8 Fairy Tale Retellings to Leave Teens Happily Ever After

by Iva-Marie Palmer

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Though we may realize their flaws — too-perfect princes, too-passive heroines, too many pat happily-ever-afters — we always return to fairy tales. No matter our complaints, these stories stay with us.

The new generation has grown up with these stories, too, and is now seeing them revived in young adult retellings that are many times modernized or futurized. It’s a brave new world for princesses and their glass slippers!

Here are some of the best fairy tale retellings, fit for a teen.