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Witch Hall duology volume 1
Publisher:
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer in Jasmine Skye's high-stakes, queernormative dark fantasy debut, Daughter of the Bone Forest. Rosy is a bone familiar, gifted with the power to shift into animals marked with exposed bone. She spends most of her days in the magical Bone Forest, caring for her feral grandmother and hiding her powers to avoid conscription by the Witch King's...
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Series:
Sevenwaters trilogy volume 1
Publisher:
TOR
Pub. Date:
2000
Lexile measure:
800L
Language:
English
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Language:
English
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The forests of the Pacific Northwest are lands of mist and rain, of towering trees and salmon-choked rivers. Where forest approaches sea, there live the Tillamook and Nisqually, two tribes tied to each other by hatred. Madsaw, war chief of the Tillamook, kidnaps Twana, step-daughter of the Nisqually shaman. Though their people are enemies and to love a slave violates tribal law, Madsaw finds comfort and desire in his captive's arms. Madsaw hides his...
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
A missing woman and a graveyard of bones. Can Thomas Shepherd stop a deranged madman? On the night Karley leaves town to meet with her friends, she disappears. Her husband swears they have the perfect marriage, but Sheriff Thomas Shepherd isn't convinced. And the husband doesn't have an alibi for the night Karley vanished. Thomas joins forces with his girlfriend, private investigator Chelsey Byrd. But as they search for Karley, the case takes a dark...
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Lexile measure:
1460L
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the legend of Sleepy Hollow is actually true? Also, Rip Van...
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Language:
English
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"You may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of their own. Deep in the eerie, snow-crusted forest, the pair stumble upon a village of ageless children who thirst for blood, and the three "saints"...
8. Hunted
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Pub. Date:
2017
Lexile measure:
1000L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Follows the experiences of an aristocrat's daughter, Yeva, who tracks a mysterious woodland creature her father has become obsessed with and that stands at the center of his failing sanity.
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Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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Wyatt Westlock has returned to her childhood home of Willow Heath, intending to burn it down--until she finds Peter hanging in the basement, a boy whom she considered a friend, semi-immortal and ritually sacrificed every year to keep the ancient forces in the nearby forest at bay.
10. Little Girl Lost
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English
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A brick wall of a twist that will leave you stunned for days! Psychological Thriller with paranormal elements.We had secrets, my husband and I. Not many, so few, all of them lethal.A thrilling mystery with a twist so big you will never see it coming.From NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WALL STREET JOURNAL bestselling author, Addison Moore.Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!"A six-year-old-girl befriends a strange young...
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Publisher:
Simon Dillon
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Lily Henderson has a horrifying secret buried far in her past. She hoped it would never be revealed. Now she has no choice.To save her family, Lily must keep them from returning to the village of Springwell, where she lived with her first husband and young daughter decades previously.In the past, after moving to Springwell, Lily encounters secretive locals, government scientists, and rumours of a ghost haunting the forest.Are they linked to the mysterious...
Author:
Publisher:
Benjamin X. Wretlind
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
"Combining horror, fantasy & mystery with elements of the traditional hero's journey, A Difficult Mirror contains a unique & detailed plot, rich characterization & a very real sense of danger…" - Michael K. Rose, author of The Emberlyn Chronicles and The Sullivan Saga"Read this - it will blow your mind." - Scott Bury, author of The Bones of the Earth, Army of Worn Soles and many moreEveryone has a void. Who - or what - will fill it? A journey through...
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Publisher:
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date:
[2020]
Language:
English
Description:
"One of the most important and unique voices in American letters, distinguished poet, novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller N. Scott Momaday was born into the Kiowa tribe and grew up on Indian reservations in the Southwest. The customs and traditions that influenced his upbringing-most notably the Native American oral tradition-are the centerpiece of his work. This luminous collection demonstrates Momaday's mastery and love of language and the...
18. The Wolf Hour
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Publisher:
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
Lexile measure:
690L
Language:
English
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A girl. A wolf. A red cape. And... pigs? In the vein of A Tale Dark and Grimm, this gorgeously written, endlessly surprising retelling explores the stories and wildness that define us. Welcome, my little lambs, to the Puszcza. It's an ancient forest, a keeper of the deepest magic, where even the darkest fairy tales are real. Here, a Girl is not supposed to be a woodcutter. Or, be brave enough to walk alone. Here, a Wolf is not supposed to love to...
19. The rag nymph
Publisher:
Acorn Media
Pub. Date:
c2006
Language:
English
Description:
"On a summer afternoon in 1854, rag and bone lady Aggie Winkowski rescues 10-year old Millie Forester from the streets as the pretty child's unfortunate mother is hauled off to jail. Aggie fully expects to be rid of her amusing but talkative little charge by morning. But the child's tragic circumstances and vulnerability soften the old woman's heart, and the two develop a relationship that changes Aggie's life and shapes Millie's destiny"--Container....
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description:
From the Publisher: The result of a collaboration between Sydney's Macquarie University and International PEN Sydney Centre, and funded by the Australia Council for the Arts and the Australian Research Council, The Literature of Australia gathers the most distinctive and most significant of the nation's writing. Highlights include: Coverage of over two hundred years of literature in all genres, from the 1700s to the present, and over 500 entries from...