LibraryAware Classic Tales Retold

As I descended
by Robin Talley

Tapping a dark power to prevent the favorite candidate of a distinguished educational prize from winning, school power couple Maria and Lily unleash fatal energies that blur the lines between reality and madness. By the award-winning author of Lies We Tell Ourselves. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.

Beastly
by Alex Flinn

Having been the most popular guy at school with the meanest and most egotistical attitude, Kyle Kingsbury is punished by a witch and turned into a beast who now must find his true love and convince her to accept him as he is in order to break the curse and return him to being the man he once was. Reissue. 150,000 first printing.

Cinder
by Marissa Meyer

As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take onthe Cinderella story

Circe : a novel
by Madeline Miller

The daughter of Titans clashes with one of the most vengeful Olympians, forcing her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals. (historical fiction). (This book was listed in a previous issue of Forecast.) Reprint. A #1 New York Times best-seller. 75,000 first printing. AB. K. LJ. NYT. PW. SLJ.

The Dead Queen's Club
by Hannah Capin

Nosy new student Annie Marck is determined to find out what really happened to two of her popular best friend Henry's last six girlfriends, who both died in mysterious ways, ideally before history repeats itself

Geekerella : a novel
by Ashley Poston

A devoted fan of a classic sci-fi television series risks the ire of her evil stepsisters by entering a contest to win an invitation to a ball where she would meet her favorite actor, a teen star who would prove he is more than just a dumb heartthrob. Simultaneous eBook.

Great
by Sara Benincasa

A contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby follows the experiences of teen Naomi Rye, who becomes entangled in the drama of East Hampton's social circle and implicated in a community-wide tragedy while spending the summer with her socialite mother. 40,000 first printing.

A long, long sleep
by Anna Sheehan

Rosalinda Fitzroy, heir to the multiplanetary corporation UniCorp, is awakened after years in stasis to find that everyone she knew has died and, as she tries to make a new life for herself, learns she is the target of a robot assassin

The Looking Glass Wars
by Frank Beddor

When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne. Reprint.

Ordinary girls
by Blair Thornburgh

A lighthearted contemporary retelling of Sense and Sensibility finds two sisters, complete opposites in temperament, who discover that the secrets they have been keeping make them more alike than they realized. 3, first printing. Simultaneous eBook

Pride
by Ibi Aanu Zoboi

A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice traces the experiences of a proud Brooklyn woman from a large, underprivileged family of sisters who clashes with a wealthy, arrogant newcomer. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook

Princess of the Midnight Ball
by Jessica Day George

A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse

Ronit & Jamil
by Pamela L Laskin

A lyrical novel in verse retells the story of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the modern-day Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, where an Israeli girl and a Palestinian boy are brought together by their distrustful fathers' business arrangements and fall into a forbidden love. Simultaneous eBook. 40,000 first printing.

This monstrous thing
by Mackenzi Lee

A creative adaptation of Frankenstein is set in a world where mechanical people built from clockwork parts are shunned and where a young mechanic for illegal clockwork clients attempts to bring his brother back from the dead. Simultaneous eBook. 40,000 first printing.