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Cinderella adapted by Elizabeth Rudnick (2015)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
167

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-1-4723-9682-2

 

Adapted from the 2015 live action Disney movie, Cinderella tells the tale of a girl named Ella. After her mother’s death Ella’s father remarried, giving her a step-mother and two step-sisters. Not long after, Ella’s father also passes away leaving her a servant in her own home to serve her wicked step-mother and spoilt step-sisters. By remembering to have courage and be kind, Ella finds magic, true love and her happily ever after.

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That Risen Snow: A Scary Tale of Snow White and Zombies by Rob E. Boley (2014)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
242 [excluding acknowledgments and about the author]

Format:
Kindle eBook

ASIN:
B00JH1WUF6

 

When Snow White’s Prince arrives to deliver true love’s kiss, things don’t exactly go according to plan. Instead of a happily ever after, Snow awakens to a hunger that only human (or dwarf) flesh will satisfy. Can the seven dwarfs and Snow’s Prince save her from what she has become or will they join her in the world of the undead?

That Risen Snow is the first book in The Scary Tales series.

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Witch Hunt by SM Reine (2014)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
234 pages

Format:
Kindle ebook

ASIN:
B00I9IM9MW

 

Office of Preternatural Affairs Agent Cèsar Hawke wakes up after a night of drinking with a hangover and a dead waitress in his bathroom. Neither his agency or local law enforcement believe Cèsar is innocent and his own memory was compromised by alcohol. If he is to get out of this, Cèsar must team up with his partner Suzy and the necrocognitive Isobel to reveal what actually happened.

Witch Hunt is the first book in the Preternatural Affairs series.

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (2011)

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Page count:
353 [excluding credits, acknowledgments, a conversation with Ransom Riggs and a preview of Hollow City]

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-1-59474-603-1

 

When Jakob’s grandfather is killed under horrific circumstances, Jakob travels to the children’s home his grandfather spent time in as a child hoping that the trip will enlighten him on his grandfather’s past. Jakob discovers that the fantastic stories his grandfather told him were not only real but now lead him to a renewed purpose in his own life.

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