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Across Adaptations, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Coming of Age, and Young Adult Fiction — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Zel by Donna Jo Napoli.

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What Monstrous Gods — Rosamund Hodge

What Monstrous Gods

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Serpent and Dove 2-Book Box Set Serpent and Dove, Blood and Honey — Shelby Mahurin

Serpent and Dove 2-Book Box Set Serpent and Dove, Blood and Honey

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Sword of the Rightful King A Novel of King Arthur — Jane Yolen

Sword of the Rightful King A Novel of King Arthur

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus — Joel Chandler Harris

The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus — Joel Chandler Harris

JOEL CHANDLER. HARRIS

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

The Color of Dragons — R. A. Salvatore

The Color of Dragons

R. A. Salvatore

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

West — Edith Pattou

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Reaper of Souls — Rena Barron

Reaper of Souls

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

The Theft of Sunlight — Intisar Khanani

The Theft of Sunlight

Intisar Khanani

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

The Witch’s Blood — Katharine Corr

The Witch’s Blood

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

All This Twisted Glory — Tahereh Mafi

All This Twisted Glory

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

It Started with Goodbye — Christina June

It Started with Goodbye

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

A Psalm of Storms and Silence — Roseanne A. Brown

A Psalm of Storms and Silence

Roseanne A. Brown

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Ebonwilde — Crystal Smith

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Sing Me Forgotten — Jessica S. Olson

Sing Me Forgotten

Jessica S. Olson

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

White as Frost A Dark Elf Fairytale — Anthea Sharp

White as Frost A Dark Elf Fairytale

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Black Horses for the King — Anne McCaffrey

Black Horses for the King

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Grim Lovelies — Megan Shepherd

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Dreams Lie Beneath — Rebecca Ross

Dreams Lie Beneath

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Beauty’s Daughter The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy — Assistant Professor Department of Professional Communication Carolyn Meyer

Beauty’s Daughter The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy

Assistant Professor Department of Professional Communication Carolyn Meyer

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes — LRW Lee

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

The Blood Spell — C J Redwine

The Blood Spell — C J Redwine

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Sherwood — Meagan Spooner

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

Shades of a Warrior — Robert Saxton

Shades of a Warrior

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Coming of Age

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