Jude Mandell

My Works

BALLAD OF A PRODIGY
WHAT A SONG CAN DO, is a YA story collection which shows the impact of music and music lessons in the lives of young people. Edited by author Jennifer Armstrong, it includes stories/ poetic works from contributors Ron Koertge, Dian Curtis Reagan, Gail Giles, Ibtisam Barakat, Jude Mandell and Joseph Bruchac, among others.

PRINCESS DRAGONBLOOD
From Booklist--

"Mermaids, selkies, centaurs...are part of this collection of 10 short stories by such well-known authors as Jane Yolen, Tamora Pierce, and Nancy Springer. The stories revolve around the fascinating premise of creatures that are half-human . . . A young girl wakes up to the ultimate bad hair day--a head of snakes. A princess must learn to resist the dragon inside her. . . With each story, an intriguing computer-manipulated photograph illustrates the individual struggle with the animal side of human nature."

--Frances Bradburn

A THOROUGHLY MODERN RAPUNZEL, OR HOW I OUTSMARTED THE WITCH
Synopsis:

When Mesmerelda the witch, owner of MESMERELDA'S MAGICALLY DELICIOUS PIZZAS, holds her adopted daughter, Rapunzel, captive in a high-rise building, the long-tressed maiden escapes her pizza-prison, using her head, her hair, and the help of a hip-hopping prince.

Selected Works

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

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