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Classics revamped

New twists on classic stories, fairy tales and myths. Selected by Ben W.

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  • Beastkeeper Koffi and warrior candidate Ekontwo venture into the Greater Jungle to hunt down a monster that has menaced their city for a century. #1 of the Beasts of Prey series, inspired by African mythology.
    Book, 2021New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021] — Teen Fiction Book
  • In this reimagining of "The Three Musketeers," Tania de Batz, a skilled, disabled swordswoman, sets out to become a champion at the art and avenge the death of her murdered father.
    Book, 2022New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, [2022] — Teen Fiction Book
  • In 1942, at the dawn of World War II, three sisters go their separate ways out of grief over the death of their fourth sister Beth... only to learn that the only way to survive grief and war is together. Inspired by Louisa May Alcott's "Little…
    Book, 2022New York : Delacorte Press, [2022] — Teen Fiction Book
  • This sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.
    Book, 2019New York : Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2019. — Teen Fiction Book
  • A modern take on the King Arthur legend, set at the University of North Carolina. #1 in the Legendborn series.
    Book, 2020New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2020] — Teen Fiction Book
  • When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan.
    Book, 2021New York : Swoon Reads, 2021. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Some dangers are too powerful for even the strongest love. In this retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice, Eury and Pheus must fight for each other and their lives.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Bloomsbury YA, 2020. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Former lovers, Roma and Juliette, must reunite to battle an infectious madness, which threatens to overtake mid-1920s Shanghai.
    Book, 2020New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020. — Teen Fiction Book
  • In a twist on Moby Dick, a proud warrior whale pod attacks a ship before pursuing a near-mythical foe on a vengeful hunt, which risks the worlds of both whales and humans.
    Book, 2018New York : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — Teen Fiction Book
  • Shipwrecks come in many forms. Loosely based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is this romantic tale showing that life can be embraced again even after enduring a tragedy.
    Book, 2019Los Angeles : Hyperion, 2019. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is modernized with elements of Crazy Rich Asians and Gossip Girl, set in modern-day Manhattan. #1 in the Anna K series.
    Book, 2020New York : Flatiron Books, 2020. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Alice battles monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland. Meanwhile, ordinary life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple. #1 in the Nightmare-verse series.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2018. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice meets Brooklyn pride. Zuri fights to save her gentrifying neighborhood and finds unexpected common ground and love.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — Teen Fiction Book
  • Hindu folklore and mythology are woven into this story set in ancient India. Sixteen-year-old Maya's arranged marriage turns out better than she expected, but her husband's magic--and her curiosity--may threaten more than her life. #1 of The…
    Book, 2016New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2016. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Danger is mounting and nowhere is safe in this first book of a witty, suspenseful trilogy about a brilliant crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson.
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2016] — Teen Fiction Book