Fairest of All (Whatever After #1)
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Anything that isn’t stew. “Yes!” I say, nodding. “But slice the banana.”
“Of course!”
I’m all for trying new things, but mushed banana and peanut butter glop are gross no matter which way you smush it.
I head back upstairs to take a quick shower and brush my very dirty teeth. I can’t even remember the last time I used toothpaste. But on the way I hear a strange noise and I stop at the basement door.
“Aaaaaaabby …”
Was that my name? Should I go back downstairs and see what’s happening? Is it Snow? Is she trying to tell us something? Is it Gabrielle? Or is it Maryrose? Who is Maryrose? Where is Maryrose? Is she in our mirror?
I’m about to open the door when I see my mom coming down the hallway. “What are you doing?” she says. “Go get ready. I don’t want you to be late.”
I let go of the door handle.
Tonight, I decide. Tonight I will find out why the mirror in our basement took us into a fairy tale.
Hissssssssss.
Definitely tonight.
Thank you thank you thank you to: Laura Dail; Tamar Rydzinski; AnnMarie Anderson; Abby McAden; Debra Dorfman; Becky Shapiro; Jennifer Black; Lizette Serrano; Becky Amsel; David Levithan; Elissa Ambrose; Tori, Carly, and Carol Adams; E. Lockhart; Lauren Myracle; Avery Carmichael; Courtney Sheinmel; Tricia Ready; Emily Bender; Aviva Mlynowski; Louisa Weiss; Larry Mlynowski; Targia Clarke; Anojja Shah; Lauren Kisilevsky; Susan Finkelberg-Sohmer; Judy Batalion; John and Vickie Swidler; Shari and Heather Endleman; Leslie Margolis; Meg Cabot; and BOB.
Extra love and kisses to Chloe, and my husband, Todd.
Copyright © 2012 by Sarah Mlynowski
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mlynowski, Sarah.
Fairest of all / Sarah Mlynowski. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Whatever after)
Summary: After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale.
ISBN 978-0-545-40330-6
[1. Fairy tales — Fiction. 2. Characters in literature — Fiction. 3. Magic — Fiction.
4. Brothers and sisters — Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.M7135Fai 2012
[Fic] — dc23
2011036242
First edition, May 2012
Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi
Cover illustration © 2012 by Helen Huang
e-ISBN 978-0-545-49842-5
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