Book #11

The World Above by Cameron Dokey
175 pages
Popular Fiction
I really like fairy tales, I know that most seventeen year olds want more mature stuff but I like fairy tales. End of story, and about three years ago I found this series that is all retellings of fairy tales and other stories. They are all pretty short reads but they do a great job of telling the story nicely. The series is called the "Once Upon a Time" series and is written by many different authors. They retell stories like "Little Red Riding Hood", "Beauty and the Beast", "Anastasia", and "Rumplestiltskin". They aren't like the fairy tales we got told as kids they are for teens. I like them because they are short but entertaining and great for a snow day. :)
This one is a retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk accept Jack is a twin and a mother and the family is actually royalty from the World Above. Another royal family murdered the father and stole the kingdom when the mother was still pregnant with the twins. When the twins are seventeen Jack trades the cow for seven magic beans that will take them to the world above. So they decide they are going to reclaim the throne. The girl twin, Gen, makes a plan but of course something goes wrong and she has to go save her brother. On the way she meets the dictators handsome but disowned son, who she falls for. In the end they save the kingdom banish the tyrant and live happily ever after, just like a fairy tale should be. I have all but one of this book series and I think thats about twenty, give or take. I highly recommend them for anybody who wants a quick read on a snow day.