Gregory Maguire

These books are recommended for young adult readers and older. Maguire has also written numerous books for children without fairy tale themes which are not included here.

Maguire, Gregory. The Dream Stealer. New York: Clarion Books, 1983.
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NOVEL: From the publisher: "Once every generation or so, a great wolf called the Blood Prince, who not only devours bodies but also steals souls, stalks the northern forests of Russia. Rumor has it that he has set his sights on the forgettable little village of Miersk. The wolf"s evil runs so deep that past survivors refuse to believe in him, and so it is up to the newest generation, two children named Pasha and Lisette, to save the village. But how can a young boy and girl stop such a beast? This mesmerizing tale draws on Russian folk stories about Vasilissa the Beautiful, Baba Yaga, and the Firebird and is filled with quirky details and memorable characters that could spring only from the imagination of Gregory Maguire. This new edition includes a prologue and is illustrated with striking cut-paper silhouettes."

Maguire, Gregory. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. 1999.
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NOVEL: From book cover: We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes.But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty . . . and what curses accompanied Cinderella's exquisite looks? Set against the rich backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to become her sister.

This book was adaptaed into a made for TV movie by Disney but has not been released to DVD.

Maguire, Gregory. Mirror, Mirror. New York: Regan Books, 2003.
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NOVEL: In Mirror Mirror Snow White is called Bianca de Nevada. She is born on a farm in Tuscany in 1495, and when she is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest to reclaim the relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, a branch bearing three living apples that are thousands of years old. Bianca is left in the care of her father's farm staff and the beautiful and madly vain Lucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. But Lucrecia becomes jealous of her lecherous brother's interest in the growing child and plots a dire fate for Bianca in the woods below the farm. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarves the creators of the magic mirror who await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own.

Maguire, Gregory. Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
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SHORT STORY COLLECTION: For young and old readers. Stories included are:

Leaping Beauty
Goldiefox and the Three Chickens
Hamster and Gerbil
So What and the Seven Giraffes
Little Red Robin Hood
The Three Little Penguins and the Big Bad Walrus
Cinderelephant
Rumplesnakeskin

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