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"Ariel del Mar is one of the most famous singers in the world. She and her sisters-together, known as the band Siren Seven-have been a pop culture phenomenon since they were kids. On stage, wearing her iconic red wig and sequined costumes, staring out at a sea of fans, is where she shines. Anyone would think she's the girl who has everything. But lately, she wants more. Siren Seven is wrapping up their farewell tour, and Ariel can't wait to spend...
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2023.
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"Banished forever from Paradise for refusing to submit to Adam’s will, Lilith, endowed with wisdom from the Tree of Knowledge, finds her quest for justice driving her through history where she finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women—and all humankind—at the beginning of time."--
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"Every year on St. Walpurga's Eve, Caldella's Witch Queen lures a boy back to her palace. An innocent life to be sacrificed on the full moon to keep the island city from sinking. Lina Kirk is convinced her brother is going to be taken this year. To save him, she enlists the help of the mysterious Thomas Lin, the boy she secretly loves, and the only person to ever escape from the palace. Working together they save her brother, but they draw the queen's...
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The Reilly & Lee Co.
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Handy Mandy in Oz (1937) is the thirty-first of the Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the seventeenth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The book's heroine is an "honest and industrious" goat-girl named Mandy, who grazes her flock on the slopes of Mt. Mern (a location otherwise unidentified). The story opens with a bang and a splash: an underground spring erupts in a geyser that blasts Mandy...
7) Dazzling
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2023
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The Girl with the Louding Voice meets The Water Dancer in Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ's magical, award-winning literary debut, Dazzling, offering a new take on West African mythology.
Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure's father died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a man who promises to change their fortunes, but his feet are hovering just a few inches above the ground. He's a spirit, and he promises to...
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Europa Editions
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With fairies wreaking havoc in her new friendships and love life--the consequences of a "gift" she received as a young girl--Felicity, desperate, explores the true nature of the Fair Folk and their magic and must draw on her courage to confront the fairy queen and choose wisely.
9) Grampa in Oz
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Reilly & Lee
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2023
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English
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Grampa in Oz (1924) is the eighteenth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the fourth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Things are going from bad to worse in the dilapidated kingdom of Ragbad; even the rag crop is failing. To top it all off (or not), King Fumbo's head is blown away in a ferocious storm (with "ten thousand pounds of thunder"). Prince Tatters of Ragbad, and Grampa, a former soldier and the bravest...
10) Erick and Sally
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Beacon Press
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2023
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The sun was shining so brightly through the foremost windows of the old schoolhouse in Upper Wood, that the children of the first and second classes appeared as if covered with gold. They looked at one another, all with beaming faces, partly because the sun made them appear so, and partly for joy; for when the sunshine came through the last window, then the moment approached that the closing word would be spoken, and the children could rush out into...
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Sgnt Media
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2022
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Français
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Babayaga la sorcière est retenue contre son gré dans une résidence pour personnes âgées.
Dans le folklore slave, Babayaga est un être surnaturel qui apparaît comme une vieille femme difforme ou féroce. Dans la culture, elle vivait dans une hutte généralement décrite comme debout sur des cuisses de poulet. Elle peut aider ou gêner ceux qui la rencontrent o la recherchent.
À travers cette histoire vraie qui m'a été racontée par ma...
12) Promchanted
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2024.
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"Stella is obsessed with logistics and problem solving, and does not have time for fairy tales, but on a pre-prom visit to Disneyland she and Reece (a boy she accidentally got fired) get swept up in the world of Sleeping Beauty, and the girl who believes in logic, not fantasy, finds herself in a very illogical situation."--
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Project Gutenberg
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2023
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A remarkable celebration from the Caldecott Honor-winning artist! A clever young boy outwits a band of voracious tigers and returns home in triumph to a splendid feast of a yard-high stack of pancakes. The story, penned by Helen Brodie Bannerman for her two daughters in 1889, has captured the imagination of readers around the world and across many generations. But the pictures which accompanied her text were crudely stereotypical and hurtful to many....
14) The real story
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2023.
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"When Cat asks Mouse how the cookie jar broke and where the cookies went, Mouse tells Cat implausible story after implausible story."--
15) Paul Verlaine
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Luce and Company
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2023
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English
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Stefan Zweig beschreibt in seiner Biographie von "Paul Verlaine" einen führenden Lyriker des Symbolismus, der viele spätere französische Dichter beeinflusste. Seine hochmusikalischen Verse bringen feinste Gefühlsregungen und Zwischentöne zum Ausdruck. Verlaines Maxime lautete: „De la musique avant toute chose." Die Thematik reicht von morbider Erotik bis zu ekstatischer Frömmigkeit. Er hat besonders die Kunst der Neuromantik beeinflusst. (Auszug...
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"A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection"--
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2023
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One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars in various countries across the Middle East and South Asia. These collections of tales trace their roots back to ancient Arabia and Yemen, ancient Indian literature and Persian literature, ancient Egyptian literature and Mesopotamian mythology, ancient Syria and Asia Minor, and medieval Arabic folk stories from the
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2023
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Geoffry Hamlyn recollects the life, times and adventures of the Buckleys, Brentwood's, Dr Mulhaus, Tom Troubridge, Frank Maberly, his great friend Jim Stockbridge and the tragic Mary Thornton and her liaison with George Hawker. Initially the action is in Devon, then switches to Australia where they make their fortunes. This is classic Victorian fare, and a perfect example of how the Victorians structured and wrote before the influence of the great...
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Convergence saga ; 2
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Blackstone Publishing
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2023.
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English
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"The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came out of the shadows. An anti-monster group known as the Black Hand has started to organize across the United States. In response, pro-monster organizations have been growing in numbers and militancy. Targeted killings of suspected monsters and their allies, monsters spirited away in the dead of night, and the beginnings of pro-monster legislation are all signs of a cosmic shift...
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