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. Genuine fraud

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Author:
Lockhart, E.
Average Rating:
3.4 stars
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Description:
Told through flashbacks, this is the story of best friends Jule and Imogen, orphaned outcasts who'll do almost anything to attain a happy, wealthy life.

2. The Guinevere deception

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Author:
White, Kiersten
Series:
Camelot rising (Kiersten White) volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.2 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Young Adult
YA WHITE
Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA WHITE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult
YA WHITE
Description:
Sent by a banished Merlin to protect King Arthur, a sixteen-year-old impersonating the deceased Guinevere struggles to fit in at Camelot where the magic she practices is banished.

3. Poison

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Author:
Zinn, Bridget
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Northeast Regional - Young Adult
YA ZINN
Description:
When sixteen-year-old Kyra, a potions master, tries to save her kingdom by murdering the princess, who is also her best friend, the poisoned dart misses its mark and Kyra becomes a fugitive, pursued by the King's army and her ex-boyfriend Hal.

4. The traitor prince: a Ravenspire novel

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Author:
Redwine, C. J.
Series:
Ravenspire volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Description:
Javan Najafai, crown prince of Akram, has spent the last ten years at an elite boarding school, far away from his kingdom. But his eagerly awaited return home is cut short when a mysterious impostor takes his place and no one believes Javan is the true prince.