Alane Adams
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English
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It's winter in Girard, Pennsylvania and the pond is completely frozen over-ready for a young boy to go skating!-but Georgie's ice skates are too small. All Georgie wants for Christmas is a new pair of skates. But times are tough in 1920s Pennsylvania, and he gets the disappointing news Santa might not come this year. Follow Georgie as he decides to take matters into his own hands-and discovers what Christmas is all about. The Santa Thief is a heartwarming...
2) The red sun
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Legends of Orkney volume 1
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English
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"Sam Baron is about to get the shock of his life. First his substitute English teacher claims to have turned his old teacher into a lizard; then a strange dwarf named Rego arrives and claims Sam is from a magical realm called Orkney. When his friends are taken prisoner, it's up to Sam to save them. Sam embarks on a journey to Orkney through a stonefire to find his friends, but when he arrives, he discovers that an ancient curse has turned the sun...
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Legends of Orkney volume 3
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English
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With an army of fire giants threatening Orkney and Loki stirring up trouble between the Eifalians and the Vanir, Sam Baron will need the help of all his friends to defend Orkney, find Odin, and stop a war.
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Legends of Orkney volume 2
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English
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Sam Baron just freed Orkney from the ravages of the Red Sun but now, imprisoned by Catriona, leader of the Volgrim Witches, Sam finds the darker side of his half-god, half-witch heritage released, and he fears he might destroy what he saved. Unable to resist the witches' enchantments, Sam has become their most potent weapon, and is leading an army of monstrous men against Skara Brae. Sam's only hope for salvation lies with his three best friends and...
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English
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Young Georgie wakes up to a morning of chores back in 1920s Pennsylvania when he gets the bad news-someone has stolen all the eggs in the henhouse. The culprit is Buster, a stray dog who takes Georgie on an adventure to find more eggs. Follow Buster and Georgie and their mischievous antics in this heartwarming tale of farm life in America's storied past.
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Witches of Orkney volume 2
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English
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Abigail has just started her second year at the Tarkana Witch Academy and is already up to her ears studying for Horrid Hexes and Awful Alchemy! Worse, Endera's malevolent spellbook has its hooks in her, whispering in her ear to use its dark magic. Meanwhile, the entire school is talking about the Rubicus Prophecy; a sign has arrived that the chosen witchling is among them, the one who will one day break Odin's curse over them. When an Orkadian warship...
8) Witch wars
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Witches of Orkney volume 3
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English
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"Orkney is on the brink of war now that the witches have destroyed Odin's Stone--the powerful talisman that kept the balance. With the evil he-witch Vertulious returned to his full form (thanks to Abigail's help), nothing will stop the witches from taking over Orkney--unless Abigail and Hugo can find a way to balance the power. Can Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor, do the trick?"--
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English
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Meet Phoebe Katz, a twelve-year-old foster kid from New York City who's been bounced around the system her entire life. Things happen around Phoebe, but it's not like they're her fault! But when a statue of Athena comes to life, Phoebe gets the stunning news she's the daughter of Zeus, has a twin brother named Perseus-and was sent away from ancient Greece as a baby to stop a terrible prophecy that predicted she would one day destroy Olympus.
Athena...
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Español
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Antes de que Sam Baron rompiera la maldición de Odín sobre las brujas y se convirtiera en el primer hijo nacido de una bruja y el héroe de la serie Leyendas de Orkney, su madre era una joven bruja que creció en la Academia Tarkana de Brujas. En este primer libro de la serie precuela, Las brujas de Orkney, Abigail Tarkana, de nueve años, está decidida a convertirse en la bruja más poderosa de todas, incluso más que su malvada antepasada, Catriona.
Por...
11) The Sorceress
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English
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As Abigail embarks on her third year at the Tarkana Academy, the coven is under a dark cloud: their coven leader, Madame Hestera, has fallen under a deadly curse and Anarae, a powerful High Witch, has taken over the coven. Worse, Abigail fears that Abignus, the malignant presence that once took possession of her, has moved on to Calla.
While Hugo and Abigail seek answers, a surprising ally appears in Endera, Abigail's long-time nemesis. Endera...
12) The Medusa Quest
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English
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Phoebe Katz is back on a new mission to save Olympus and undo the fallout from her first visit. Damian has troubling news, the epic mythology stories in the books are changing. Instead of Perseus slaying Medusa and becoming a hero, the books now say he's turned to stone. Worse, thanks to Phoebe slaying the Nemean lion and the Lernean hydra to complete the Eye of Zeus, Hercules failed his first two trials, which means he's not the immortal hero he's...
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English
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Experience the Legends of Orkney trilogy-the entire series all together for the first time. In The Red Sun, you'll be introduced to middle school student Sam Baron, who gets the shock of his life when a strange dwarf shows up with the claim that Sam is from a magical realm called Orkney. Then Sam's friends are taken prisoner, and he follows their captors to Orkney-embarking upon a journey to rescue his friends, uncover the truth about his past, and...
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English
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Abigail and Hugo have just helped restore the balance of power in Orkney by defeating the powerful alchemist Vertulious when Abigail discovers that Capricorn, the mermaid queen she trusted to help them, has unleashed the powerful Midgard Serpent named Jormungand-who, years ago, encircled the world of mankind and held it captive until Odin banished it to an underwater prison. Capricorn is determined to force Odin to make her goddess of the seas over...
15) The Blue Witch
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Witches of Orkney volume 1
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English
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Before Sam Baron broke Odin's curse on the witches to become the first son born to a witch and the hero of the Legends of Orkney series, his mother was a young witchling growing up in the Tarkana Witch Academy. In this first book of the prequel series, the Witches of Orkney, nine-year-old Abigail Tarkana is determined to grow up to be the greatest witch of all, even greater than her evil ancestor Catriona. Unfortunately, she is about to fail Spectacular...
16) The Coal Thief
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SparkPress
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Brrr! Georgie wakes up to a freezing morning in 1920s Pennsylvania and gets the bad news that there is no coal to heat the farmhouse--and he knows there is no money to buy more, either. Just after he finds this out, along comes his friend Harley, who drags him off on an adventure to find some mysterious "black gold." Before Georgie can catch his breath, he's in a pile of trouble--all the way up to his ears! Take a trip back in time and join Georgie...
17) The blue witch
Series
Witches of Orkney volume 1
Publisher
SparkPress, a BookSparks imprint, a division of SparkPoint Studio, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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As Abigail's witch powers reveal themselves, she must
Abigail's new witch powers are tested by Endera, her rival at Tarkana Witch Academy and by protecting her new friend Hugo, and then are fully challenged when she mistakenly gets involved with the Netherworld's Queen Octonia and her spiderlings.