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Author
Series
Dragon kingdom of Wrenly volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Little Simon edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ruskin, the pet dragon of the royal family of Wrenly, forms new friendships with the dragons of Crestwood and goes on exciting adventures"--
Author
Series
Dragon kingdom of Wrenly volume 4
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Little Simon edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fresh off the excitement of the Night Hunt, Ruskin, Cinder, Groth, and Roke set out for a camping trip on Ghost Island, which, according to Groth, is definitely not haunted despite its name.
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
104 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines historical and anecdotal evidence, as well as modern theories about the curse of Egypt's King Tut, features primary source quotes from scientists, experts, and eyewitnesses, and includes sidebars and illustrations.
Author
Series
Once upon a broken heart volume 3
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in A CURSE FOR TRUE LOVE, the breathtaking conclusion to Stephanie Garber's #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She's married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary...
85) The Well
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
173 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Known to friends and family as Lizzy, she takes care of her grandfather and their goats, she flirts with the woman who helps row the ferry, and she stays away from the fog that comes in the night -- and the monsters hiding within it. But Lizzy's life comes apart when she steals a handful of coins from a sacred well to cover a debt. The well requires repayment, but it doesn't deal in coins. It needs wishes, and its minions will drown Lizzy in its...
86) Tiger's quest
Author
Series
Publisher
Splinter
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kelsey returns home to Oregon, where Mr. Kadam has enrolled her in college, but danger sends her back to India to begin another quest, this time with Kishan, to try to break the curse that forces Kisham and his brother Ren to live as tigers.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"By night, the Ankou is the most fearsome sword for hire in all the Five Lands - a legendary, permanently young mercenary, and its most abiding mystery. But when the sun rises, a dark magic leaves him no more than bones. Trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection, the Ankou wants only to find the final rest that has been prophesied for him, not matter the cost. When the kingdom of Kaer-Ise is sacked, Flora, a royal handmaiden, is assaulted and left...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Manchuria, 1908. In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome men. Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they've remained tantalizingly out...
Author
Series
Grimrose girls volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
While investigating the apparent suicide of their best friend, four students at an elite boarding school uncover a series of past murders connected to ancient fairy tale curses, and they fear that their own fates are tied to the stories, dooming them to gruesome deaths unless they can forge their own paths.
90) Threadneedle
Author
Series
Threadneedle novels volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
559 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. 'Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end ... ' Anna's Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences. Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever. Until she meets Effie and Attis. They open her eyes to a London she never knew existed. A shop...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Aiden has been living like a ghost since his mother tried to stop a family curse by causing him to forget his psychic experiences but when Jarrod, a childhood friend, returns, so do the memories and Aiden is compelled to seek the truth and release them all from the story that has trapped them.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Armstrong introduces heroine Ruby Vaughn in her Minotaur Books & Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall. After the Great War, American heiress Ruby Vaughn made a life for herself running a rare bookstore alongside her octogenarian employer and house mate in Exeter. She's always avoided dwelling on the...
Author
Series
Silver in the bone volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
474 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tamsin Lark didn't ask to be a Hollower. As a mortal with no magical talent, she was never meant to break into ancient crypts, or compete with sorceresses and Cunningfolk for the treasures inside. But after her thieving foster father disappeared without so much as a goodbye, it was the only way to keep herself--and her brother, Cabell--alive. Ten years later, rumors are swirling that her guardian vanished with a powerful ring from Arthurian legend....
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
418 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When the murder of his classmate at an elite boarding school seems to be forgotten overnight, seventeen-year-old Douglas must confront centuries of secrets in the school's past and a vengeful creature in the forest surrounding the campus.
Author
Series
Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
" 'One cannot fight destiny, boy. Even if one did not ask for it. The idol calls for you, and you must answer its call...'
Shinji Takahashi is just an ordinary kid. An ordinary homeschooled smart-alecky kid being raised by his globe-trotting aunt Yui. But when a magical guardian decides to use him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji’s life takes a turn for the anything-but-ordinary. Captured by the menacing Hightower Corporation, which is...
Author
Series
Incredibly dead pets of Rex Dexter volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cursed by an old carnival game, sixth-grader Rex Dexter uses his new ability to communicate with dead animals to investigate the mysterious deaths of endangered zoo animals.
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this follow-up to the bestselling Cursed: An Anthology, you'll unearth curses old and new. From a very different take on Snow White, to a new interpretation of The Red Shoes, the best in fantasy spin straw into gold, and invite you into the labyrinth"--
99) The night hunt
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Atia, a monster hunted by the Gods, and mortal Silas join forces to avenge her family and break his curse and restore his humanity, they discover that only together can they finally rewrite their destinies.
Atia is a monster who feeds on fear. As the last of her kind, she hides in the shadows of the world to escape the wrath of the unpredictable Gods. Silas is a Herald, carrying messages and ferrying the dead as punishment for a past he can't...
100) I want my mummy!
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
138 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learning is an adventure in Ms. Frogbottom's class, because she's got a magic map - one that takes her students all over the world to battle with mythical monsters no one believes are real. All Ms. Frogbottom has to do is take out the map, tap a country, and - SHAZAAM! - off they go to a place somewhere far, far away. When Ms. Frogbottom whisks the class away to Egypt, they not only come face to face with a mummy, but have to solve the riddle of...
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