We鈥檝e seen it in young adult fiction and out, as with Helen Oyeyemi's recent novel for adults "Boy, Snow, Bird," a take-off on the "Snow White" legend. And, predicts , this is just the beginning.
鈥淓veryone knows Rapunzel with her hair so long, Peter Pan who never grows up, and all the classic stories read to us at bedtime or Disneyfied on our TV and computer screens. But what if Cinderella were a cyborg? Is the 'evil stepmother' really so evil? What exactly happened between Peter Pan and Tiger Lily?鈥� Adler . 鈥淎 pair of fresh eyes on a story is what keeps these tales enduring.鈥�
This trend has already taken flight with books like 鈥淪econd Star,鈥� a surfer version of Peter Pan; 鈥淐ruel Beauty,鈥� in which Beauty is sent to kill the Beast; and 鈥淒orothy Must Die,鈥� which has an evil Dorothy ruling Oz.
