The novel "Cress" is loosely based on a Grimm Brothers' fairytale first published in what year?
Cress (novel) Cress is a 2014 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the third novel in "The Lunar Chronicles" series and the sequel to "Scarlet". The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of "Rapunzel", similar to its predecessors "Cinder" and "Scarlet" which were loosely based on "Cinderella" and "Little Red Riding Hood" respectively.
The Fairy's Mistake "The Fairy's Mistake" is the first story in a two volume set of six stories called "The Princess Tales" by Gail Carson Levine. Published in 1999, two years after her Newbery Honor winning novel "Ella Enchanted", "The Fairy's Mistake" follows along the same lines by taking the well-known fairytale Diamonds and Toads and turning it on its head. The story focuses on identical twin sisters Rosella and Myrtle, whose respective rewards and punishments end up doing exactly the opposite of what was intended.