Jane Yolen
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English
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Spurred on by Sir Walter Raleigh, John White leads 120 men, women, and children across the treacherous Atlantic to colonize the wilds of Virginia. Landing at Roanoke Island in July of 1587-with hostile Indians afoot and little food for winter-the colonists persuade White to return to England for the supplies and help they need. After a terrifying ocean crossing, White finds every available British ship pressed into service against the looming threat...
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English
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During the long, cold winter of 1692, seven young ladies from Salem, Massachusetts, begin to display disturbing symptoms. They're convulsing, contorting, cowering, and croaking strange sounds. Finding no help from medical books, the village doctor declares them bewitched. Having already triggered more than 60,000 executions in Europe, the fear of witchcraft begins its work-even among sensible, down-to-earth New Englanders. And before it's all over,...
143) Eek, You Reek!
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English
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Eek, you reek, You make a funk. Where you have been Things stink, stank, stunk. You've left a path, A swath of smell, And-yuk! You did it very well. Children of all ages will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
144) Foiled
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Series
Foiled volume 01
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her--until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?
146) Curses! foiled again
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Series
Foiled volume 02
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
Aliera Carstairs is back. This time she's got her cousin - and best friend - Caroline in tow, and the stakes are higher than ever. The realm of Seelie, the fairy kingdom of which Aliera is the hereditary defender, is under attack, and only Aliera and Caroline can set things right. Caroline, fragile and wheelchair-bound may seem more like a liability than an asset, but Aliera knows there's more to her quiet cousin than meets the eye. Curses! Foiled...
147) Merbaby's lullaby
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Jane Yolen comes a lilting lullaby from the bottom of the sea.
148) Waking dragons
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Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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In the morning, dragons wake up, tumble out of bed, and get ready to fly into the sky.
159) Sleeping ugly
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Pub. Date
1997.
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English
Description
When beautiful Princess Miserella, Plain Jane, and a fairy fall under a sleeping spell, a prince undoes the spell in a surprising way.