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Series
Another day volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac Out of Oz. But "out of Oz" isn't "gone for good." Maguire's new series, Another Day, is here, twenty-five years after Wicked first flew into our lives. Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the...
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Language
English
Description
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious "Eve Black," is immune to the blessing or curse of...
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English
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Meet the Evil Princess and the Brave Knight. She casts terrible spells, while he fights dragons. He rescues cats in distress, while she makes mischief. No wonder there isn't much peace in this kingdom! But is the Evil Princess really so evil? And is the Brave Knight truly as chivalrous as he seems?
4) Olympos
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Series
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English
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Achilles and Hector lay seige to the home of the gods, inadvertently triggering a massive conflict between humanity and such powerful beings as Setebos, Prospero, and Caliban.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jani and her little sister Zosa secure jobs at a glamorous magical hotel, but when Jani realizes that their staff contracts are unbreakable, she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the magic at the heart of the hotel and free Zosa--and the other staff--from the cruelty of the ruthless maître d'hôtel.
6) Dragon kiss
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Series
Tales of the Frog Princess volume 7
Language
English
Description
Audun, a dragon from the Icy North, encounters obstacles as he pursues the love of his life--a human girl who can transform into a dragon using magic.
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Series
Adrian X Isolde volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Isolde, newly coronated queen, has finally found a king worthy of her in the vampire Adrian. But their love for each other has cost Isolde her father and her homeland. With two opposing goddesses playing mortals and vampires against one another, Isolde is uncertain who her allies are in the vampire stronghold of Revekka. Now -- as politics in the Red Palace grow more underhanded, inexplicable monster attacks plague the villages, and a deadly crimson...
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Series
Into the mist (Cast) volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A group of high school teachers returning from a conference develop superpowers after an attack on the U.S. unleashes devastation, fire and biological destruction in the form of a strange green mist that empowers women but kills men.
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Series
Fabled Stables volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
81 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Auggie loves his job at the Fabled Stables and when he and Fen enter a portal on a quest to rescue a beast called the Shibboleth they must work together to find a way to calm the very hungry monster.
10) Sawkill Girls
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Language
English
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Description
A lovelorn newcomer, a grief-stricken pariah and a privileged liar intersect on the island of Sawkill Rock, where they become unlikely defenders against an insidious monster that has been preying upon the girls in their community for decades.
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Series
Living ted volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just when Lisa Marie and Vernon thought they'd seen the last of Grizz and his terrifying army of Halloween teddy bears, they're kidnapped by megalomaniac Ursine Kodiak, who has an army of evil bears of his own. But there's worse to come - Ursine has created an AI version of Grizz, who is now on the loose and intent on revenge. Can Lisa Marie and Vernon save the day - and the world - again?
Author
Series
Mermaid days volume 1
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vera the mermaid and her half-octopus friend Beaker go on playful adventures in the underwater town of Tidal Grove.
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Series
Ever After High (Suzanne Selfors) volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fated to be the next Rapunzel, Holly O'Hair has long hair while her twin sister Poppy wears hers short, but when Holly's hair begins getting shorter as Poppy's grows longer, the sisters may have to reveal a secret about their fairytale destinies.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
403 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Wulliam is about to turn 16 and take over his father's job as Riverkeep. This job, safeguarding a section of the Danék, is passed from father to son and includes fishing out bodies for burial. Then his father becomes possessed by a bodhan, and Wull's only chance to save his beloved Pappa is to harvest part of a mormorach, a gigantic mythical sea monster recently sighted in nearby waters. Helping Wull in his quest are the homunculus Tillinghast; a...
Author
Publisher
Credo House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everyone has wanted their favorite book to be real, if only for a moment. Everyone has wished to meet their favorite characters, if only for a day. But be careful in that wish, for even a history laid in ink can be repaid in flesh and blood, and reality is far deadlier than fiction . . . especially on Addington Isle." -- Back cover.
16) The wren hunt
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Hardened by years of being hunted each St. Stephen's Day in tiny Kilshamble, Ireland, seventeen-year-old Wren, an Augur, is sent as a spy to the home of the most powerful Judge to try to regain control of the ancient, powerful magic her people once held.
17) The waking land
Author
Series
Waking land volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl is kidnapped by the king to punish her father's rebellion against him. Years later, she returns home a fugitive, while grappling with a repressed magic that could, if mastered, make her the most powerful person in two kingdoms"--
18) Veil of shadows
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
289, 17 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With an impostor leading ThunderClan, threatening to exile any cats who challenge him, a small but growing group of cats must find a way to expose the truth and return ThunderClan's rightful leader-before the tensions among the Clans erupt into war"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Abby, her two friends Robin and Frankie, and the annoying Penny, are in their treehouse arguing about what to do for their special school project when a tornado appears out of nowhere, scoops up the treehouse, and transports them all to the land of Oz, where they are soon confronted by Wicked Witch of the East (who is very much alive, and rather angry), and must save a story that is going completely sideways--all because of the evil Gluck." --
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists. A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company. It's the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding. A night of food, drinks,...
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