Once Upon a Retelling: The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews

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Welcome to Once Upon a Retelling! I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I'm really interested in hearing about authors' own love of the original stories, and what inspired them to retell those stories. And so Once Upon a Retelling was born, a feature in which I interview authors about their versions of well-loved tales.

I am so very, very excited to have C. G. Drews (aka Cait of Paper Fury!) stopping by the blog today to discuss her Goldilocks and the Three Bears retelling, The Boy Who Steals Houses.

Can you tell us a little about The Boy Who Steal Houses? What kind of a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is it?

The Boy Who Steals Houses is a reimagining of Goldilocks in a contemporary setting and it’s by the perspective of a boy instead of a female Goldilocks. It was really fun to take the bare bones of the original tale and fit them into a modern setting.

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A Novel Cover Up: The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews

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A Novel Cover Up is a semi-regular feature that looks at how covers are designed. I have been fortunate enough to interview cover designer Thy Bui about how she designed the cover for The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews for my stop on the blog tour!. All images in this post are copyrighted to Thy Bui and used with permission. They can be clicked to be enlarged.

Can you tell us about the cover for The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews? What do you hope it tells readers about the story?

The Boy Who Steals Houses is an emotional story about a boy and his search for a home and a place to belong. The main character is key in the book and I wanted to capture the emotion and that sense of loneliness and abandonment he feels.

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