Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near

The Woodcutter family may have some beef with the prince’s family. Enchanted by Alethea Kontis ( 2013 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults).More mature readers may enjoy digging into Wilde’s fairy tales and then move onto adult writers like Anne Sexton or Angela Carter. It should be great for any reader who enjoys the snark and complete self-centeredness of Algernon Moncrieff. Hijinks, road trips, love, and absurdity collide in this irreverent story. After they finish that (and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, of course), here is their next read: This hilarious play stands the test of time and may convince teens that not everything they read in English class from Ye Olden Tymes is difficult to understand or dense. Readalike for The Importance of Being Earnest It turns out that the young, handsome man’s soul is actually trapped behind the painting, and Natalie is the only one who can access it and help him escape the magic that binds him there.

Natalie is mute, but she is observant and sensitive, which is why she is the one who notices that a new portrait of Lord Denbury has a bit too much life to it.

Darker Still: A Novel of Magic Most Foul by Leanna Renee Hieber.It shouldn’t be surprising that Wilde’s novel would resonate with teens – who doesn’t think from time to time about youth and beauty and the fear of growing old? While Wilde’s novel itself is already great for teens, this book may also resonate with them, and it fits into the popular paranormal genre by making what is clearly a supernatural occurrence in the original Wilde work more blatant: Happy 160th birthday, Oscar Wilde! In honor of this most fascinating and talented writer, I’ve rounded up some great YA that definitely owes a debt to Wilde’s work – or his life.

Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near