Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763644062)

Writing in free verse honed to a wicked edge, the incomparable Ron Koertge brings dark and contemporary humor to twenty iconic fairy tales.

Once upon a time, there was a strung-out match girl who sold CDs to stoners. Twelve impetuous sisters escaped King Daddy's clutches to jiggle and cavort and wear out their shoes. A fickle Thumbelina searched for a tiny husband, leaving bodies in her wake. And Little Red Riding Hood confessed that she kind of wanted to know what it's like to be swallowed whole. From bloodied and blinded stepsisters (they were duped) to a chopped-off finger flying into a heroine's cleavage, this is fairy tale world turned upside down. Ron Koertge knows what really happened to all those wolves and maidens, ogres and orphans, kings and piglets, and he knows about the Ever After. So come closer -- he wants to whisper in your ear.

Author: Ron Koertge
ISBN-10: 0763644064
ISBN-13: 9780763644062
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2012
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 152673 / Lies, Knives and Girls in Red Dresses

Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/07/2012 pg. 55
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2012 pg. 178 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2012
Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 92
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2012 pg. 134
School Library Journal 07/01/2012 pg. 98
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2012
New Yorker (The) 10/14/2012 pg. 18
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 39
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style