Once upon a time (Simon Pulse)
Author
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2006, c2002
Edition
Simon Pulse ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," Aurore, a princess cursed by her aunt to die at the age of sixteen, leaves her kingdom after her expected demise does not come, whereupon she meets a prince and is swept into a series of bizarre happenings that lead to her mysterious bout of sleep.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st Simon Pulse ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the "Arabian Nights" story which casts Shahrayar the king as a tortured man driven to violence by the pain of his queen's betrayal, and the storytelling maiden Shahrazad as his saving grace--and newfound love.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2006, c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A woven tapestry of magic, adventure, and romance tells the tale of a stunning mermaid, a horrible curse, and the power of love in the Kingdom of Aster, a place where legends are born.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2006, c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When her father, the duke, decides to remarry in the hopes of producing an heir to the throne, Jessica must learn to cope with her jealous and evil stepmother, but she flees to London after the situation becomes dangerous.
5) Scarlet moon
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First Simon Pulse edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ruth's grandmother lives in the forest, banished there for the "evil" that the townsfolk believed she practiced. But if studying the stars, learning about nature, and dreaming of flying are evil, then Ruth is guilty of it too. Whenever Ruth took food and supplies to her grandmother, she would sit with the old woman for hours, listening and learning. When she wasn't in the woods, Ruth was learning the trade of her father, a blacksmith, now that her...
6) Spirited
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st Simon Pulse ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In May of 1756 war was formally declared between he British and the French. During this highly dangerous time Isabella Stevens is traveling with her father to the British stronghold Fort William Henry. In the forest, Wasamequin, the young and handsome medicine man, looks to avenge the death of his wife and child at the hands of British soldiers. When Wasamequin spots Isabella and her father, he alerts his warriors to capture them. But Wasamequin is...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Simon Pulse ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A knight falls in love with the youngest of twelve sisters, but they can only marry if he can discover where the sisters secretly go to dance. Inspired by the fairy tale of the twelve dancing princesses.
9) Golden
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once upon a Time"
Is Timeless
Before Rapunzel's birth, her mother made a dangerous deal with the sorceress Melisande: If she could not love newborn Rapunzel just as she appeared, she would surrender the child to Melisande. When Rapunzel was born completely bald and without hope of ever growing hair, her horrified mother sent her away with the sorceress to an uncertain future.
After sixteen years of raising Rapunzel as...
Is Timeless
Before Rapunzel's birth, her mother made a dangerous deal with the sorceress Melisande: If she could not love newborn Rapunzel just as she appeared, she would surrender the child to Melisande. When Rapunzel was born completely bald and without hope of ever growing hair, her horrified mother sent her away with the sorceress to an uncertain future.
After sixteen years of raising Rapunzel as...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First Simon Pulse edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Emma Pennington travels with her mother to their family estate in Belgium, they find a war-torn country with enemy troops fighting to take over the estate, and Emma learns many lessons from the war, including that life is unpredictable.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Simon Pulse ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"When Rose's mother dies, her only comfort is the exquisite rose garden her mother left behind. The purple blossoms serve as an assurance of her mother's love. But Rose is dealt a second blow when her father dies and his greedy widow, Ombrine, and her daughter, Desirée, move in and take over the manor in true Cinderella fashion. Fate has been cruel to Ombrine and Desirée, too. So despite their harsh ways, Rose has compassion. But these feelings...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this retelling of the traditional tale, Belle, a skilled woodcarver, must carve the the legendary Heartwood to repay her father's debt to a fearsome beast that gave him shelter during a terrible storm.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Simon Pulse ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In late nineteenth-century New York, Bertie, working as a seamstress for a textile tycoon who is about to lose his business, agrees to give an old man her firstborn in exchange for help in creating a wonderful garment which can save the family fortune.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Emperor of China summons a great army, and each family must send a male to fight. Tomboyish Mulan, who can wield sword and bow and arrow as deftly as an embroidery needle, is determined to spare her aging father and bring her family honor, so she disguises herself and answers the call. But when she finds a friend and soul mate in her commander, Prince Jian, will she be brave enough to share her true identity and feelings with him?
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Simon Pulse pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
Free-spirited Grace pushes her best friend Kai away when he declares his love for her, but when Kai leaves home in search of a dazzling Snow Queen, Grace follows him and discovers more about their world and herself.
18) Violet eyes
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
19) The world above
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the Russian Revolution, Empress Marie, the czar's mother, who escaped to Paris, offers a reward for the return of her missing granddaughter, the princess Anastasia. Eager to collect the large sum, two friends hatch a plan to fool Empress Marie and convince Nadya, a mischievous and quick-witted kitchen girl at a Russian tavern, to accompany them to France. Nadya resembles the famous Anastasia, but can't remember her life before the revolution....