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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In Victorian London, where traveling sideshows are the very pinnacle of entertainment, there is no more coveted ticket than Ashe and Pretorius' Carnivale of Curiosities. Each performance is a limited engagement, and London's elite boldly dare the dangerous streets of Southwark to witness the Carnivale's astounding assemblage of marvels. For a select few, however, the real show begins behind the curtain. Rumors abound that the show's proprietor, Aurelius...
62) A fade of widows
Author
Publisher
Petra Abernathy
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ours is a lineage of widows, generations of us and our uncanny talents fading away because we lost the love of our lives too soon. Since he died I have used what magic I have left to create healing rooms for troubled souls. My daughter, Phaedra, crafts fragile ceramic moon jars that salve the wounds of all who own them. We fade beautifully, Phaedra and I, achingly talented, hamstrung by our grief. Then my father dies, and my mother doesn't fade. Instead...
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Series
Publisher
Editorial Océano de México
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"Dos hombres coinciden en un burdel clandestino del que se cuentan historias espantosas. Mientras intentan resolver los misterios del edificio, descubren que nada es lo que parece: una presencia extraña acecha en las escaleras, una bella mujer avanza con una misión secreta, hay un turbio negocio de juegos eróticos con animales, puertas que se abren a sitios y tiempos insospechados. Y en el último piso está el jardín, el más grande enigma de...
Author
Publisher
Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents' village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging.
"Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what's coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like it's all her fault--just for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school....
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges. From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old recluse Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra's stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories...
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Series
Dove Pond novels volume 3
Language
English
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"Ella Dove is an acclaimed baker whose desserts spark vivid, cherished memories in those who taste them. A restless soul, Ella goes wherever the wind takes her--but driven by a haunting dream, she's coming home to Dove Pond. Years ago, her mentor, AngelaStewart Harrington, falsely accused Ella of stealing her beloved family recipe book, known as the Book of Cakes. Now, Ella believes it's time for them to reconcile. Angela has her own share of amends...
67) Best wishes
Author
Series
Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
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After her best friend ditches her, fifth-grader Becca, feeling devastated and alone, yearns for people to like her, so when a magical bracelet grants her wish to have loads of friends, she soon discovers having a dream come true is not as simple as it seems.
Becca Singer is having the Worst Day Ever. She is friendless and alone since Harper dumped her. Then a box arrives in the mail, containing a bracelet, with a note telling Becca to make a wish....
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Enter the magical world of La Llorona with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard. After a childhood filled with heartbreak, Irene, a talented artist, finds herself in a small Central American village where she checks into a beautiful but decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona at the base of a volcano. The Bird Hotel tells the story of this young American who, after suffering tragedy, restores and runs La Llorona. Along the way we...
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Publisher
AmazonCrossing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family,...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A talented chef discovers how spices and scents can transport her-and, more importantly, how self-confidence can unlock the greatest magic of all: love-in this perfectly seasoned new novel by Samantha Vérant. Kate Jenkins doesn't believe in fate. She believes in a clear vision, meticulous planning, and hard work in order to achieve her culinary dreams. On the cusp of opening her own Parisian restaurant, Bistro Exotique, she isn't even concerned...
71) The night fox
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth confronts heartbreak while at a mysterious, magical wellness program in the wilderness.
72) Norma
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, while she talks with a strange man at her mother's funeral, that her mother may not have taken her...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Franny Steinberg knows there's powerful magic in laughter. She's witnessed it. With the men of Chicago off fighting WWII on distant shores, Franny has watched the women of the city taking charge of the war effort. But amidst the war bond sales and factory shifts, something surprising has emerged, something Franny could never have expected. A new marvel that has women flocking to comedy clubs across the nation: the Showstopper. When Franny steps into...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A group of women contemplate violence after they're sent into foreign territory to make husbands of the enemy. A support network of traumatized joggers meets to discuss the bodies they've found on their runs. And a town replaces its Confederate monument with a rotating cast of local residents. Slippery but muscular, sly but electric, this stunning debut collection moves from horror to magical realism to satire with total authority. In these stories,...
75) The apology
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come. Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have...
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Series
Publisher
Seagull Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Victoriana is a country ruled by an Emperor-for-Life who is dying from an illness not officially acknowledged in a land where truth and facts are decided by the Emperor. The elite goes along with the charade. Their children are conditioned to conform. It is a land of truthful lies, where reality has uncertain meaning. Mumbi, a rebellious child from the capital of Westville, and her brother are sent to live in rural Hippoland. But what was meant to...
77) Dazzling
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
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 bring Treasure's beloved father back to life if she'll do one terrible thing for him first.Ozoemena has an itch in the middle of her back. It's an itch that speaks to her patrilineal destiny,...
78) The rat queen
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"For Annie's tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It's called the nuodeema burna, or eater of sins. Every time Annie misbehaves, she has to write down her transgression and stick the paper into a hidey-hole in the floor of their house. But Annie's inheritance has a dark side: with each paper fed to the burna, she feels less guilty about the mean things she says and does. As a plague...
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English
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"Spanning Gaiman's career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a ... collection from one of the world's most beloved writers, chosen by those who know his work best: his devoted readers. A ... representation of Gaiman's ... imaginative fiction, this ... volume includes excerpts from each of his five novels for adults--Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane--and nearly fifty of his short...
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