Robin McKinley

A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Beauty

Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.

The Blue Sword

Sunshine

Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.

The hero and the crown

The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an evil fairy, and then whisked away by a young fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country, unaware of her real identity and hidden from Pernicia's vengeful powers.

Spindle's End

When her growing beauty begins to resemble her mother's too closely, Princess Lissar must flee her father's wrath, accompanied by her loyal dog Ash, and, in doing so, she unlocks a door into a world of magic. Reprint.

Deerskin

The winner of the Newbery Award for The Hero and the Crown returns to the fairy tale of the Beauty and the Beast to create a haunting portrayal of the transformative power of love. Reprint. PW.

Rose Daughter

Because of a thousand-year-old alliance between humans and pegasi, Princess Sylvi is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own pegasus, on her twelfth birthday, but the closeness of their bond becomes a threat to the status quo and possibly to the safety of their two nations.

Pegasus

A beekeeper by trade, Mirasol's life changes completely when she is named the new Chalice, the most important advisor to the new Master, a former priest of Fire.

Chalice

A retelling of the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England.

The Outlaws of Sherwood

Door in the Hedge

When Jake Mendoza, who lives in the Smokehill National Park where his father runs the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies, goes on his first solo overnight in the park, he finds an infant dragon whose mother has been killed by a poacher.

Dragonhaven

"Magic is illegal in Newworld, so Maggie struggles to explain the strange shadows--that only she can see--that seem to accompany her new stepfather everywhere"--

Shadows

Peter Dickinson

Presents six short stories about the mythical creatures associated with the element of water.

Tales of Elemental Spirits

Water

Five tales by a Newbery Award-winning author include the adventures of a mute healer who meets a man who can read his thoughts, an abandoned princess who learns a disturbing truth, and a modern girl who begins a mission of magic. Reprint.

A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories

Ebon

Imaginary Lands

Maddy, a young woman who runs sheep on her family farm, develops an unusual relationship with an elusive mountain creature called a fey.

The Stone Fey

Spanning a time period of thousands of years, this collection for young adults offers five suspenseful stories, including "Hellhound" and "Fireworm," incorporating the powerful and enchanting element of fire.

Fire

Vous croyez connaître l'histoire de la Belle et la Bête ? Pourtant, celle-ci ne commence pas par « Il était une fois... ». Belle ne l'est pas, belle ; la grâce et le charme sont allés à ses deux sœurs. Son prénom, elle le doit à son esprit et à l'ironie de la vie. Mais peu lui importe, elle fuit les mondanités et n'a que faire des robes élégantes. Elle leur préfère les vieux livres et les longues cavalcades. L'atout de Belle, c'est son fort caractère, qui lui sera bien utile. Car son père est ruiné. Bientôt, ils partent pour le Nord, cette étrange contrée où vivent lutins, sorciers et dragons. Et là-bas, la Bête se cache...

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