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Grimm series (Adam Gidwitz) volume 1
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Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
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Princess Khione travels to Agraunia with Gerda and Kai, in order to protect those who sheltered her from her wicked mother, Queen Eleanor. She intends to seek sanctuary at Tormain Palace, the home of her mother's cousin, Queen Katrina. However, life there is not how she imagined and she discovers that the apparently impeccable, Crown Prince Tristan is harbouring scandalous secrets. Meanwhile, Gerda and Kai's wedding plans are about to be shattered...
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Princess Khione craves her vain and heartless mother's love. After her beloved father dies, she despairs at ever finding love and happiness again. The only comfort she finds is in her nursemaid and her nursemaid's daughter. Years later, Khione's jealous mother orchestrates an event that nearly ends her life. Forced to flee into the Forsaken Forest, the home of the Fae, Khione finds something she could have never imagined.
Banished from the lands...
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After a revealing chain of events, Rose, the true heir to the throne of Turia, returns with her faerie godmothers. Upon arriving at her former summer residence, she finds some unexpected houseguests: A girl in a red cloak and a wolf. Along with Khione and her friends, they volunteer to help her depose Queen Eleanor, a task that may prove more than difficult. As her nuptials to the King Wilbur draw near, Eleanor's association with Silvia proves to...
7) Desiring Red
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In part one of the new Dark and Dirty Tale serial by New York Times and USA best-selling author Kristin Miller, you'll meet Red, a wolf shifter with too many choices.
I'm indecisive when it comes to my shoes. Choosing a werewolf mate who'll be with me until I croak? Pardon me while I take some time to think on it. But a steamy encounter before the final ceremony changes everything.
Reaper, the Omega's eldest grandson, is fiercely loyal, scorching...
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In the world of the mundanes, a loner joins an online community of misfits in an effort to find his own mysterious kin. He arranges to meet a young woman who has taken on the persona of a creature similar to himself. Could she be the link to the hidden world he has been seeking? Unknown to either of them, a dangerous lurker schemes to destroy their plans.
This story contains mature subject matter and is suitable for mature young adult readers, new...
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The daughter of planet Saiko's king, Princess Penelope, has taken her magic wand without permission and accidentally created a completely new planet, Crossfire. There is an ongoing struggle and fight between light and the dark on this planet. So Penelope comes up with a great idea: she organises a race! Both forces, light and dark, must take a part in it.
What will be the winner's prize? The prize is intimidating because the winner will take over...
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WHEN EVERYTHING'S BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU, SOMETIMES THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS RUN.Chris's life of luxury is gone, devastated by the collapse of the European economy. Huddled in a small room with his petrified ten-year-old son, Chris made the decision to stay in his lavish and once cherished home. Gas, water, and electricity are all cut off; his wife and daughter have gone, and food is running out. Driven by the need to survive, Chris has decided...
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A mysterious supercomputer connected to Stephen's wheelchair somehow sends both him and his erstwhile new friend Alex into a virtual reality where fairy tales are made real and their challenges even more so. Can this fantasy world save Stephen's real life or help with the search for Alex's lost mother?
The Dark Attic mixes the magic and philosophy of Tai Ji Quan (also known as Tai Chi) with a healthy dose of sci-fi realism, ultimately revealing...
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Malik Jackson has never told anyone about his terror of the dark. When his friend Ian dares him to join a ghost-hunting mission in an abandoned mansion, Malik is afraid he'll be laughed at if he backs down. Especially since the girl he likes is part of the crew. Malik tells him himself that if he stays in lighted rooms, if the flashlights have enough batteries, if the power doesn't go out, he should be fine. Right? Darkness is bad enough, but what...
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Two worlds. A princess in exile. And the sorcerous flames that will consume everything...Rose Valrois thought she'd sacrificed everything to save her loved ones and her entire world - but fate has other ideas. Now that the red priests have arrived, hidden truths are revealed that force Rose to make yet another impossible choice.
With her sister trapped in the magical land of the Dark Elves, and her heart given to the guardian of the Darkwood, Rose...
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It is the late 23rd century. For engineers Jessie Madison and her husband David, a routine maintenance contract on board the orbital mining station Moria 3 has become a nightmare. Upon awakening from cryo-stasis, they learn a horrifying truth: while they were asleep, machines rose up against humanity...and won. Marooned and at the mercy of the station's malicious artificial intelligence, OMEX, David and Jessie rig an emergency transmission to broadcast...
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One princess. Two realms. And a reckless choice that could destroy kingdoms...Rose Valrois has escaped the sorcerous red priests and returned to the castle beside the enchanted Darkwood, but her troubles are far from over. Her stepsister, Princess Neeve, is more secretive than ever, and as war threatens, Rose's mother pushes her toward a political alliance, even as her heart is torn between a heroic prince and the Dark Elf guardian of the forest....
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Andrea Green might work for one of the most secret organisations in the world, but fighting the forces of evil comes mostly in the form of endless paperwork and mundane office banter.
But when a routine inspection yields unexpected results, the fall out reveals a shattering secret.
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The Human-Knacker War Continues!
Humanity continues to resist the onslaught of the Knackers, carnivorous crab-like aliens whose nomadic fleet is sweeping through inhabited star systems, decimating the populations of entire worlds. At the edge of known space, a solitary SpaceForce destroyer searches desperately for a stranded alien vessel full of human captives. Commanding the Goliath is Captain Taramay Dent, a decorated war hero battling her own...
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? volume 2
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Andy Carr and his family move into their uncle's old house and Andy has the creeps. It's not until he hears the Dark Music in the basement that his suspicions are confirmed.
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Hangman's daughter tales volume 2
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[2012]
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When the parish priest, Andreas Koppmeyer, eats some poisoned doughnuts after sealing up a mysterious something in his church basement, he manages to scratch a mark on the frost covering a gravestone as he expires. Figuring out what that dying clue means and who doctored the pastries falls to Altenstadt hangman Jakob Kuisl; his daughter, Magdalena, an apprentice midwife; and her suitor, Simon Fronwieser, a doctor's son. Fronwieser links a Latin phrase...
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Valerie and Marissa are spending the night in a remote old farmhouse. The last thing they expect is a knock at the door. When Raphael appears out of nowhere, they're possessed. What is it about this strange figure that has them so mesmerized? Is it his pale skin? His raven hair? His silver-tipped walking stick and shoes that are inexplicably clean despite the mud all around?
Perhaps Raphael's most alluring quality is his ability to make the girls...
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