A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz

Rating: 4-Would recommend it to everyone
PLOT:

 Book trailer here

In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches.

Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after

One of the best known fairy tales Gidwitz was able to create a horrifying yet clever narration of Hansel and Gretel, also featuring less known tales such as "Faithful Johannes" and "The Seven Swallows". As Gidwitz babbles on, he keeps on interrupting the reader with humor and warnings, of course since this book has parents chopping off their own children's heads and putting them on later and are alive once again! Statues coming to life,  facing Hell and The Devil (and its mother), fighting dragons, talking raindrops, even the moon eats children:

i know...creepy

No children in reality would of course endure what Gidwitz's Hansel and Gretel experienced, but A Tale Dark and Grimm tells us a lesson that children are not always as innocent and as stupid, and fairytales can be awesome.