Tales of Beauty and Cruelty

By: Kate Petty

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Mystery - Suspense, Young Adult,

ISBN: 9781842555095

SKU: BE501373911286

Pages: 181

Description: NOTE: WRITING ON THE LAST PAGE This collection of ten stories weaves those essential themes of beauty and cruelty into contemporary takes on life. "The Steadfast Tin Solder" becomes "The Flames of Love", "The Ugly Duckling" is retold as "Swan" and "The Emperor's New Clothes", retold as "The King of Cool", has new relevance as the story of a boy obsessed with branded clothing. All are memorable for the shock value of many of Andersen's most painful images: the shards of a broken mirror; the piercing of a broken heart.