Middle Grade Fairy Tale Retellings & Original Fairytales

Updated June 3, 2025
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The School for Good and Evil
Chainani, Soman
Paper Book
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and many more! A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure for those who prefer fairytales with a twist.....
The wishing spell
Colfer, Chris
Paper Book
The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world! Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with...
The serpent's secret
DasGupta, Sayantani
Ebook
Book of a thousand days
Hale, Shannon.
Ebook
When a beautiful princess refuses to marry the prince her father has chosen, her father is furious and locks her in a tower. She has seven long years of solitude to think about her insolence. But the princess is not entirely alone - she has her maid, Dashti. Petulant and spoilt, the princess...
Furthermore
Mafi, Tahereh
Paper Book
This captivating and colorful adventure that reads like a modern day fairy tale, from the bestselling author of the Shatter Me series is the perfect gift! "Brimming with color and magic." --New York Times Book Review   ★...
Frogkisser!
Nix, Garth
Paper Book
The last thing she needs is a prince. The first thing she needs is some magic. A rollicking fantasy-adventure by the master of children's speculative fiction.
Breadcrumbs
Ursu, Anne.
Paper Book
The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu's Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale. Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and...
The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own making
Valente, Catherynne M.
Paper Book
September is a twelve-year-old girl, Somewhat Grown and Somewhat Heartless, and she longs for adventure. So when a Green Wind and a Leopard of Little Breezes invite her to Fairyland - well, of course, she accepts (mightn't you?). When she gets there, she finds a land crushed by the iron rule of a...

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