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. Fresh

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Wood, M. (Margot)
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
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Duraleigh Road - Young Adult
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA WOOD
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Elliot McHugh enters her first year of college not knowing what to expect but after parties, new friends, and tough tests she begins to learn a lot about herself and what is important.

2. Lola at last

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Author:
Peterson, J. C. (Jenny)
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East Regional - Young Adult
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult has 2
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Green Road Community - Young Adult
YA PETERSON
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"Move over, Elizabeth Bennet. The most infamous Bennet sister is here to tell her story. Join Lola Barnes, a.k.a. a modern Lydia Bennet, at the beginning of a summer gone truly wrong: where a boat party-turned-fiery-fiasco ends with the ship, Lola's summer plans, and her reputation truly sunk. (The boat was barely on fire, for the record--and all the partygoers were just fine.) Luckily, this disaster of a summer has another thing in store for her:...

3. This is how we fly

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Meriano, Anna
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Athens Drive Community - Young Adult has 2
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
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East Regional - Young Adult has 2
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Grounded for the summer by her sometimes-evil stepmother, seventeen-year-old vegan feminist Ellen Lopez-Rourke gets permission to join a Quidditch team, where she makes new, if nerdy, friends.