Best of
Shapeshifters

2003

Hawksong


Amelia Atwater-Rhodes - 2003
    The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how the fighting began. As heir to the avian throne, she’ll do anything in her power to stop this war—even accept Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kind’s greatest enemy, as her pair bond and make the two royal families one.Trust. It is all Zane asks of Danica—and all they ask of their people—but it may be more than she can give.A School Library Journal Best Books of the YearA VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror List selectionFrom the Hardcover edition.

Barbie of Swan Lake [With Stickers]


Jill L. Goldowsky - 2003
    Based on the brilliant music of Tchaikovsky and the beloved fairy tale, the movie stars BarbieTM in the role of Odette, the young baker's daughter who follows a unicorn into an Enchanted Forest. While there, she is transformed into a swan by Rothbart, an evil wizard intent on defeating the Fairy Queen and taking over the Forest. The Fairy Queen is able to counter Rothbart's spell so that Odette, like other inhabitants of the Forest who are looking to Odette for help, retains her human form by night but mystically transforms into a swan by day. Odette learns that, even though she feels she is the wrong person for the task, it is her destiny is to save the Enchanted Forest from Rothbart. But how can a young girl--armed only with her courage, honesty and intelligence--accomplish this, all while the handsome Prince Daniel is falling in love with her?