Book: Golden by Cameron Dokey
Age-range: 8 and up
Recommended: Yes
Rapunzel has no hair. No, that's not the punchline to a joke, it's the truth. In Cameron Dokey's Golden, anyway. When Rapunzel is born with no hair her mother gives her away to the sorceress next door. The book tells the story of their life together.
Don't worry, there's still a tower, still a rope of hair to climb, still a visiting prince. But this is a G-rated version of the tale. There's no rape, no blindness, no bearing twins in the desert.
I am sometimes critical of the books in the Once Upon a Time series for ending too abruptly. This book was well-done and ended perfectly. With a happily ever after, of course.
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