Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The Wicked Queen still clearly cares for May, in her own way.Downer Ending: The first novel ends with May learning that her Grandmother is actually the Wicked Queen, and that she, Jack, and Phillip have just unwittingly unleashed her on the world.May is particularly snarky until she trades her sarcasm to an imp in exchange for Jack's safety. Deadpan Snarker: Jack and May have their moments.Chekhov's Gun: The magic bridle, a magic bean that once belonged to Jack's father, and an enchanted knife taken from a witch's cabin.Break the Cutie: Sorry, May, but your Grandmother is the Wicked Queen.Belligerent Sexual Tension: Jack and May, oh so much.Badass Grandpa: Jack's Grandfather, though now he's more of a Retired Badass.Action Girl: May starts growing into this.The book was followed by a sequel called Twice Upon a Time. Along the way, they meet and team up with a prince named Phillip, and a few other recognizable characters as well. What follows is an adventure where Jack and May try to find and rescue the girl's missing grandmother, and escape the mysterious figures who seem to be hunting them. None, that is, until a girl named May literally falls out of the sky. Jack is at the bottom of his class when it comes to learning Princess Rescue, a skill he sees as pointless as there are no unwed princesses left to rescue, anyway. The story focuses on Jack, who shares the same name as his father, the central figure of Jack and the Beanstalk. It was the 2011 NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts. Half Upon A Time is a Fractured Fairy Tale novel by James Riley, published in 2010. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.

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