6 Series about Fairy Tales, Magic, and Mayhem

The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms (B&N Exclusive Edition), by Chris Colfer
Recently freed from Pinocchio’s Prison, the Masked Man is running loose in the Land of Stories, and it’s up to twins Alex and Conner Bailey to put a stop to him and his plans to recruit an army of storybook villains. Thankfully, the duo has the help of Goldilocks, Jack, Red Riding Hood, Mother Goose, and her gander, Lester, in this action-packed middle-grade read, the fourth in bestselling author and Golden Globe-winning actor Chris Colfer’s The Land of Stories series. This Barnes & Noble exclusive edition includes the bonus chapter, The Night Shift, which tells the story of Central Park’s eerie Belvedere Castle and the strange occurrences there.

The School for Good and Evil: The Last Ever After (B&N Exclusive Edition), by Soman Chainani
The conclusion to the bestselling School for Good and Evil trilogy finds former best friends—now enemies—Sophie and Agatha having gone their separate ways, thinking the endings to their stories have already been written. But with the girls apart, Evil has taken over as villains of the past have returned, and Sophie and Agatha’s tales are about to be rewritten. The forces of Good are in grave danger in the stunning final installment of the fairy tale series, and the girls must reunite to save them. Can they find a way to reunite and possibly even be friends again? Find out in this Barnes & Noble exclusive edition, which also includes a double-sided Ever versus Never timeline.

Ever After High: A Semi-Charming Kind of Life, by Suzanne Selfors
Darling Charming doesn’t want to just wait around to be rescued like she’s supposed to do—at least according to the current arrangement at Ever After High, where boys learn how to become heroes and the girls train in the delicate art of being a damsel in distress. Bored with her studies, Darling would much rather be in Hero Training like her brothers, Daring and Dexter. And no one knows that it’s Darling that’s secretly helping Dex ace his class. In this third book in Selfors’s Ever After High series, can one rebellious princess effect change at her school—and have a little fun in the process—without damaging her family’s prestigious reputation?

Ever After High: Hero Training: A Destiny Do-Over Diary, by Suzanne Selfors
The hexcellent hextbook for your Hero Training class has arrived with this activity book companion to the novel A Semi-Charming Kind of Life. Join Dexter and Daring Charming and write your own destiny as you learn to be a professional rescuer with this fun manual, which will teach you the Ever After High School rules, give you the chance to use your art skills to outfit Darling Charming, let you try your hand at writing a Dexter Charming-inspired love poem, and more.

Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls, by Liz Kessler
Emily Windsnap lives between land and sea—when she goes into water, this ordinary human girl turns into an extraordinary mermaid. In this sixth novel in the fantasy series, Emily and fellow half-mer Aaron spy a ghostly-looking ship during an excursion to a mysterious island. The ship appears and disappears, and Emily and Aaron seem to be the only ones able to see it. Emily and her friends ultimately get to the bottom of the ship’s mystery, which is an issue of life and death for the ship’s passengers. With her ability to transform from human to mermaid, Emily is the only one who can try to bring the ship’s passengers back from Atlantis before the portal closes forever. And if Emily fails, she also won’t be able to return in this page-turning read for middle-graders.

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly
It’s the spring of 1900 in this standalone follow-up to Jacqueline Kelly’s Newbery Honor-winning The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Thirteen-year-old burgeoning scientist Callie Vee has her hands full with recording observations in her journal and helping her brother Travis with all of the unlikely pets he brings home—including an armadillo and a bluejay. Callie also continues to spend time with her beloved Granddaddy, who, unlike her parents, actually supports her interest in and aptitude for science. After an injured veterinarian comes to her town seeking refuge from the devastation of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, Callie discovers her passion for working with animals and unfortunately also realizes that the odds aren’t in her favor as a female in this era to have such an occupation. But this super-smart teen might just find a way to turn the tide.

Monster High Diaries: Draculaura and the New Stepmomster, by Nessi Monstrata
In this first book in the new Monster High Diaries series, Draculaura’s adoptive father, Dracula, is getting married, which means Draculaura is getting a new stepmomster. So the vampire teen is gathering up her best ghoulfriends for a trip to Transylvania to attend her dad’s wedding. Draculaura and her GFFs are in for a fangtastic time. Keep an eye out for the next book in the Monster High Diaries series, Frankie Stein and the New Ghoul at School, out Nov. 3 and available now for pre-order.