1. We all struggle with various issues in our lives, and this book presents some of these issues in verse. Not All Stories Are Fairy Tales, But All Fairy Tales Are Stories.

2. Sleeping Beauty’s Wedding Day A Witch’s Disenchantment If Tampons Were For Guys The Never-Ending Story Selected Readings

3. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from an all- girls Catholic high school, she went on to study philosophy and literature at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She has a Master’s Degree in Children’s Literature from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has written about children’s literature for many years and currently reviews young adult books for the Chicago Tribune. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her two daughters, two cats, and one husband. Christine Heppermann christineheppermann.com

4. WHAT IS THIS BOOK??? Once upon a time… you were a princess, or an orphan. A wicked witch, fairy godmother, prom queen, valedictorian, team captain, Big Bad Wolf, Little Bo Peep. But you are more than just a hero or a villain, cursed or charmed. You are everything in between. You are everything. In fifty poems, Christine Heppermann places fairy tales side by side with the modern teenage girl. Powerful and provocative, deadly funny and deadly serious, this collection is one to read, to share, to treasure, and to come back to again and again. (from the book jacket)