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.