My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Beauty and the Beast

Maddie is ready to strangle her stepbrother. The story of Beauty and the Beast is broken, all because of Holden. He accused the Beast of kidnapping, and now the real Beast is in jail! Maddie and Holden have to visit the fairy tale world of rural France to repair this mess - and neither speak French. Ages 8 to 12 AUTHOR: Jerry Mahoney loves books - reading them, writing them, and especially ruining them. He has written for and ruined television shows, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. He is excited to finally be ruining something as beloved as a fairy tale. He lives in New York with his husband, Drew, and their very silly children. SELLING POINTS:

Pokes plot holes in well-known classics by viewing them through the eyes of two savvy, modern 11 year olds

Familiar characters with a twist: what if Cinderella’s Ugly Stepsister just wanted to go to art school? Plus new additions: meet Darreth, Duke of the Darkness, who suffers from thunder clapping every time someone says his name

Told with humor and charm, fairy tales are lovingly recrafted into something readers won’t expect, but will love.