To
win a bride and a kingdom, a soldier endeavors to discover why the
dancing shoes of the king's twelve daughters are worn to pieces every
morning.
By Naomi Lewis
The strength of a little girl's love enables her to overcome many obstacles and free a boy from the Snow Queen's spell.
By Penny Dale
A young princess and her
friends sleep under the spell of a fairy she forgot to invite to her
birthday party, until someone comes along to awaken them.
By Ruth Sanderson
Retells the tale of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.
By Diane Stanley
Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that she is actually the daughter of
a knight and finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will
change her life and the kingdom forever.
By Gail Carson Levine
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against
the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
By Adele Geras
Enraged
at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy
casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.
By Jennifer Rozines Roy
When
eleven-year-old Claire is invited to serve as a junior bridesmaid at
the wedding of her cousin, a commoner, to the Prince of England, she
learns that another, social-climbing junior bridesmaid is trying to keep
the wedding from happening and it is up to Claire to stop her from
spoiling the big day.
By Shannon Hale
On
her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed
by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to
survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown
that is rightfully hers.
By Edith Pattou
A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.
By Robin McKinley
Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to
stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned
him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
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