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181) Once upon a family
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"12-year-old Winnie feels stuck. She's alone in a new town with a mom who doesn't seem to notice how miserable Winnie's new stepfather makes her. One night, when Winnie makes a hasty wish, she nearly gets sideswiped by an odd bird, leading her to a strange oak tree with even stranger glowing leaves. Investigating the tree, Winnie discovers a nest of golden eggs with wishes inscribed on the shells. After Winnie accidentally breaks two of the eggs,...
182) The takeover
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On Nami's 30th birthday, she's reminded at every turn that her life isn't what she planned. She's always excelled at everything--until now. ... Frustrated with her life, she makes a wish on a birthday candle to find her soulmate. Instead, the universe delivers her hate mate: Nami's old high school nemesis Jae Lee, the most popular kid from high school, who also narrowly beat her out for valedictorian. More than a decade later, Jae is still as effortlessly...
Author
Series
Philippa Fisher volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Embarrassed by her free-spirited parents and lonely when her best friend moves away, a self-conscious eleven-year-old girl named Philippa summons a wish-granting fairy godmother, with unexpected results.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet roll. After another disappointing date, Lucy stumbles upon a wishing machine. Pushing a coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes with all her might: Please, let me skip to the good part of my life. When she wakes the next morning to a handsome man,...
185) Star Knights
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Determined to out-hop his mud-dweller fate, the frog Tad embarks on a journey to return the Star King to space.
186) Witchful thinking
Author
Series
Elemental love volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"What does a witch do when life's a bore? You wish for something more. If wishes were fish, homebody witch Lucy Caraway could open an aquarium and gift shop with every wish she's ever made in her entire life. When she isn't grading papers over homemade tea blends, Lucy tends to her ancestral home in Freya Grove, New Jersey, while leafing through spellbooks, protecting her familial magic from complete mayhem. On the eve of her ten-year high school...
188) The well
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens - 2023
Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. 6-12)
Pride Month - Young Adults
Tayshas List 2024 (Gr. 9+ )
Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. 6-12)
Pride Month - Young Adults
Tayshas List 2024 (Gr. 9+ )
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"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...
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