Category: Fairy Tales

• ‘The Price and Prey of Magic’- Day, Rachel

  HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH A CURSE? Cursed and alone, Yew seeks help from the last man she should go looking for – Arsen, a dark sorcerer who lives trapped in his manor because of his past sins. Arsen agrees to teach Yew the magic she needs to free herself, but in return she must…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Aug 2024

  Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, D, Disability, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Kindle, Missing Limb, Novels, Physical Disability, Retelling, Young Adult

  Adult, Curses, Dual POV, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Fiction, Fictional Setting, Missing Limb, Novel, Physical Disability, Prosthetic Limb, Retelling, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Girl Without Hands, Young Adult

• ‘Cinder’- Meyer, Marissa

  Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious…

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  19th Oct 2023

  Age, Amputee, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Disability, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, M, Novels, Physical Disability, Prosthetic Limb, Retelling, Romance, Science-Fiction, Terminal Illness, Young Adult

  Amputee, Cinderella, Cyborgs, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Fictional Setting, Novel, Prosthetic Foot, Prosthetic Limb, Read By Archivist, Retelling, Robots, Romance, Series, Submitted Book, Terminal Illness, The Lunar Chronicles, Young Adult

• ‘Disfigured’- Leduc, Amanda

  In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm—as long as you’re beautiful and walk on two legs. After all, the ogre never gets the princess. And since fairy tales are the foundational myths of our culture, how can a girl with a disability ever think she’ll have a happy ending? By examining the ways that…

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  14th Oct 2023

  Academic, Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Fairy Tales, Genre, L, Literature Studies, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction

  Academic, Adult, Disability Justice, Disability Representation, Disability Studies, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Literature Studies, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Breath’- Napoli, Donna Jo

  Salz is a boy afflicted with cystic fibrosis — though in the Middle Ages in Saxony no one can identify it as such. Instead he is an outcast, living with his unfeeling father and superstitious brothers in a hovel outside Hameln. His grandmother has kept Salz alive by having him avoid the mead and beer…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Cystic Fibrosis, Disability, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, N, Novels, Physical Disability, Retelling, Young Adult

  Cystic Fibrosis, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Germany, Historical, Medieval Setting, Novel, Physical Disability, Retelling, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Young Adult

• ‘A Spindle Splintered’- Harrow, Alix E.

  It’s Zinnia Gray’s twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it’s the last birthday she’ll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no one has lived past twenty-one. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia’s last birthday…

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  14th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Bisexual, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Disability, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, H, LGBTQ+, Novella, Retelling, Terminal Illness, Young Adult

  Adult, Bisexual, Chronic Illness, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Fractured Fables, LGBTQ+, Novella, Parallel Worlds, Retelling, Series, Sleeping Beauty, Submitted Book, Terminal Illness, USA, Young Adult

• ‘Artificial Divide’-Kingett, Robert. Lacey, Randy

  Step into a world of rogue screen readers, Braille in fantasy worlds, a friend meeting an acquaintance after several years, and more. This #OwnVoices anthology features fiction by Blind and visually impaired authors showing readers how they thrive, hurt, get revenge, outsmart bullies, or go on epic adventures. Artificial Divide is an own-voices story collection…

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  11th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Anthology, Author, Blind, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, K, L, Misc, Misc., Multi-Genre, Multiple Sclerosis, Physical Disability, Realistic, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story/ies, Thriller, Visual Disability

  Adult, Anthology, Blind, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Multi-Genre, Multi-Setting, Multiple POV, Multiple Sclerosis, Realistic Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Anthology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Thriller, Visual Disability