Fairy Tale Influenced Fiction 2007
Explore enchanting 2007 fairy tale influenced fiction with our curated list of magical books. Discover fantasy novels inspired by classic folklore and timeless fairy tales.

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The Riddle of the Gnome
by P. W. Catanese
Twelve-year-old Tom, isolated on an island because of a curse that brings bad luck to anyone who comes near him.

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Damsel Under Stress
by Shanna Swendson
To-do: Stop the bad guys. Rescue the wizard. Find the perfect outfit for New Year’s Eve. At last, Owen Palmer, the dreamboat wizard at Magic, …

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Before Midnight
by Cameron Dokey
"ONCE UPON A TIME" IS TIMELESS Etienne de Brabant is brokenhearted. His wife has died in childbirth, leaving him alone with an infant daughter he …

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The Swan Maiden
by Heather Tomlinson
An age-old fairy tale told in a refreshingly original voice, this stunning, richly imagined debut novel depicts fantasy at its most eloquent.

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The Sisters Grimm Book 4
by Michael Buckley
Includes an excerpt from Magic and other misdemeanors.

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The Rose Bride
by Nancy Holder
"Once upon a Time" Is Timeless When Rose's mother dies, her only comfort is the exquisite rose garden her mother left behind. The purple blossoms …

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The Red Shoe
by Ursula Dubosarsky
Three sisters growing up in post-World War II Sydney, Australia, deal with their mentally unstable father, their possibly unfaithful mother, and the defecting Russian spy …

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The Secret History of Tom Trueheart
by Ian Beck
Tom's six older brothers take after their father. Tom does not. The brothers are adventurers who go on dangerous quests in the Land of Stories. …

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Letters from Rapunzel
by Sara Holmes
Once upon a time, there was a girl. Let's call her Rapunzel. A modern-day version. Abandoned. Alone. Waiting for her hair to grow and dreaming …

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The Princess and the Hound
by Mette Ivie Harrison
George has always felt burdened by his princely duties, and even more by the need to hide the magic through which he speaks with animals, …

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A Fate Worse Than Dragons
by John Moore
When he accidentally defeats the dragon in a neighboring kingdom, Sir Terry, a middle-class knight, wins the hand of Princess "Crazy Jane," who talks to …


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Hush
by Donna Jo Napoli
Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in mediæval Ireland -- but all of this is lost the day she is …


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Into the Wild
by Sarah Beth Durst
Having escaped from the Wild and the preordained fairy tale plots it imposes, Rapunzel, along with her daughter Julie Marchen, tries to live a fairly …


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The Sisters Grimm
by Michael Buckley
Fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm face their first case without Granny Relda's help when the future gets mixed up with the past in Ferryport …

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The Poison Apples
by Lily Archer
At an elite Massachusetts boarding school, three fifteen-year-old girls of very different backgrounds discover a common bond and form a club to plot revenge against …

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Beastly
by Alex Flinn
I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs …

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The Sleeping Beauty Proposal
by Sarah Strohmeyer
When Genie's "commitment-phobic" boyfriend proposes on national TV--not to Genie, but to a mystery woman--her friend Patty doesn't hesitate to give her some tough love: …

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No Castles Here
by A. c. e. Bauer
Eleven-year-old Augie Boretski dreams of escaping his run-down Camden, New Jersey, neighborhood, but things start to turn around with help from a Big Brother, a …

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X-Men Fairy Tales
Retells four folk- and fairy tales from around the world, casting the X-Men as characters; includes a story in which a butcher named Logan knows …

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Spider-Man Fairy Tales
In the tradition of X-Men Fairy Tales, Marvel makes its move on melding more modern myths - this time starring everybody's favorite wall-crawler! Featuring all-new …