Beasts and beauty : dangerous tales / Soman Chainani ; illustrated by Julia Iredale.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062652638
- ISBN: 006265263X
- ISBN: 9780063142701
- ISBN: 0063142708
- ISBN: 9780063159396
- ISBN: 0063159392
- Physical Description: 320, 4 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes an excerpt for The School For Good and Evil (pages 1-4 at end of work). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Red riding hood -- Snow White -- Sleeping Beauty -- Rapunzel -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Hansel and Gretel -- Beauty and the Beast -- Bluebeard -- Cinderella -- The Little Mermaid -- Rumpelstiltskin -- Peter Pan. |
Summary, etc.: | Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare. |
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Subject: | Fairy tales > Adaptations > Juvenile fiction. Truth > Juvenile fiction. Magic > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Short stories. Fairy tales. Fantasy fiction. |
Available copies
- 15 of 15 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | YA CHA (Text) | 33260000560681 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
Beasts and Beauty : Dangerous Tales
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Beasts and Beauty : Dangerous Tales
You think you know these stories, don't you? You are wrong. You don't know them at all. Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death. A prince has a surprising awakening . . . A beauty fights like a beast . . . A boy refuses to become prey . . . A path to happiness is lost. . . . then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare. THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is the #1 movie now streaming on Netflix--starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and many others!