A retelling of the classic tale "The Arabian Nights" in which Shahrazad agrees to marry the king and surrender her life, but uses her story telling skills to keep the king from killing her, until a treacherous plot threatens her plan.
In "Before Midnight," Cendrillon tests her father's will by leaving the grounds for a royal ball; in "Golden," Rapunzel, born bald, must break an enchantment to free her heart; and in "Wild Orchid," Mulan joins the army disguised as a boy.
Jo O'Connor, accustomed to moving from place to place with her father, has learned not to get too close to people, but that changes in her senior year when she makes a best friend and falls in love--which only complicates matters when she is forced to move again.
Cendrillon and her adopted brother, Raoul, left to be raised by servants, grow up in a quiet household until the day an elegant woman and her two daughters arrive announcing that she has married Cendrillon's father and will be taking over the household.
In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," Aurore, a princess cursed by her aunt to die at the age of sixteen, leaves her kingdom after her expected demise does not come, whereupon she meets a prince and is swept into a series of bizarre happenings that lead to her mysterious bout of sleep.
A retelling of the classic tale "The Arabian Nights" in which Shahrazad agrees to marry the king and surrender her life, but uses her story telling skills to keep the king from killing her, until a treacherous plot threatens her plan.
Sixteen-year-old Rapunzel, abandoned by her mother and raised by the sorceress Melisande, agrees to help free Melisande's daughter, Rue--whom Rapunzel did not know existed--from a wizard's curse, but bitter feelings rise between the girls and threaten to leave Rue cursed forever.
