Liar, Liar

Feb. 21st, 2025 04:49 pm
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Liar, Liar by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.

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Abby in Neverland by Sarah Mlynowski

Another Special Edition. Spoiler for the earlier ones.

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Just Dance

Feb. 18th, 2025 10:31 pm
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Just Dance by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. Spoilers ahead for the earlier books.

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Abby in Oz

Feb. 17th, 2025 10:56 pm
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Abby in Oz by Sarah Mlynowski

Another Special Edition in Whatever After. Mild spoilers for the main series, and the first special.

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Abby in Wonderland by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After in a Special Edition, out of the regular sequence. However, while the main sequence has an arc, and the installments range from no effect on it to quite some development, this one falls in the mild developments, like some of main ones. Reading in order might be wise.

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Once Upon a Frog by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. Spoilers for the earlier works ahead.

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Beauty Queen by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. There are spoiler ahead for the earlier works, because it's definitely got an arc.

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Cold As Ice by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. With The Snow Queen, which happens to be one of my less favorite ones.  But the series arc hits some important points here.

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Bad Hair Day by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. With Rapunzel.
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Dream On

Jan. 29th, 2025 03:08 pm
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Dream On by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. Read in order, because there are actually two arcs, though mild: what the mirror is doing, and how the fairy tales help Abby adapt to the move.

Abby's friend Robin gets to come over for a sleep-over. Only, it turns out that she sleep-walks.
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Sink or Swim by Sarah Mlynowski

Whatever After continues. Read in order, because there are actually two arcs, though mild: what the mirror is doing, and how the fairy tales help Abby adapt to the move.

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If the Shoe Fits by Sarah Mlynowski

Book 2 of Whatever After. Probably best read in order.

But Abby and Jonah try to get back through the mirror. Repeatedly. And then, finally they succeed. Except it's not back to Snow's kingdom.

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Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski'

Inaugurating the Whatever After series, but stand alone.

Our narrator Abby has moved with her family to a new, small town. She disapproves of their weird practices such as how they make sandwiches with bananas and peanut butter. Then, one night, her little brother wakes her up because the mirror in the basement is hissing.

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Fairest of All: The Graphic Novel by Sarah Mlynowski

A lightsome fairy-tale twist. Jonah and Abbey investigate a mirror in the basement after a move, and find themselves in Snow-White's lands.

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The Donkey Prince by M. Jean Craig

A prince is born, in best fairy-tale style, as a donkey. After growing up very princely with everyone noticing only that he does well for a donkey, he learns something and leaves, to look for more happiness.
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Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

An artful retelling of an old story. A quest to get grain -- in an era where the hero has a rifle -- and it's so clearly mythic that it works. Charming art.

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