Pushkin Children's Books Girls

'Wickedly delicious... Surprising, subversive and totally addictive' Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs_____From the Carnegie Medal shortlisted author of Lampie, this new collection of seven dazzling fairytale retellings is full of bravery, adventure and dark wit. ______A determined girl gives up on kissing a frog. A fearless heroines 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.