This list features retellings of some of your favorite literary classics.
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Meg Cabot
Avalon High |
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When Ellie starts at her new school Avalon High, she quickly realizes that not everything is what it seems. As a strange chain of events plays out, the parallels between Avalon High and the Legend of King Arthur become only too apparent. |
Sharon M. Draper
Romiette and Julio |
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When Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague fall in love, neither is anticipating the vehemence with which their families oppose their relationship. As in Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet, Romiette and Julio must find their own way to prove their love. |
Adele Geras
Egerton Hall Trilogy |
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The three titles in this series, all based on classic fairy tales, involve the lives of three girls, former roommates, at Egerton Hall School.
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Matthew Olshan
Finn |
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Chloe's life with her grandparents is idyllic, until her abusive mother and stepfather reenter her life. In a story reminiscent of Mark Twain's classic Huckleberry Finn, Chloe runs away with her grandparent's maid to start a new life. |
Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief |
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The ancient Greek gods are alive and well in the 21st century, and twelve-year-old Percy Jackson finds himself smack-dab in the middle of one of their "arguments." Can the young demigod and his friends prevent a war on Mount Olympus? |
Rosie Rushton
The Dashwood Sister's Secrets of Love |
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Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility comes freely to mind when reading this novel about three teenage girls who, after the death of their wealthy father, are forced to move to a small country town. |
Tucker Shaw
Flavor of the Week |
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In this modern version of Cyrano de Bergerac, chubby Cyril uses his cooking expertise to help his friend Nick win the lovely Rose, Cyril's own crush. Like most plans, this one has major flaws which only become apparent as the three become further embroiled in the plot. |
Neal Shusterman
Dread Locks |
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Accustomed to a carefree existence, fourteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some of her terrible powers. Based on the Medusa myth. |
Tui T. Sutherland
This Must Be Love |
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A retelling of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream written in e-mails, notes and instant messages and set in a modern-day high school, This Must Be Love is both hilarious and magical. |
Jane Yolen
Pay the Piper: A Rock and Roll Fairy Tale |
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Fourteen-year-old Callie's not too excited about her opportunity to interview popular band Brass Rat - until she meets the band. All the members are so cool, so hypnotic… Soon, the children in Callie's town begin to disappear. Can she rescue the children, and catch the Pied Piper who took them?
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