characters in literature

"Queer black girls team up to overthrow the patriarchy in the former kingdom of Cinderella"--Provided by publisher.

Filomena Jefferson-Cho and her friends, Jack Stalker, Alistair, and Gretel are once again in Never After, to help Gretel fulfill a promise to her father to recover the glass slipper he made for her cousin, Hortense, which was stolen by the cunning and manipulative Cinderella, who is determined to become Princess of Eastphalia--to do that the friends will have to infiltrate the castle, and, of course, avoid being eaten by monsters.

The magic mirror has a crack and it sends Abby, Jonah, and Prince into the mixed up tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and they soon find that Goldy is in need of a lot of gold to get her father out of jail, and so they find themselves negotiating between the Bears, who want honey, and Rumpelstiltskin, who just wants a friend or two--but King Ned is just plain greedy and somehow the children and Goldy's father have to escape from the king's jail, and get back to the portal to return home.

Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama.

When Chicken Little runs into the Big Bad Wolf (literally), her first instinct is to fly, like the other chickens, but she decides to investigate instead--and finds that this particular wolf is not interested in eating chickens, he is just looking for a place to call home.

"Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school"--Publisher.

During story time the Gingerbread man comes alive, so the children make haste and quickly give chase but he runs too fast and is helped by a storybook cast.

"Queer black girls team up to overthrow the patriarchy in the former kingdom of Cinderella"--Provided by publisher.

"Three members of Pig Force are on a top-secret mission to deliver the blueprints of a high-tech home base, where at last the Pig Force will be safe from the Wolf Force--but they are being pursued by Lana Wolf, crack pilot and her Wind Turbine Blaster whose powerful wind could knock Hog-25b Jet Fighter out of the sky before the brave members of Pig Force can reach headquarters with the plans"--OCLC.

"When King Charming and his brothers set out to purge the Dwarf Forests of outlaws and rule it themselves, they must face the most feared outlaw, Goldilocks--and then, their wives"--OCLC.