Children's Stories/Middle Grade Fiction
A THOROUGHLY MODERN RAPUNZEL, OR HOW I OUTSMARTED THE WITCH
Book 2's collection of humourous fairy tales is anything but Grimm! These stories were all evaluated by panels of school kids before inclusion in the volume. They gave Jude's story, "A Thoroughly Modern Rapunzel, or How I Outsmarted the Witch, in Newfangled Fairy Tales, Book #2, an enthusiastic "A!"
Editorial Reviews: Ingram"The second book in the series of entertaining fairy tales with a delightfully newfangled twist, this collection includes ten new stories."
Middle Grade/Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy
PRINCESS DRAGONBLOOD
What if you learned that you were half-human and half-dragon--and the dragon side was winning out? Author Jude Mandell explores this dilemma in her story, Princess Dragonblood, (Scholastic) which Publisher's Weekly described as " . . . engaging . . . lyric."
Young Adult/Poetic Fiction
BALLAD OF A PRODIGY
"Ballad of a Prodigy," a seven-stanza story in free verse, which tells the story of a talented young singer, who finally finds her own path to happiness after being swept along by the ambitions of the adults who've hitched their hopes to her rising star
