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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
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.
Author
Publisher
Checkmark Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xv, 302 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Demons and Demonology explores various aspects of folklore and religion and the role that demons play in the modern world. This comprehensive resource documents beliefs about demons and demonology from ancient history to the present and representations of demons in books, movies, and television shows.
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
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,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home--but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under siege"--
Vasilisa's gift for seeing what others do not won her the attention of Morozko-- Frost, the winter demon. But Frost's aid comes at a cost, and her people have condemned...
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.
10) La Belle Sauvage
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
11) 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 Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Simon Pulse box edition.
Physical Desc
3 volumes ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten years after surviving the tornado that killed his parents, seventeen-year-old Vane Weston has no memory of that fateful day but dreams of a beautiful girl who, he now learns, is his guardian sylph with the power to harness the wind.
14) A nearer moon
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.
15) The Spirit Glass
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition ;
Physical Desc
293 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
All her life, Corazon Lopez has been waiting for her twelfth birthday, the day her magic might finally wake up and she can begin training as a babaylan under her aunt, Tina. With magic, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night.
But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon's precious key, the fragile balance between the human world...
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Training as a Silhouette, an apprentice to the immortals, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging gets a chance to prove her worth when an evil spirit called Fui Gwai returns, giving her the opportunity to use her newfound powers to save her friends and the world beyond.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Shonen Jump manga ed.
Physical Desc
173 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While the Soul Reapers are entrenched in bloody one-on-one battles with the Espadas, their sworn enemy Aizen is preparing to make the next move in his elaborate plan. The battlefields of Hueco Mundo will soon give way to another battlefield where the price of losing will prove to be infinitely higher" -- from publisher's web site.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a human companion. Someone she can talk to and share secrets with. But that's tough when your grandmother is a Yaga, a guardian who guides the dead into the afterlife. It's even harder when you live in a house that wanders all over the world . . . carrying you with it. Even...
19) 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
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...