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English
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According to "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch," the armies of Good and Evil are amassing with everything going according to Divine Plan, except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon--who are not looking forward to the coming Rapture.
3) Anansi boys
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
336 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
His past marked by his father's embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time.
4) Neverwhere
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction.
5) Stardust
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living in a Victorian countryside town overshadowed by an imposing stone barrier, Tristran is compelled to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves and crosses to the wondrous other side of the barrier, where he encounters dangerous rivals for the star.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow?s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling...
Author
Series
Sandman volume 3
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
The deluxe edition.
Physical Desc
unnumber pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium's most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.
In this third volume—drawn by artists Jill Thompson, Vince Locke, Bryan Talbot, and P. Craig Russell—Delirium, youngest of the extended family known as the Endless, prevails upon her brother Dream to help find their missing...
9) Coraline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a Doctor Who story written for the series' fiftieth anniversary (Nothing o'clock). There is also "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of his novel American Gods. The collection explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Horror and ghosts stories,...
11) The Sandman
Author
Language
English
Description
llustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium's most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.
An unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death, this first of four volumes—drawn by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, and Kelley Jones, with spectacular guest art by Chris Bachalo, Colleen Doran,...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline, and the groundbreaking Sandman graphic novel series. A uniquely imaginative creator of wonders whose unique storytelling genius has been acclaimed by a host of literary luminaries from Norman...
Author
Series
Sandman volume 4
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Morpheus, the King of Dreams, falls prey to the Furies, who want vengeance, and to stop the dark will require more of a sacrifice than anyone in the world of dreams expects.
17) Marvel 1602
Author
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
10th anniversay edition.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bold tale where Gaiman places several of Marvel Comics most popular characters four hundred years into the past. The year is 1602 and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty's premier spy, Sir Nicholas Fury, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen by winged warriors rumored to...