{"product_id":"girls-life-isnt-a-fairy-tale-paperback","title":"Girls: Life Isn't a Fairy Tale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of dark, funny retellings of 7 classic and familiar fairy tales, giving young adult readers a new perspective for navigating everyday challenges. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bold, sharp and written with deceptive simplicity, and heightened by Schaap's ominous black-and-white illustrations, this is an absorbing, slyly sinister collection for 11+.\" --\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are no damsels in distress, but young women of flesh and blood - who certainly don't need rescuing. In these 7 famous fairy tales turned into enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for today's world, you'll find girls with their own dreams and desires, bravely facing problems that are both relatable and daunting and fighting to overcome them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA miller's daughter with a special gift decides marrying a prince wasn't such a good idea after all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA determined girl gives up on trying to kiss a frog.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fearless heroine comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA monstrous princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free and find her true place in the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo sisters, abandoned by their father, wander lost in the big city, until they meet a pair of\u003ci\u003e very \u003c\/i\u003ehelpful old ladies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA young maid finds something terrible in a locked room while she is cleaning the Reverend's house - then the Reverend arrives home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA forgotten young girl learns to finally let go of her sleeping big sister and live her own life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eOf Salt and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, and translated by the award-winning Laura Watkinson, these reimagined fairy tales are funny, feminist and achingly true to life.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590701617375,"sku":"9781782693796","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/eXWHFEgO-b9781782693796.webp?v=1784692555","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/girls-life-isnt-a-fairy-tale-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}