Author: Elana K. Arnold Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062742345 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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*A 2019 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book* A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been. When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by the dragon or what horrors she faced in its lair. She knows only this handsome young man, the story he tells of her rescue, and her destiny of sitting on a throne beside him. It’s all like a dream, like something from a fairy tale. As Ama follows Emory to the kingdom of Harding, however, she discovers that not all is as it seems. There is more to the legends of the dragons and the damsels than anyone knows, and the greatest threats may not be behind her, but around her, now, and closing in.
Author: Joana Pastro Publisher: Astra Publishing House ISBN: 1635922968 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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When faced with the danger of giants, ogres, and witches, other damsels might quake with fear . . . but not LillyBelle! At the School for Damsels, LillyBelle enjoys many damsel-in-training classes, like cake baking and vocal training, but the rule that a damsel must be in distress . . . not so much. When she's captured by one villain after another, LillyBelle will need to use her charm and her wit to save herself and prove once and for all that damsels don't have to be in distress--all in time for tea!
Author: Jane Yolen Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780152020477 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 140
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A collection of thirteen traditional tales from various parts of the world, with the main character of each being a fearless, strong, heroic, and resourceful woman.
Author: Richard Stark Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226770370 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 202
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Escaping from the pages of the master crime writer’s acclaimed Parker novels, a fast-talking actor-thief has an adventure of his own across Mexico. For years now, stage actor Alan Grofield has supported his craft with side gigs in the underworld, including a few dangerous heists with a ruthless criminal named Parker. After their last scheme, Grofield finds himself stranded in Mexico with a bullet wound and a bag of cash. And then things start to get interesting—when he watches a young woman climbing into his fifth-floor hotel window. It turns out Elly Fitzgerald has a taste for trouble to match Grofield’s penchant for finding it. When the hoods she’s running from catch up to her, she and Grofield set out on an action-packed road trip from Mexico City to Acapulco, hoping to stop an assassination along the way. The first Alan Grofield novel by crime fiction master Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark, The Damsel is full of wit, adrenaline, and political intrigue. This edition includes a new foreword by Sarah Weinman.
Author: Gerald Morris Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547349394 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 227
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Third in the medieval fantasy series. “A perfectly delicious, not entirely serious, reimagining of part of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.”—Booklist Her castle under siege by an evil knight who keeps beheading all her would-be rescuers, Lady Lynet realizes the only way to get help is to get it herself. So one night she slips away and strikes out for King Arthur’s court where she hopes to find a gallant knight to vanquish the Knight of the Red Lands and free her castle. Gerald Morris’s Arthurian novel is a highly comic tale of hidden identities, mysterious knights, faeries and enchantments, damsels-in-distress, and true love. “In Morris’s third wry, sometimes hilarious, take on an Arthurian legend, a sharp-tongued young damosel gets an education in sorcery, intrigue and what true knighthood is all about . . . Fans of Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted, Patricia Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles and similarly lighthearted fantasy will be delighted.”—Kirkus Reviews “A rollicking treatment of a lesser-known episode from Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur . . . The novel is also enjoyable for its good-natured spoofing of the conventions of its medieval setting.”—School Library Journal “A rare action-fantasy that crosses age and gender lines.”—The Bulletin
Author: Meriel Fuller Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1426835884 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 283
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Emmeline de Lonnieres swore she would never belong to a man again, so she is plunged into confusion by her feelings for Lord Talvas of Boulogne. His powerful charisma is irresistible, but she cannot give what she knows he will eventually demand—marriage. A demand she knows he will make when he discovers their passion has created the tiny new life growing inside her….
Author: P.A. Mason Publisher: P.A. Mason ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 90
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Being a hero isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. But this witch for hire is prepared to get her hands dirty...even if she won’t get any of the credit. Hauled to the palace in secrecy by the city guards, Gretchen is handed a commission by the King himself. The offer is too good to refuse, but when she’s locked in a dungeon with bickering goblins and a smug dragon, the proposition starts looking shady. A damsel is in distress. A prince is on his way. All is not as it seems. Living from hand to mouth, Gretchen pushes aside her reservations to keep her eyes on the prize; the King’s coin. To earn it, will she be willing to take the dragon by the horns? When a ‘happily ever after’ is at stake, she must paint a heroic picture for those who are watching. Because when this fairy tale goes down in the history books, the people behind the scenes fade into obscurity… which is exactly how Gretchen wants it. Check out these hilarious high fantasy stories each month for a new spin on a classic tale. Categories Short Reads Fantasy Short Reads Humor
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