Yolen seems to like to rework old stories into new ones, with the original events viewed from a new angle. For example, her story "Great-Grandfather Dragon's Tale" (1986) features an old dragon telling his grandchildren about how the great-grandfather of all dragons made a compact with humans that saved dragons from extinction. It turns out to be a retelling of the story of Saint George slaying the dragon from the dragon's point of view. In Yolen's version of this tale, "Georgi" finds a way to make peace. Her retelling of old tales in new ways can be very ambitious, as it is in the trilogy of novellas Passenger (1996), Hobby (1996), and Merlin (1997). In these books, Yolen retells the childhood of the boy who would become Merlin, the wizard of King Arthur's court, including a clever explanation for how he came by his name. Like "Lost Girls...