THE ORIGINAL: Miscellaneous stories of The Brothers Grimm (specifically Hansel & Gretel)
THE NEW TWIST: Adam Gidwitz composes a wonderful story that he says are the "real and awesome versions of the Grimm Fairy Tales". Most of the story follows Hansel & Gretel through many different adventures, one of the first of course being their visit to a certain house made out of gingerbread. A lot of these stories appear to be new creations from Gidwitz and just using the inspiration and characters from the original Grimm Fairy Tales. Due to this, teachers may want to beware if they're looking to stay strict to the Grimm content.
However, while there is a lot of new and creative storytelling it still stays true to the messages the Grimm's were trying to put across in so many of their famous tales. Gidwitz captures the essence of the original stories and really creates a wonderful fairly tale world of his own, an alternate universe to that of the Brothers if you will. This is an easy read, and might be too easy for some high school classes, I'd definitely recommend it as more of a young adult read, between 7th-9th grade.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Does Adam Gidwitz create a tale that can become a classic fairy tale like so many of those by the Brothers Grimm?
Fairy tales are classic for teaching children important lessons, what are some major lessons and virtues taught through this story?
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