A determined girl gives up on kissing a frog. A fearless heroine comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf. A monstrous princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free. Within this book are seven famous fairy tales turned into enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for today's world, about girls with their own dreams and desires. These are no damsels in distress, but real young women of flesh and blood - who certainly don't need rescuing.

Lampie handel oor geheimsinnige seebewoners en rowwe seerowers.

Oor die Swart Huis van die admiraal, waar daar glo ’n monster woon. Oor ’n grys vuurtoring op ’n eiland, wat nog net-net aan die vasteland vassit. Oor Lampie, die vuurtoringwagter se dogter, wat elke aand die een-en-sestig trappies uitklim om die lig aan te steek. Oor ’n stormagtige aand, wanneer die vuurhoutjies op is en alles skeefloop.

Maar veral oor dapperheid en hoe jy meer kan regkry as wat jy ooit gedink het.

Every evening Lampie the lighthouse keeper's daughter must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks. But one stormy night disaster strikes. The lantern goes out, a ship is wrecked and an adventure begins. In disgrace, Lampie is sent to work as a maid at the Admiral's Black House, where rumour has it that a monster lurks in the tower. But what she finds there is stranger and more beautiful than any monster. Soon Lampie is drawn into a fairytale adventure in a world of mermaids and pirates, where she must fight with all her might for friendship, freedom and the right to be different.