Another recent read:
A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz ISBN 978-0525-42334-8
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and plan to purchase it for my middle school library. Like the Series of Unfortunate Events, the narrator cautions the reader at several points that the story is going to take a turn for the worse and they may want to reconsider continuing. This particular tale takes the familiar characters of Hansel and Gretal through a series of difficult, harrowing adventures. The tales are rather gruesome, but most middle school kids like that. I am sure that this title will circulate well. It got rave reviews from the 3 7th grade girls that I loaned it to.
Watch the book Trailer for A Tale Dark and Grim here: http://youtu.be/yiRVnkYcJ2I
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