Lies, Knives and Girls in Red Dresses cover

Lies, Knives and Girls in Red Dresses

Author: Koertge, Ron

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 4.3
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 6859
Points per Word 0.000146
Page Count 88
Points per Page 0.011364

Description

Short free-verse and prose poems reveal true stories behind several well-known fairy tales, some reset in modern times, as a strung-out match girl sells CDs to drug users, Little Red Riding Hood admits a secret, and Cinderella's stepsisters are duped.