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I’m thrilled to have Courtney King Walker, author of CHASING MIDNIGHT, back on A Book and a Latte! She’s sharing her Top Ten Secret Retellings with us today… you guys, I LOVE this post!! Check out her list along with the book below, and be sure to enter the giveaway – isn’t the clock charm amazing!?
Chasing Midnight
by Courtney King Walker
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing
Publication Date: January 12, 2016
WISH LIST
- The biggest, fanciest house on Sea View Drive.
- Nike Flyknits.
- A ski-jump nose.
- My own car. A new BMW.
- Be a total pro at the piano.
- James Odera to like me. Be James Odera’s girlfriend.
- Get Spencer’s lungs fixed.
Mackenzie Love dreams of being a “lucky one”—someone who has the perfect life. Someone who doesn’t have to worry about money, a sick brother, or her high school status. So when a mysterious visitor offers to make all her wishes come true, Mackenzie jumps at the chance. But the royal lifestyle may cost more than Mackenzie is willing to pay in this modern twist on the classic Cinderella story.
Top Ten Secret Retellings
(or Movies that are Fairytales in Disguise)
by Courtney King Walker
- Ponyo (The Little Mermaid): After falling in love with a human, the daughter of a sea wizard uses sorcery to transform herself from a fish into a young girl.
- Pretty Woman (Cinderella): A girl who’s down on her luck catches the eye of a Fairy Godmother/Prince Charming character, who dresses her up in gowns and jewels before falling in love with her.
- Hard Candy (Red Riding Hood): A creepy, hairy stalker lures a red-hooded teenage girl to his house, but she turns the tables on him and traps him, instead.
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Snow White): After discovering a lowly earthling has something he wants, a super villain hunts down the earthling and his group of misfits.
- Penelope (Sleeping Beauty): A beautiful young girl is saddled with a family curse that only true love can undo.
- The Lost Boys (Peter Pan): A teenager doesn’t believe the town he’s just moved to is home to a clan of “lost boys,” until the Lost Boys’ mother-figure takes him to their hideout, and he becomes one of them.
- The Matrix (Alice in Wonderland): A curious kid blindly follows a white rabbit into a world where nothing is as it seems.
- Edward Scissorhands (Beauty & the Beast): A kind, beautiful girl falls in love with a weird, reclusive man who everyone thinks is a monster.
- Terminator 2: (Rumpelstiltskin): A Kick-A mom defeats a ruthless foe, only to face him again – this time he’s after her son and she’s not going down without a fight.
- Mad Max: Fury Road (Rapunzel): An imprisoned woman escapes from her tyrannical ruler in search of her homeland with the help of a somewhat helpful but very good-looking man.
Thanks, Courtney! Some of these I had no idea were actual retellings, how cool. Thank you for stopping by!
About the Author
Courtney King Walker grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area building rocket ships and rafts out of cardboard, hoping to make it the moon or at least Niagara Falls. But a trip across the border to Tijuana was as exciting as it ever got, so she decided writing about adventure was the next best thing. She now lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband and four children, and still dreams of flying to the moon. She is the author of the young adult novel, ON THE FRINGE, and middle grade novel MOLLY PEPPER AND THE NIGHT TRAIN. Her lastest YA novel, CHASING MIDNIGHT, releases January 12, 2016 by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media.
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