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. The dark descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

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Author:
White, Kiersten
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4.3 stars
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The events of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein unfold from the perspective of Elizabeth Lavenza, who is adopted as a child by the Frankensteins as a companion for their volatile son Victor.

2. The fall

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Author:
Griffin, Bethany
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East Regional - Young Adult
YA GRIFFIN
Remote Storage - Young Adult
YA GRIFFIN
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A retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' in which Madeline and her twin brother, Roderick, suffer from the Usher family illness but she hears the House talking to her, filling her dreams, controlling her actions, and ensuring shenever leaves the property.

3. Phantom heart

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Author:
Creagh, Kelly
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3 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Young Adult
YA CREAGH
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YA CREAGH
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YA CREAGH
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"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...

4. Slasher girls & monster boys

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4.8 stars
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An anthology of stories inspired by classic horror tales features contributions by leading suspense and young adult authors, including Stefan Bachmann, Leigh Bardugo and Kendare Blake. "Inspired by classic tales and films, a collection of fourteen short stories ranging from bloody horror, to psychological thrillers, to supernatural creatures, to unsettling, all-too-possible realism, by acclaimed YA authors of every genre"--

5. Teen Frankenstein

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Author:
Baker, Chandler
Series:
High school horror volume 1.
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5 stars
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YA BAKER
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"When science prodigy Tori Frankenstein accidentally kills a teen boy in a midnight car accident, there's only one thing for her to do--use her science project to bring him back to life"--

6. Within these wicked walls: a novel

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Author:
Blackwood, Lauren
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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.