Girls

<p><b> 'Wickedly delicious... Surprising, subversive and totally addictive' Sophie Anderson, author of <i>The House with Chicken Legs</i></p></b><p><b>From the Carnegie Medal shortlisted author of <i>Lampie</i>, this new collection of seven dazzling fairytale retellings is full of bravery, adventure and dark wit.</p></b><p>A determined girl gives up on kissing a frog.</p><p>A fearless heroines comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf.</p><p>A monstrous princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free.</p><p>Within this book are seven famous fairy tales turned into enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for today's world, about girls with their own dreams and desires. These are no damsels in distress, but real young women of flesh and blood - who certainly don't need rescuing.</p>