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Jane Eyre Gets Real
Jane Eyre wakes up in an apartment in present-day New York City and finds herself on a TV reality show called Fiction Gets Real. She is on the show with eight other literary characters: Mr. Darcy, Emma Bovary, Alice in Wonderland, Heidi, Hester Prynne, Dorian Grey, David Copperfield, and Sherlock Holmes. A mysterious Announcer explains to them that each week one character will be voted off the show by their fellow cast members. The only way Jane or the others in the cast can return to their books is to get enough people to read them. There is a third option–if any of the characters prefer their present life to fiction, they can elect to remain “real” and then the book they came out of will disappear, as if it had never been written.
Which option will Jane choose? Only the dear reader knows for sure!
The Grace of the Hunchback
Marie Taglioni was a ballerina born in 1804. She and her father, the dictatorial Philippe, are credited with having invented the Romantic style of ballet: fairies, white tutus, dancing en pointe. This fictionalized version of Marie’s real life explores the gap between her role onstage, where she is considered a great beauty, and that offstage, where she’s a neglected ugly duckling. She marries a handsome nobleman who only wants her for her money; yet her own love for him sustains her thoughout most of her life. Running parallel to Marie’s story is that of her maid, Lucette, who leaves service to become a successful courtesan in demimonde Paris.
Hansel and Gretel Inside the House of Candy
Hansel and Gretel as you’ve never seen them before: contemporary teenagers who must overcome poverty, an evil father and a seductive artist/witch. Ultimately, they triumph–but at what price? This action-packed novel is a YA delight!
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