Cinderella: Ninja Warrior
Maureen McGowan
(Aprill 2011)
In the familiar story of Cinderella, familiar to kids everywhere, the kind young girl suffers at the hand of her evil stepmother, triumphs with the help of her fairy godmother, and lives happily ever after with the prince — and it happens the same way every time. In Cinderella: Ninja Warrior, that stepmother is more than a mean woman — she’s a mean wizard. That fairy godmother appears in the form of a cat, and Cinderella has trained herself in the art of kung fu. Each reader get’s to deicde how it all happens. It’s totally twisted!
Told in nine sections, readers reach three decision points that allow them to choose Cindarella’s path. With ninja skills, multiple magic wands, and super spells, getting to the happy ending is a different and exciting journey of fun and surprises, even for devoted fans of the original story.
Cinderella: Ninja Warrior is an entirely new type of fairy tale - one that will keep today’s kids guessing and offer them hours of magical fun.
Sleeping Beauty: Vampire Slayer
Maureen McGowan
(April 2011)
Told in nine sections, readers reach three decision points that allow them to choose Sleeping Beauty’s path. With rival kingdoms, vengeful vampires, and an army of sleeping slayers, getting to the happy ending is a different and exciting journey of fun and surprises, even for devoted fans of the original story.
Sleeping Beauty: Vampire Slayer is an entirely new type of fairy tale--one that will keep today’s kids guessing and offer them hours of magical fun.
Please note that I've found different covers and publication dates for these books. I'll update this as necessary.
They both sound wonderful. I will have to check them out.
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N. R. Williams, fantasy author
Hi! Thanks so much for highlighting the books.
ReplyDeleteAs for the alternate publishing dates/publishers, they were due to come out this October, but the original publisher shut down.
They were quickly picked up again and will be out next April. The covers you show are the correct/current ones.
Thanks again for the mention. I really wanted to write fairy tales in which the heroines were strong enough to save themselves and that "fixed" some of the elements that always bothered me. :)
N.R. Williams - They look like tons of fun! I like the you choose what happens aspect a lot.
ReplyDeleteMaureen - Thank you so much for stopping by and for clearing up my confusion. Some of the online bookstores are still showing the October books!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing the Twisted Tales. I love that you've 'fixed' them! I also think it's wonderful that readers will get to choose what happens at certain points. Something to be learned there!
Hilarious! I'll keep an eye out for them!
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