Five Fairy Tale Mashups That Show How All Our Stories Are Connected
David is a 12-year-old boy who’s just lost his mother. When his father remarries and his stepmother has a son, David retreats into his books and fairy tales, and is soon drawn into a dangerous world filled with more than just his own imaginings. Full of stories that blend in unusual ways or feature their own particular twists—including a rare gender-swapped version of Beauty and the Beast, and a somewhat vampiric Sleepy Beauty—Connolly crafts a rather psychological exploration of grief and growth through David’s imagination. (And isn’t that journey, that growth, at the heart of why ...
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