House of Salt and Sorrows
by Erin A. Craig
Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 820L · 2019
Why we'd hand it over
A lush, melancholic take on the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale that earns its gothic atmosphere through genuine grief—not jump scares—and a complex, morally muddied ending that respects teen readers' intelligence.