gods tales are not remembered and magic has been outlawed. Maddy, however, was born with a runemark on her face, and she has powers that frighten the villagers. Then old One-eye sends her on a quest that throws her world into Chaos. Are the old gods coming back? Who is One-eye anyway?

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The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

If you are looking for something fun and funny to start off your lazy summer days, The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett might just be the perfect book for you. Tiffany Aching lives on a farm, makes very good cheese, and wants to be a witch when she grows up. When the monsters of Fairyland start invading her land, Tiffany grabs her trusty frying pan and sets out to defend her home. She has befriended a small, angry tribe of blue skinned "pictsies" called the Nac Mac Feegle or the Wee Free Men who will follow her as far as she will lead them (as long as there is a chance for stealin' and drinkin' and fightin' along the way) to help her defeat the Queen of Fairyland.

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Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale is the journal of Dashti, the maid to the Lady Saren. Saren has been sentenced to be shut in a tower for seven years because of her refusal to marry the man her father has chosen for her, and Dashti is to take care of her during her imprisonment.

Dashti is helpful, strong, and fearless. Lady Saren has seen too much and is timid, quiet, and demanding. Shannon Hale took the oft forgotten folk tale "Maid Maleen" and made it something new, exciting, and hard to put down. Check it out at Y HAL

Cupid by Julius Lester

Just in time for Valentine's Day, we bring you a new retelling of Cupid and Psyche's classic love story.

The basic story is the same as what you might remember from mythology class. Psyche's beauty steals the limelight from Venus the goddess of Love. In her vanity, Venus sends her son Cupid down to Kingdom-by-the-Great-Blue-Sea to teach Psyche a lesson. What Venus did not count on was Cupid being so taken by Psyche's beauty both inside and out that he too would fall in love with her. Their love seems doomed from the start - Psyche's sisters, Venus' hatred, and Cupid's pride all work against their happiness.

Julius Lester's rambling, friendly style of storytelling will be loved by some and hated by others. He fills in the gaps where he feels the story was missing important details and, in fact, gets into arguments with the story about which details are important and where he should just get on with telling the story.

A highly enjoyable read for both lovers of mythology and those looking for a good romance to snuggle up with.

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