18 YA Retellings of Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales

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Many readers LOVE modern-day versions of an older fairy tale, myth, or legend. If you live in a state that uses Common Core standards, you might also be faced with a Reading Literature standard that asks students to specifically read a retelling.

To help with that, I recently asked several English teachers to share great YA fiction titles that are appropriate for a secondary classroom (middle or high school), and here are the results.

Click on the hyperlink of the person recommending the book to read her book review.

#1: Just Ella

Recommended by @secondarysara. Link to Amazon.

#2: Girls Made of Snow and Glass

Recommended by @nouvelle_ela. Link to Amazon.

#3: His Hideous Heart: 13 Retellings of Edgar Allen Poe

Recommended by @mrsorman. Link to Amazon.

#4: Part of Your World

Recommended by  @addiewilliams_tpt. Link to Amazon.

#5: Long Way Down

Sara's Note: I feel this book would pair beautifully with A Christmas Carol!

Recommended by @secondarysara. Link to Amazon. Photo by @room213tpt

#6: Jake, Reinvented

Recommended by @theliterarymaven. Link to Amazon. 

#7: Madman's Daughter

Recommended by @mrsspanglerinthemiddle. Link to Amazon. 

#8: A Study in Charlotte

Recommended by @literarysherri. Link to Amazon. 

#9: Zeus: King of the Gods

Recommended by @hansonhallway. Link to Amazon. 

#10: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Recommended by @thecaffeinatedclass. Link to Amazon. 

#11: Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog

Recommended by @kasey_kiehl. Link to Amazon. 

#12: Stepsister

Recommended by @mmwithmelissa. Link to Amazon. 

#13: Fairest

Recommended by @ela_today. Link to Amazon. 

#14: Poe: Stories and Poems 

Recommended by @missfairchildsmuggles. Link to Amazon. 

#15: Ella Enchanted

Recommended by @elaclassroom. Link to Amazon. 

#16: Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

Recommended by @elabuffet. Link to Amazon. 

#17: Summer of the Mariposas

Recommended by @bespokeelaclassroom. Link to Amazon. 

#18: Cinder

Recommended by @englishteacherbookrecs. Link to Amazon. 

Do you have additional recommendations?

Tell us in the comments!