YA Classic Retellings

YA adaptations or stories inspired from classic tales including fairy tales, fables, and classical literature. Not a complete or exhaustive list. *The Young Adult Collection is made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers.*
 

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1. Bad girls never say die

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Author:
Mathieu, Jennifer
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Young Adult
YA MATHIEU
Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA MATHIEU
Duraleigh Road - Young Adult
YA MATHIEU
Description:
In this gender-flipping reimagining of S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" set in 1964 Houston, Evie must redefine what it means to be a bad girl and rethink everything she knows about loyalty after she is saved from the unimaginable by a good girl from the "right" side of the tracks.

2. Into the bright open: a Secret garden remix

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Author:
Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-
Series:
Remixed classics volume 8.
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA DIMALINE
Duraleigh Road - Young Adult
YA DIMALINE
East Regional - Young Adult
YA DIMALINE
Description:
In this queer reimaging of The secret garden, fifteen-year-old orphan Mary sets off to live in the Georgian Bay wilds where she discovers family secrets both wonderful and horrifying.

3. These violent delights

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Author:
Gong, Chloe
Series:
These violent delights volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.