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1) The jumbies
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
891 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.
Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of the myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, in which Eury leaves Puerto Rico for the Bronx, haunted by losing all to Hurricane Maria and by evil spirit Ato, and meets a bachata-singing charmer, Pheus.
4) Killing it
Author
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Square, an important New York club for the alt-comedy scene in the late 1980s, had a much darker purpose in the past and four comics find themselves in a desperate situation after a literal "killing" on stage.
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Wielding considerable influence as a Hollywood critic in spite of insecurity, Violet Epps is approached by the ghost of Dorothy Parker, who in exchange for help with moving to the afterlife offers advice on how Violet can find the courage to speak out.
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
404 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after surviving the tornado that killed his parents, Vane Weston has no memory of that day but dreams of a girl who, he now learns she is his guardian sylph, who harnesses the power of the wind.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
150 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Growing up in a river village where she disregards old tales about dancing river sprites and cursed water, Luna discovers magical truths while struggling to save her sister from a life-threatening illness.
Author
Series
Fairy realm volume 8
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
During her most recent visit to the Fairy Realm, Jessie inadvertently allows a baby fairy to be captured by water sprites who want to hold the child captive until their missing Moon Stone is returned.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A magical debut novel for readers of Naomi Novik's Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Neil Gaiman's myth-rich fantasies, The Bear and the Nightingale spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind--she spends the winter nights huddled around...
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
423 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While trying to rescue her brother's soul from the spirit world, eleven-year-old Pahua discovers that she is the reincarnation of a legendary shaman warrior.--
12) Ghost gone wild
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Bailey Ruth loves to return to earth as an emissary from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions. Problem is, she's a bit of a loose cannon as far as ghosts go--forgetting to remain invisible, alarming earthly creatures--so she's far from the top of department head Wiggins's go-to list for assignments. That's why she's surprised when the Heaven-sent Rescue Express drops her off at a frame house on the outskirts of her old hometown, Adelaide, Oklahoma,...
13) The deepest blue
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After she saves her island when it is threatened by a spirit-driven storm, Mayara is forced to reveal that she has the power to control the spirits and is sent to an island of bloodthirsty spirits as punishment, but if she survives, she will become an heir to the queen.
14) Ghost times two
Author
Series
A Bailey Ruth ghost novel volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Assigned to guide the spirit of a young man to the next life, Bailey Ruth Raeburn assists her charge in his efforts to prove the innocence of his girlfriend, who has been falsely accused of murdering a senior partner.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Eager for a fresh start, the grieving Einstein family moves to the remote town of Vista Point to renovate an old house and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast.
Author
Publisher
Dragonlark Book
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
55 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The reader decides the course of action in the story in which you are a brave adventurer exploring haunted places with your dog, Homer, and you will go to Thailand to search out the palace guarded by angry elephants or travel to England and uncover mysteries in the haunted Montagoo Hall.
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
362 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old twins--and powerful mediums--Edie and Violet Bond are part of a Spiritualist show, a tight-knit group of young women who express unladylike talents and opinions under the guise of communing with spirits, but when the dark spirit responsible for their mother's death crosses into the land of the living, the twins race against time to uncover a killer who will stop at nothing to cheat death.
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
244 pages : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei have moved to the country to be closer to their ailing mother. While their father is working, the girls explore their sprawling old house and the forest and fields that surround it. Soon, Satsuki and Mei discover Totoro, a magical forest spirit who takes them on fantastic adventures through the trees and the clouds.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D'Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister's death, but to do so, she must embrace the...
Author
Series
Sky fall volume 3
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Audra is imprisoned by Raiden and the Stormers she is forced to sever the bond between her and Vane, while Vane, frantic that he is losing her, can only turn to former enemies to rescue Audra.