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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Cursed. Maisie Cothay has never known the feel of human flesh: born with the power to kill or resurrect at her slightest touch, she has spent her childhood sequestered in her family's manor at the edge of a mysterious forest. Maisie's father, an anthropologist who sees her as more experiment than daughter, has warned Maisie not to venture into the wood. Locals talk of men disappearing within, emerging with addled minds and strange stories. What he...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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During summer vacation thirteen-year-old Saki Yamamoto unintentionally invokes a death curse at her old family graveyard and now she must enter the dangerous spirit world of the Night Parade where three different guides will see if she can perform the deeds that will allow her to overcome the curse.
Author
Series
Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 5
Language
English
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Sir Charles Baskerville's sudden heart attack and death have the townspeople in shock and searching for the one to blame--the family dog--while Sherlock Holmes leads the investigation.
6) Lucky charm
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Derek thought he could outsmart the long-standing Corwin curse by breaking up with Gabrielle, his first love, and marrying someone else. Now, divorced and broke, all he has left is his teenage daughter and a healthy respect for ancient sorcery. But then Gabrielle returns, determined to defeat the curse and rekindle their passion. But will her stubborn streak and her unwavering love be the lucky charm Derek so desperately needs?
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Series
Nevermoor volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Fantastical Fiction - MID
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Youth Books*
If You Like Keeper of the Lost Cities, Read These!
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Youth Books*
If You Like Keeper of the Lost Cities, Read These!
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
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"A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious organization called the Wundrous Society"--
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
With the death of his Great-Uncle Mungo, Jack learns to his dismay that, as the tenth-generation descendant of the Caribbean pirate Blackstrap Morgan, he is next in line to inherit the Pirate Curse and is fated to spend his life running from a vengeful band of pirates--unless he finds a way to outsmart them.
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Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 7
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Sophie finds a four-leaf clover that isn't exactly lucky in the seventh book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse! Sophie Mouse is painting in Clio's Clover patch on a beautiful spring day when she spots something unusual. It's a clover... but it has four leaves! Four-leaf clovers are supposed to bring good luck, right? Sophie waits and waits for this good luck, but it seems like just the opposite is happening. She spills paint all over herself, she...
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Series
Dreadful tale of Prosper Redding volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"I would say it's a pleasure to meet thee, Prosperity Oceanus Redding, but truly, I only anticipate the delights of destroying thy happiness." Prosper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family history-that is, until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosper's great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather made-and then broke-a contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude....
11) Beauty's beast
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Fair of face and figure, Kristine is young, innocent, pure. Yet she has been condemned to the gallows for killing a man. The only one who can save her is a lord so infamous that some say he is the son of the Devil himself. Erik Trevayne is called the Demon Lord of Hawksbridge Castle, but few know of the curse he lives under. Or the terrifying changes slowly gnawing away at his humanity. When he weds her, all he wants of Kristine is a son. But when...
13) Palace of dreams
Author
Series
Familiars volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Aldwyn, Skylar, and Gilbert must embark on a journey to clear their names and save a Vastia after a necklace they give to Queen Loranella puts her under a dangerous curse"--
14) Thirteens
Author
Series
Secrets of Eden Eld volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Neil Gaiman's Coraline meets Stranger things in a dark and twisted story about a sleepy town with a dark secret-and the three kids brave enough to uncover it.
15) Blood brothers
Author
Series
Sign of seven trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Princess books (Jessica Day George) volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
Author
Series
Hamster princess volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Harriet Hamsterbone sets out to reverse the curse on twelve mice princesses who are forced to dance all night, every night"--
19) 13 curses
Author
Series
13 treasures trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When fairies steal her brother, thirteen-year-old Rowan Fox promises that in exchange for his return she will find the thirteen charms that the fairies have enchanted and hidden in the human world.
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