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Also by Ron Koertge:

Lies, Knives, And Girls In Red Dresses, July 2012
Hardcover

LIES, KNIVES, AND GIRLS IN RED DRESSES
By: Ron Koertge

Candlewick
July 2012
On Sale: July 10, 2012
87 pages
ISBN: 0763644064
EAN: 9780763644062
Hardcover
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Graphic Novel

Writing in free verse honed to a wicked edge, the incomparable Ron Koertge brings dark and contemporary humor to twenty iconic fairy tales.

Once upon a time, there was a strung-out match girl who sold CDs to stoners. Twelve impetuous sisters escaped King Daddy’s clutches to jiggle and cavort and wear out their shoes. A fickle Thumbelina searched for a tiny husband, leaving bodies in her wake. And Little Red Riding Hood confessed that she kind of wanted to know what it’s like to be swallowed whole. From bloodied and blinded stepsisters (they were duped) to a chopped-off finger flying into a heroine’s cleavage, this is fairy tale world turned upside down. Ron Koertge knows what really happened to all those wolves and maidens, ogres and orphans, kings and piglets, and he knows about the Ever After. So come closer — he wants to whisper in your ear.

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