Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales

Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless TalesThe best writers of our generation retell classic tales. From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long

The best writers of our generation retell classic tales.

From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers.

Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/20/2015
ISBN: 9780316212939
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 167454 / Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16