New York City, November 14, 1889.    Young newspaper reporter Nellie Bly sets sail on the Augusta Victoria for a trip around the world. She plans to beat Jules Verne's fictional record from the novel Around the World in Eighty Days. She thinks she can circumnavigate the globe in under seventy-five days, and prove that a woman can do what no man has even tried.   Hours later, and unbeknownst to Nellie, another writer, Elizabeth Bisland boards a train going in the opposite direction attempting to beat Nellie back to New York. Elizabeth is a reluctant player in this high-stakes publicity stunt, but financial needs outweigh her pride.   Neither woman is prepared for what will happen on this trip, or how the race will change her.

Liz and Nellie: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's Race Around the World in Eighty Days

Literature & Fiction

Slayton, Shonna

Genre Fiction

Amaretto Press

A princess in a tower. A prince hidden at birth. Together, they'll tear down walls. The townspeople call her the Tower Princess, but Gressa's life is no fairy tale. She's never understood why she's been separated from the rest of the kingdom, but now that she's older the pieces are coming together. For too long she's been trapped in her brother's scheme to find a way through the magical wall dividing their kingdom in two. She doesn't expect any help from the prince to the south, even if he did manage to bumble his way to her rescue. If she could pick anyone to form an alliance, it would be the squire she watches train from her window; he shows promise. But, confined to her tower, there's nothing she can do...or is there? One day a hole opens up in the Dividing Wall and with it, a chance for Gressa to change everything. The Tower Princess is the first book in the Lost Fairy Tales series, a collection of loosely-connected stand-alone novels. If you like classic fairy-tale stories and sweet romance, then you'll love Gressa and Manny's desperate quest for rescuing their kingdom. Buy The Tower Princess and start reading this new addition to the enchanting fairy-tale tradition of Gail Carson Levine, Shannon Hale, and Jessica Day George.

The Tower Princess (Lost Fairy Tales)

Teen & Young Adult

A mysterious steamer trunk. A magical dress. And one unexpected inheritance... On the home front in 1944, Kate wants to do her part for the war effort. She'd prefer filling in for the window dressers at the New York department store where she works, but her mother insists on sending her to audition for roles she never gets. When relatives arrive from war-torn Poland with a mysterious steamer trunk and an even more mysterious story, her life is about to get complicated. Kate's aunt, who is suffering from dementia, tries to convince Kate she is next in line to be the keeper of the wardrobe for Cinderella's family--the real Cinderella. She'll have to prove that she's worthy to continue the family line and keep Cinderella's dress safe from the people who want it most. This might be the most important role Kate has ever auditioned for. But will she get to the truth before it's forgotten? If you like the magic and warmth of fairytale retellings, then you'll love this continuation of the Cinderella story. 
The Fairy-tale Inheritance series of books can be read in any order. Aside from the Cinderella books, they are all stand-alone novels. But if you'd like a reading order, you can follow this one: 
<ul>
<li>Cinderella's Dress</li>
<li>Cinderella's Shoes</li>
<li>Cinderella's Legacy</li>
<li>Snow White's Mirror</li>
<li>Beauty's Rose</li>
</ul>

Cinderella's Dress (Fairy-tale Inheritance Series)

Historical Fiction

Some things stepsisters never forget. Now that Kate Allen knows about her family's unique connection to a fairy tale, she sets her sights on finding the magical glass slippers. The Kolodenkos claim Cinderella's shoes have been lost to the family, but Kate is convinced she knows where they are. Or at least, who might know where they are. With her dad still missing, Kate could use a pair of shoes with the power to reunite loved ones. But to find the famous glass slippers, she'll have to get around the tight-lipped Kolodenko family and travel to post WWII Poland. As official keeper of the wardrobe for Cinderella's heirlooms, she's learning that balancing alliances between Cinderella's heirs and the stepsister's descendants may cost her more than she's willing to give up. Can she stop a family feud that has lasted for centuries? Find out now in this exciting follow-up to the novel Cinderella's Dress.
The Fairy-tale Inheritance series of books can be read in any order. Aside from the Cinderella books, they are all stand-alone novels. But if you'd like a reading order, you can follow this one: 
<ul>
<li>Cinderella's Dress</li>
<li>Cinderella's Shoes</li>
<li>Cinderella's Legacy</li>
<li>Snow White's Mirror</li>
<li>Beauty's Rose</li>
</ul>

Cinderella's Shoes (Fairy-tale Inheritance Series)

Old family secrets will not stay hidden...Billie's uncle is convinced the stories his sister tells about the Bergmann family history are true.A magic mirror...A family of dwarfs...And he'll do anything to command the mirror, even if it means using unsuspecting Billie.Socialite Billie likes a treasure hunt as much as the next girl, so she follows her uncle to an out-of-the-way mining town in Arizona where she meets an odd array of characters, including one rugged boy unlike any she's met before. More than anything, Billie hopes the magic mirror holds a cure to her mother's mysterious illness. But after making a critical mistake, Billie risks walking away from this baffling town with nothing. It's up to her to solve the problem that has been plaguing her family for centuries, or lose it all... including the boy who stole her heart.Set in an early 1900s mining boomtown, it's Edwardian era meets the Wild West.If you like fairy tales and YA romance, read Snow White's Mirror today.

Snow White's Mirror (Fairy-tale Inheritance Series)

Cinderella's Dress by Shonna Slayton is a YA fairy-tale retelling set in 1940's New York. Being a teen-ager during World War II is tough. Finding out you're the next keeper of the real Cinderella's dress is even tougher. Kate simply wants to create window displays at the department store where she's working, trying to help out with the war effort. But when long-lost relatives from Poland arrive with a steamer trunk they claim holds the Cinderella's dress, life gets complicated. Now, with a father missing in action, her new sweetheart shipped off to boot camp, and her great aunt losing her wits, Kate has to unravel the mystery before it's too late. After all, the descendants of the wicked stepsisters will stop at nothing to get what they think they deserve.

Cinderella's Dress

Children's Books

Entangled: Teen

The war may be over, but Kate Allen's life is still in upheaval. Not only has she discovered that Cinderella was real, but now she's been made Keeper of the Wardrobe, her sole responsibility to protect Cinderella's mystical dresses from the greed of the evil stepsisters' modern descendants. 
But Cinderella's dresses are just the beginning. It turns out that the priceless glass slippers might actually exist, too, and they could hold the power to reunite lost loved ones like her father-missing in action since World War II ended. As Kate and her boyfriend, Johnny, embark on an adventure from New York to Italy and Poland in search of the mysterious slippers, they will be tested in ways they never imagined. 
Because when you harness Cinderella's magic, danger and evil are sure to follow...

Cinderella's Shoes

In a world where fairies lurk and curses linger, love can bleed like the prick of a finger…
Briar Rose knows her life will never be a fairy tale. She’s raising her siblings on her own, her wages at the spinning mill have been cut, and the boy she thought she had a future with has eyes for someone else. Most days it feels like her best friend, Henry Prince, is the only one in her corner…though with his endless flirty jokes, how can she ever take him seriously?
When a mysterious peddler offers her a “magic” spindle that could make her more money, sneaking it into the mill seems worth the risk. But then one by one, her fellow spinner girls come down with the mysterious sleeping sickness…and Briar’s not immune.
If Briar wants to save the girls―and herself―she’ll have to start believing in fairy tales…and in the power of a prince’s kiss.

Spindle

Being a teen-ager during World War II is tough. Finding out you're the next keeper of the real Cinderella's dress is even tougher. Kate simply wants to create window displays at the department store where she's working, trying to help out with the war effort. But when long-lost relatives from Poland arrive with a steamer trunk they claim holds the Cinderella's dress, life gets complicated. Now, with a father missing in action, her new sweetheart shipped off to boot camp, and her great aunt losing her wits, Kate has to unravel the mystery before it's too late. After all, the descendants of the wicked stepsisters will stop at nothing to get what they think they deserve.

Romance

Paranormal

Entangled Publishing

Write a fairy tale with help from the Grimm brothers. *100 prompts: 34 Beginnings, 33 Middles, and 33 Endings *Answer Key in the back reveals the origin of the fairy tale prompt. This book is divided into three sections of prompts: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings. Each section works on a different aspect of storytelling and logical thinking. Think of the formula as ABC. Beginning prompts: Students are given "A" and have to come up with what leads to "B" and "C." Generally, these prompts give characters and setting, but few clues about conflict and plot. Middle prompts: This type of prompt works on the middle logic of a story. Students are given "B" and have to come up with a logical start "A" as well as a logical conclusion, "C." The conflict is well underway, so they have to unravel what is going on. Endings: Starting with the conclusion, "C," students work the logic backward to arrive at "A" and "B." Like a detective walking in on a crime scene, they have to come up with characters and motivations and a logical plot that makes sense with the ending. Appendix: This section lists the story prompt with its original source. Once students have written their stories, they can go and read the Grimms' version and compare ideas.

Writing Prompts From Grimm: A Fairy-Tale Themed Workbook for Grades 7-12 (Lessons From Grimm Series)

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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Liz and Nellie: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's Race Around the World in Eighty Days

The Tower Princess (Lost Fairy Tales)

Cinderella's Dress (Fairy-tale Inheritance Series)

Cinderella's Shoes (Fairy-tale Inheritance Series)

Snow White's Mirror (Fairy-tale Inheritance Series)

Cinderella's Dress

Cinderella's Shoes

Spindle

Cinderella's Dress

Writing Prompts From Grimm: A Fairy-Tale Themed Workbook for Grades 7-12 (Lessons From Grimm Series)