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Author
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks's new novel believes he's found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he's never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories.
Author
Series
Little thieves volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love--and she's on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja's otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back... by stealing Gisele's life for herself. The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while...
3) Crystal cove
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Justine Hoffman was born her mother cast a spell to protect her from heartbreak, and as a result, she is incapable of falling in love. Eventually Justine's irrepressible curiosity--and her wish to lead a normal life--get the better of her, and she finds a way to temporarily block the enchantment. However, when Justine meets the mysterious Jason Black, she accidentally unleashes a storm of desire and danger that will threaten everything she holds...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Snow White is a beautiful girl who takes refuge in the forest at the home of the seven dwarfs. She is hiding from the wicked Queen, her stepmother. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as 'the fairest in the land, ' but Snow White's beauty surpasses her own. The dwarfs grow to love their unexpected visitor. But one day while the dwarfs are at their diamond mine, the Queen arrives at the cottage disguised as an old peddler woman and persuades...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Korean American adoptee Emma Davidson has a problem. Two problems. Okay, 1. She has a crush on her best friend, Avangeline, that she hasn't been able to share. 2. Avangeline now has to move out of their town because her parents are getting a divorce. 3. Oh, and Emma is a secret witch who can't really control her powers. It's a complicated summer between sixth and seventh grade. Emma's parents made her promise that she'd keep her powers...
6) Bitterblue
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Physical Desc
563 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, two children and thirteen and a half years later, things have gone badly wrong and her life is far from perfect. One night, fed up, she sneaks out of the palace to get help from the Witch who, for a price, offers love potions to disgruntled housewives. But as the old hag flings the last ingredients into the cauldron,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
GN 380L
Physical Desc
197 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Emily, Navin and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. there they hope to find held from the Guardian Council's powerful Stonekeepers. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out -- Emily's got to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her.
10) Silver nitrate
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Trist̀n, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Trist̀n discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives--even if...
11) City of islands
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a foggy archipelago called the City of Islands, twelve-year-old Mara has always been fascinated by the magic that drifts on the air as songs. But as a servant for the powerful Lady of the Tides, Mara must earn her keep by searching for magical treasures deep in the murky ocean. Then Mara finds the skeletons of strange hybrid creatures that haven't existed in the city for centuries--all humming with a powerful spell-song. Convinced her discovery...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 392 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young noblewoman must pair up with an alleged witch to ward off a curse in this sapphic romance set 1814"--
It is the year 1814 and life for a young lady of good breeding has many difficulties. There are balls to attend, fashions to follow, marriages to consider and, of course, the tiny complication of existing in a world swarming with fairy spirits, interfering deities, and actual straight-up sorcerers. Miss Maelys Mitchelmore finds her entry...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
168 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"As the new trial comes to an end, one of Coco's rewards from Beldaruit the Wise is the story of Qifrey's past and how he came to desire the mysteries of magic. Feeling a connection with her own desire to save her mother, Coco departs for the source of all answers: the Tower of Tomes. But it is a perilous journey to make on her own, and the secrets held within could sway even the most virtuous of witches..." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
166 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Coco and her peers follow Olruggio and Luluci as they deftly ferry a wounded Qifrey to the underwater Great Hall where witches gather. To their surprise, Beldaruit of the Three Wise Ones awaits the young apprentices at the bottom of the ocean... And he's willing to offer another trial after Agott's and Richeh's was cut short. But the spells and tests of Beldaruit are as much a mystery to unfold as his past, and Coco may be the only one who can put...
Author
Series
Amulet volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
GN 400L
Physical Desc
187 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. With it, the Elf King forges new amulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor. Emily and her friends lead the soldiers of the Cielis Guard in a fight to stop him, but Max stands in their way. And when she seeks information from the Voice of her Amulet, she discovers that the Voice is much more sinister than she ever could...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
186 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Peril abounds as the witches of Qifrey's atelier continue their trials! In the depths of the Serpentback Cave, a brimmed cap casts its murky shadow upon Qifrey and his apprentices. The brimmed cap's dark magic has transformed Euini into a wild beast, and Coco, Tetia, and a critically injured Qifrey find themselves surrounded by the venomous stares of the cursed Romonons. In the face of doom, these witches must once again find a path to safety using...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
187 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Her journey as a witch is underway, and Coco's earnest wish is but to learn but now she has a dragon in her way, and friendships that she badly wants to earn. For comrades lend one strength to carry on, and kindred spirits blunt the keenest threat. A dragon, once enraged, now sleeps 'til dawn, transforming peril into light vignette. Though Coco has attained apprenticeship, and Qifrey's trio now becomes quartet, his gift to Coco threatens to be stripped...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
189 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cast yourself into the world of witches as Qifrey chases after the dark mysteries of the Brimmed Caps! With some quick thinking and ingenuity, Coco and her fellow classmates use their growing magic skills to save some locals from a grim fate. But this triumph nearly turns to tragedy as the Knights Moralis threaten the young witches with severe punishment for disturbing the natural order of magic. Qifrey convinces the Knights to overlook this issue,...
Author
Series
Magical bakery mystery volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While working at her Aunt Lucy and Uncle Ben's Honeybee Bakery in downtown Savannah, Katie Lightfoot discovers that her aunt is a witch and her recipes are actually spells, which comes in handy when Uncle Ben is accused of murdering a curmudgeonly customer and they need to clear his name.
20) Invisibility
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"To break his curse of invisibility, a boy is helped by a girl, who is the only one who can see him"--