Beasts and beauty dangerous tales
Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A bo...
| Main Author: | Chainani, Soman (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Iredale, Julia (Illustrator), Chainani, Soman. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes an excerpt for The School For Good and Evil (pages 1-4 at end of work). |
| Physical Description: |
320, 4 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Audience: |
Ages 10 & up. |
| ISBN: |
9780062652638 006265263X 9780063142701 0063142708 9780063159396 0063159392 |
| Author Notes: |
Chainani graduated Harvard University summa cum laude, with a degree in English & American Literature. While at Harvard, he focused on fairy tales and wrote his thesis on why evil women make such irresistible fairy-tale villains, winning the Thomas Hoopes Prize and Briggs Prize for his work. Chainani's first novel, The School For Good And Evil, also the title of his trilogy, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, has been on ABA's National Indie Bestseller List, has been translated into languages across six continents, and will soon be a major motion picture from Universal Studios. His second novel in the trilogy A World Without Princes, appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List in April of 2014. He also made the list in 2015 with his title The Last Ever After. (Bowker Author Biography) |