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Series
This poison heart volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Summary
"Briseis races to save her family even as she discovers more about their ties to ancient goddesses and deadly curses"--
Author
Lexile Measure
1170L
Summary
We owe The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed...
5) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded volume 1
Lexile Measure
780L
Summary
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to...
6) The accursed
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In 20th century Princeton, New Jersey, a powerful curse, which besets the wealthiest of families, causes the disappearance of a young bride, and when her brother sets out to find her, he crosses paths with the town's most formidable people, including Grover Cleveland and Upton Sinclair.
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Series
Shadow of the Fox volume 2
Lexile Measure
900L
Summary
One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono. Now he has broken free. Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece of the ancient and powerful scroll to the Steel Feather temple in order to prevent the summoning of the Harbinger of Change, the great Kami Dragon who will grant one...
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Winter white and wicked volume 1
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On an island cursed by eternal winter, Sylvi agrees to run a late-season haul for a smuggler, but when they reach their destination, Sylvi must decide if she can abandon her cherished solitude and anonymity--and the favor of the icy spirit Winter--to join with the rebels.
10) A pinch of magic
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Series
Pinch of magic volume 1
Lexile Measure
680L
Summary
Three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and proper Fliss--go on a quest to break the curse that has haunted their family for generations.
11) Ever cursed
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To save her sisters from a spell that has forced them to be Without, Princess Jane of Ever must work with Reagan, the witch who set the curse on her family.--
12) Fractured path
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The mirror volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Summary
In San Francisco in 1965, eighteen-year-old Blake Estancia searches the city for magical relics tied to her family's curse, reclaiming her dormant abilities along the way and barely managing to keep a step ahead of a murderous secret society.
13) Wishtress
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Myrthe, a girl who can create wishes, teams up with Bastiaan, a boy who can stop time, to break a curse that will bring on her death with the next tear she sheds.
15) A curse of gold
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Series
Touch of gold volume 2
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Summary
When Dionysus issues a challenge to destroy Kora and her kingdom, the princess with the golden touch sets out to find the tricky god and confront him on the mysterious disappearing island of Jipper.
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Series
All of us villains volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Summary
"As the curse teeters closer and closer to collapse, the surviving champions each face a choice: dismantle the tournament piece by piece, or fight to the death as this story was always intended."--
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Series
Emblem Island volume 01
Lexile Measure
770L
Summary
After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.
20) The bone spindle
Author
Series
Bone spindle volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile Measure
880L
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Summary
When she pricks her finger on a bone spindle, treasure hunter Fi is stuck with the spirit of Briar Rose, a prince under a sleeping curse, and must team up with a tough-as-dirt girl warrior to free the prince--and herself.