{"product_id":"girls-life-isnt-a-fairy-tale-9781782693796","title":"Girls: Life Isn't a Fairy Tale","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of dark, funny retellings of 7 classic and familiar fairy tales, giving young adult readers a new perspective for navigating everyday challenges.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are no damsels in distress, but young women of flesh and blood - who certainly don't need rescuing. In these 7 famous fairy tales turned into enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for today's world, you'll find girls with their own dreams and desires, bravely facing problems that are both relatable and daunting and fighting to overcome them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA miller's daughter with a special gift decides marrying a prince wasn't such a good idea after all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA determined girl gives up on trying to kiss a frog.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fearless heroine comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA monstrous princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free and find her true place in the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo sisters, abandoned by their father, wander lost in the big city, until they meet a pair of\u003ci\u003e very \u003c\/i\u003ehelpful old ladies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA young maid finds something terrible in a locked room while she is cleaning the Reverend's house - then the Reverend arrives home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA forgotten young girl learns to finally let go of her sleeping big sister and live her own life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eOf Salt and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, and translated by the award-winning Laura Watkinson, these reimagined fairy tales are funny, feminist and achingly true to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnet Schaap is one of the Netherlands' best-loved authors and illustrators. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eLampie\u003c\/i\u003e won four prizes in the Netherlands and Flanders, including the Golden Pencil for the best Dutch children's book of the year, was translated into twenty languages and was the first translated book to ever be shortlisted for the UK's Carnegie Medal. It is also available from Pushkin Children's Books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaura Watkinson is a full-time translator from Dutch, Italian and German. She has also translated many titles for Pushkin Children's Books, including Jan Terlouw's\u003ci\u003eWinter in Wartime\u003c\/i\u003e, Tonke Dragt's \u003ci\u003eThe Letter for the King\u003c\/i\u003e and Annet Schaap's \u003ci\u003eOf Salt and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185967038738,"sku":"9781782693796","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68d1907f-1aae-43fc-b539-6d6333e1baee.jpg?v=1744598137","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/girls-life-isnt-a-fairy-tale-9781782693796","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}