Looking for Modern Fairy Tale books(like The Princess Bride)

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Jace

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Looking for Modern Fairy Tale books (like The Princess Bride, Ella Enchanted and The School for Good and Evil). Any suggestions?
 

Ghost

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Re: Looking for Modern Fantasy books (like The Princess Brid

trust me the there are a few exceptions to the rule of the book is better than the film
and the princess bride is one of them it's not a good book
and to answer your question
the inkheart trilogy they are huge books and I've only read the first but I enjoyed it
 

Jace

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Re: Looking for Modern Fairy Tale books(like The Princess Br

Ah, meant to say Fairy Tale books not Fantasy books. Thanks for the suggestion though! And I'd say that both the book and the movie are fantastic.
 

=Tamar

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Re: Looking for Modern Fairy Tale books(like The Princess Br

I just bought (2nd hand) this one:
Kindl: Goose Chase.
It's cute so far. I haven't finished it yet. The goose girl is happy with her flock of geese and ducks, but when she shares her bread with an old woman, she gets Gifts - diamond tears, gold dust dandruff, princess-clothing - and it's an awful nuisance. The glass slippers and silken gown aren't much good for working in the forest, and the gold and diamonds are a mess and attract nuisances like a wicked king and a rather thick-headed prince... can't wait to see how she gets out of that.
 

YoungSam

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Hey Jace,
You might want to try the Lunar Chronicles by Marrissa Meyer (sci/fi+future+fairy tales), The Graphic novel series 'Fables' (excellent back stories+stories set in our world +heaps traditional fairy tale characters). Or maybe even the Jackson Pearce's Young Adult series starting with Sisters Red.
 
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Neil Gaiman does some good ones if you like your fairy tales dark.
 

=Tamar

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Re: Looking for Modern Fairy Tale books(like The Princess Br

Jace, are you still looking for modern fairy tales? If so, are you looking for entirely new ones, or updated versions of recognizable older stories?
 

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