Books: Retelling

 
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Wicked

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An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick...

Wicked

The Wife Upstairs

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A girl looking for love…

When Jane, a broke dog-walker newly arrived in town, meets Eddie Rochester, she can’t believe her luck. Eddie is handsome, rich and lives alone in a beautiful mansion...

The Wife Upstairs

The Deathless Girls

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On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar, taken far away from their...

The Deathless Girls

Lost Boy

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There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. Once I loved a boy called Peter Pan.

Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to...

Lost Boy

Straight On Till Morning

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What if Wendy went to Never Land with Captain Hook?

Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling wishes for a more exciting life. So when an opportunity to travel to Never Land on a pirate ship presents itself,...

Straight On Till Morning

The Miracle on Ebenezer Street

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Old Marley's magic was beginning to stir...'

George is about to spend his third Christmas without his mum. Since she died, George's life has felt dull and grey; his dad has thrown...

The Miracle on Ebenezer Street

Ever Alice

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Alice is 15 years old and her stories of Wonderland have landed her in an asylum. Desperate to leave she agrees to an experimental procedure but changes her mind at the last minute. She finds herself...

Ever Alice

Grimm Tales for Young and Old

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In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a'clear as water'...

Grimm Tales for Young and Old

Macbeth

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In the wake of the death of the former corrupt police commisioner the new chief of police is determined to replace his old cronies with people he knows to be trustworthy. He needs a new head of...

Macbeth
 
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By George Orwell