Girls

A collection of dark, funny retellings of classic fairytales for girls growing up in the modern world-from the author of Lampie__________'Wickedly delicious' SOPHIE ANDERSON'Clever and witty' YARROW TOWNSEND'Satisfying, surprising and consistently superb' MICHAEL MANN__________A determined girl gives up on kissing a frog. A fearless heroine comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf. A monstrous princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free. Within this book are seven famous fairy tales turned into enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for today's world, about girls with their own dreams and desires.

These are no damsels in distress, but real young women of flesh and blood - who certainly don't need rescuing.