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Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 2
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinne when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.
Author
Series
Cat lady mystery volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Lara Caphart has returned to her hometown of Whisker Jog, New Hampshire after sixteen years to reconnect with her estranged Aunt Fran, who's having some difficulty looking after herself-- and her eleven cats. Lara swears one of the cats, a blue-eyed ragdoll, is the reincarnation of her beloved childhood pet, Blue. Fran is being harassed by Theo Barnes, a wealthy builder who has his sights set on Fran's property. When Lara stumbles on his body in Fran's...
Author
Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yui, fleeing her violent husband, and Hiyori, a young orphan, are taken in by a strange but kind old lady named Kiwa in the small town of Kitsunezaki. The newly formed family finds refuge in a mayoiga, a lost house, perched atop a beautiful cape overlooking the sea. While helping to rebuild Kitsunezaki, the three adapt to their new lives and supernatural new home, slowly healing from their...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As the daughter of spiritualists, Mara's childhood was filled with séances and scam mediums. Now she's ready to start over with her fiancé, Neil...but her past isn't going to let her go so easily. When Mara and Neil purchase Blackwood House, a derelict property outside of town, they were warned about strange occurrences in the crumbling old building. Doors open by themselves, voices whisper in the night, bloody handprints appear on the walls, and...
85) Jessabelle
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific car accident, Jessabelle comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that has been seeking her return, and has no intention of letting her escape.
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Quincies' Thousand Year Blood War is over, but the embers of turmoil still smolder in the Soul Society. Hikone Ubuginu's mysterious origin story, and the secrets behind the very existence of the Soul Reapers and all their allies and adversaries, could be revealed to incite an all-out battle royal. Meanwhile, Urahara and Hisagi face down formidable enemies in Karakura Town as Tokinada Tsunayashiro's fiendish plan unfolds"--Page 4 of cover.
Series
Ice guy and the cool girl volume 2
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sparks fly between the handsome descendant of a snow spirit and the oblivious coworker he has a crush on! A romantic comedy in an office setting that takes coworkers to lovers to new heights within a winter wonderland of emotions! Snow spirit descendant Himuro finds himself infatuated with his somewhat offbeat and aloof colleague, Fuyutsuki. As the pair spend more time together, Fuyutsuki begins to notice a change within herself when she catches...
Series
Ice guy and the cool girl volume 1
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Himuro is a modern-day ice god, an ordinary office worker who just so happens to be the descendant of a snow spirit. He's also besotted with his coworker Fuyutsuki, who's a little unusual herself. At first glance, the pair both seem to be calm, cool, and collected. But beneath Himuro's icy good looks rages a passionate blizzard of love! On the other hand, his coworker's cool facade belies nothing about any feelings she might have for Himuro in return--because...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on what could be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it's just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew -- and they're all owed something only she can give them... Now, over one hundred years later,...
90) Girl in white
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Mallory is still adapting to life in her new town of Eastport when she is haunted by a reoccurring nightmare, leading her to investigate the legend of Sweet Molly.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Bestselling crime writer Gino Costello is working on his next book in a historic farmhouse in the heart of Massachusetts. His story features some paranormal elements so he's invited family friend Emma to provide her input as a medium. But as soon as Emma arrives--with her fiance, Phil, and Granny Apples in tow--that's when the real trouble begins. Emma is immediately contacted by the Browns, a family of ghosts who originally owned the house in the...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Ichigo continues his training to master Fullbring and hopefully regain his lost Soul Reaper powers. But as Ichigo gets closer, Ginjo makes a startling move. Can Ginjo truly be trusted? And what lies ahead for Ichigo when he finally regains his powers...?"--P. [4] of cover.
Series
Kamo (Manga) volume 1
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"I will live! Born with a failing heart, Kamo has fought death his whole life, but to no avail. As his body weakens and he readies to draw his final breath, he's visited by a powerful spirit named Crimson who offers him a deal: defeat and capture the souls of twelve spirits in exchange for a new heart. It seems too good to be true and maybe it is."-- cover page 4.
94) House of Cotton
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Magnolia Brown is nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, her predatory landlord, and the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night, while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around with a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral home. She accepts. But despite things...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
With the ability to see when a person's spirit leaves their body, Wilhelmina Price takes a job at her lifelong friend Edison's family estate to investigate a maid's death.
Wilhelmina Price has a dubious reputation in the village of Thrush's Green. Ever since her mother's untimely death, she has been able to see a person's spirit leaving their body days or hours before they die. Wil has never been able to prevent these deaths, so her unusual skill...
Author
Series
Last ghost novels volume 2
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Emma Rose Finnis has never made peace with her death . . . or with her ghostly afterlife. Finally free from the mansion she haunted for more than a hundred years, she takes on a new, daring form, one that allows her to pass for living among the citizens of the remote Sierra Nevada town of White Bar. But the town is hiding its own deadly truth, buried in its Gold Rush past. As the sleepy town's secrets come to life, they inevitably bring Emma Rose's...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive a harsh world. After being killed on a job, Denji is revived by his pet devil-dog Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous Chainsaw Man! Having been forced to kill a friend, Denji finds that his brain has turned to mush from despair. Without the motivation to keep going, he seeks help from Makima. But Makima is not what she appears, and Denji s pain is only just beginning."-- provided...
98) Just like Heaven
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth is a dedicated, workaholic doctor who is much too busy to have a life. One night, she gets into a terrible car accident and dies. She becomes a spirit stuck between heaven and earth. She doesn't realize that she is dead and thinks nothing has happened. That is until she meets David, a lonely architect, who has rented her old apartment. David thinks he is going crazy when he sees Elizabeth's spirit and tries everyway he can think of to get...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"On the morning of his fortieth birthday, Randy Clark believes the only way he can help his family is to end it all. Standing on the Tennessee River Bridge in Decatur, Alabama, with his dreams of a pro golf career long gone, his marriage struggling, and facing financial ruin, Randy sees no other alternative to help his wife and daughter but to jump, which he plans to do in the next twenty-four hours. But his plans are put on hold when the ghost of...
100) Killing it
Author
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Since the late 1980's, The Square had been one of the most important clubs in New York for the alt-comedy scene. But before that it was something much darker and is now a place where evil lingers, waiting for a chance to spill blood. After a night of killing on stage, four comics find themselves in a desperate situation as the spirits of the past come out to play, and a fight for laughs becomes a fight for survival in the most unlikely of places.
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