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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
2) Lightlark
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Series
Lightlark volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
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Description
In order to break a curse on her kingdom, Isla Crown, the young ruler of Wilding, must compete in the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play, and to survive she must lie, cheat, and betray--even as love threatens to undo everything.
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Crowfield series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In March of 1348, the awakening of an ancient evil drives fay creatures from the woods, causes Crowfield Abbey to crumble, and haunts the dreams of the monks, but the demon seems especially drawn to Will, who is beginning to realize the significance of his Sight.
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Nevermoor volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Born on an unlucky day that leaves her cursed to die on her eleventh birthday, a young girl named Morrigan Crow hopes to avoid her fate by earning a position in the Wundrous Society and thereby securing a safe home in a magical land called Nevermoor. But first she must compete against hundreds of other children in four very dangerous trials.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
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Description
When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
7) Splintered
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Series
Splintered series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
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Description
A descendant of the inspiration for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," sixteen-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may save her family from their curse.
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Shared nightmares and random violence plague longtime friends Cal, Fox, and Gage and Quinn, Layla, and Cybil, the women bound to them by Fate. They can't ignore that the demon in Hawkins Hallow has grown stronger. The three pieces of the bloodstone have been fused back together. If only they knew how to use it. Gage and Cybil share the gift of seeing the future, and Gage knows that a woman like Cybil can only bring him luck. Whether it's good or bad...
10) Thinner
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Pub. Date
[1984]
Description
When an obese small-town lawyer hits and kills a gypsy's daughter, the man curses him with one word: Thinner.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
After the discovery of a murderous curse, Evangaline Fox once again enters into a tenuous partnership with Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, and to break the spell they go on a journey of magic, mystery, and possible heartbreak.
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Series
Emily Windsnap volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.
Author
Series
Cursebreaker series volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
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Description
"The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Loyalties are tested and new love blooms in a kingdom on the brink of war"--
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 18
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A unique treasure obtained by unscrupulous means, the small gold statuette of an unidentified Egyptian king is a priceless relic from a bygone era. But more than history surrounds the remarkable artifact - for it is said that early death will come to anyone who possesses it.
16) Camino ghosts
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Series
Camino Island novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2024
Description
"The true story is about Dark Isle, a sliver of a barrier island not far off the North Florida coast. It was settled by freed slaves three hundred years ago, and their descendants lived there until 1955, when the last one was forced to leave. The last descendant is Lovely Jackson, elderly now, who loves her birthplace and its remarkable history. But now Tidal Breese, a huge, ruthless corporate developer, wants to build a resort and casino on the island,...
17) Kill me softly
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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
When sixteen-year-old Mira runs away to discover her secret past, she finds a place where Grimm's fairy tales come to life, and she cannot avoid her accursed fate.
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Series
Folk of the air volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
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Description
"As the exiled Queen of Faerie, Jude must travel back to Elfhame to help her twin sister, Taryn, and uncover how to break a dark curse threatening the whole Faerie world"--
19) Gilded
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Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
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Description
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...