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Author
Publisher
Erewhon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In Tokyo, seven students are hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends -- until the moment they find the mirrors in their bedrooms are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives into to a wondrous castle straight out of a Grimm's fairy tale. As time passes, only those brave enough to share their stories will be saved. As they struggle to abide by the rules of the game, a moving story unfolds,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After a man dies during a performance at Castle Dark, Nora Blake learns just how hard it is to catch a killer, especially if every suspect is a trained actor, in this exciting new Dinner and a Murder Mystery. Autumn has arrived at Castle Dark, and Nora Blake has settled into her role as an actor in Derek Corby's castle murder-mystery troupe. She is troubled, however, by the setting of Derek's fall mystery: the catacombs in the depths of the castle....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Olga is an orphan and a thief, relying on trickery and sleight of hand to make her way in the world. But it's magic, not thievery, that could get her into trouble. When Olga and her partner-in-crime Pavel learn of a valuable jewel kept in a secluded castle, Olga sees an opportunity to change their lives: a prize so big, they'd never have to steal again. But the castle is not as it seems, ruled by an enchanter who hosts grand balls every night, only...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo is invited by his friend Creepella von Cacklefur to her family's spooky castle, and he is surrounded by the gloom of the castle as well as by Creepella's creepy family!
Author
Series
Ghost Hunters Adventure Club volume 1
Publisher
Permuted Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Listen up, kid. My name is Dr. Cecil H.H. Mills. I'm the author of this book and many other ones that you might not have heard of. This book is about two idiot wannabe detective-types. Their names are J.J. and Valentine Watts, but I'm not sure if they're actually brothers or not. They make a friend; her name is Trudi de la Rosa. She's a wannabe detective-type too, but honestly, she's less of an idiot than the brothers. The three of them team up to...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 57
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's supposed to be a relaxing vacation, but instead Geronimo works his tail off fixing up an old castle. Worst. Vacation. Ever!" --
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 7
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Magically-gifted Charlie Bone, accompanied by his best friend's dog, Runner Bean, comes to the rescue when the enchanter Count Harken takes revenge on the Red King's heirs by kidnapping and imprisoning Charlie's ancestors in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A modern English comedy of morals and manners, about a highborn family of outrageous characters, in a story that proves revenge can be sweet. In the months leading up to the Brexit referendum, Ayesha, the beautiful, young secret daughter of the late Enyon Trelawney, has married the much older thuggish banker Tomlinson Sleet with whom she has a young daughter, Stella. Ayesha is busy restoring the once run-down Trelawney Castle in Cornwall, which Sleet...
Author
Series
100 dresses volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Darling Dimple, a young orphan, must use the enchanted dresses to find the ghost that is haunting the castle she calls home.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Share in the fun as Belle and all her friends work side-by-side with charming new friends to bring new happiness to the castle and all its inhabitants. Discover how true friendship and cooperation can turn a gloomy castle into an enchanted palace fit for a princess.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 4
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Charlie and his magically gifted friends and relatives work together to rescue Billy Raven, a young orphan, from a mysterious and dangerous couple who have adopted him.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Judith and her cousin Renie go on vacation in a remote and possibly haunted Scottish castle owned by a rich whiskey distillery baron strange things start occurring. They meet Harry Gibbs, a dissolute young man who is estranged from his wife and is found smothered to death shortly after Judith and Renie arrive. His widow, Moira, is suspect No. 1, of course, but there are plenty to go around since Harry was a real jerk and wanted to run the
...Author
Series
Deverill chronicles volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
1939: Peace has flourished since the Great War ended, but much has changed for the Deverill family as now a new generation is waiting in the wings to make their mark. When Martha Wallace leaves her home in America to search for her birth mother in Dublin, she never imagines that she will completely lose her heart to the impossibly charming JP Deverill. But more surprises are in store for her after she discovers that her mother comes from the same...
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 11
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Kiki the engineering explorer and Gustavo the history expert get caught up in a spooky adventure when a ghostly figure shows up at a castle before a big tournament"--Provided by publisher.
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