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. Kingdom of the Wicked

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Author:
Maniscalco, Kerri
Series:
Kingdom of the wicked (Maniscalco) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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"Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden. Then Emilia...

2. Phantom heart

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Author:
Creagh, Kelly
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Young Adult
YA CREAGH
East Regional - Young Adult
YA CREAGH
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult
YA CREAGH
Description:
"Seventeen-year-old Stephanie Armand doesn't believe in ghosts or spirits. Despite her six-year-old sister insisting a masked figure is hiding in her closet, and the rumors at school, Stephanie isn't convinced her father's latest renovation project--a crumbling Victorian mansion--houses the soul of a monster. So when the very charming (and paranormal-obsessed) Lucas Cheney takes an interest in both Stephanie and her notorious home, Moldavia, the supernatural...

3. Red wolf

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Author:
Vincent, Rachel
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5 stars
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA VINCENT
Oberlin Regional - Young Adult
YA VINCENT
Remote Storage - Young Adult
YA VINCENT
Description:
When fulfilling her duty as a shapeshifting guardian for her village means abandoning the young man she loves, the future she imagines with him, and her values, sixteen-year-old Adele must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her friends and neighbors safe.

4. Wicked fox

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Author:
Cho, Kat
Series:
Gumiho volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his. Includes glossary.

5. Within these wicked walls: a novel

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Author:
Blackwood, Lauren
Average Rating:
3 stars
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As a debtera, nineteen-year-old Andromeda performs exorcisms to cleanse households of the Evil Eye, but when she agrees to work for handsome, young heir Magnus Rorschach, her job becomes truly terrifying.