Catherine Fisher
1) Incarceron
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Incarceron volume 1
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English
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In Incarceron, a vast intelligent city-prison sealed off from the outside world and hidden from everybody except the Warden, two young people, Cynthia, the Warden's daughter who is trying to esacape an arranged marriage, and Finn, a young prisoner who cannot remember his childhood, join forces to attempt to escape.
2) Sapphique
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Incarceron volume 2
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English
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After his escape from the sentient prison, Incarceron, Finn finds that the Realm is not at all what he expected, and he does not know whether he is to be its king, how to free his imprisoned friends, or how to stop Incarceron's quest to be free of its own nature.
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Français
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Une rencontre terrible attend Jessa et Thorkil. Forcé à l'exil, enfermé depuis des années, le fils de la sorcière de glace est dérobé aux yeux du monde. Et maintenant, les deux cousins doivent braver la neige et les glaces pour entreprendre un périlleux voyage qui les mènera tout droit dans le repère de la créature qui sème l'effroi dans tous les cœurs. Ils devront être courageux, car l'honneur de leur clan repose sur leurs jeunes épaules....
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Since Gudrun came from the frozen mists beyond the edge of the world, the Jarl's people have obeyed her in hatred andterror. But the enchantress has one weakness: a son, Kari, banished to a forbidding fortress in the north, never seen by the Jarl's people. In secret they wonder: Are the rumors true? Was he born a monster? Now Jessa and her cousin Thorkil have been exiled to the north, and if they survive the journey, they will find the truth: Is Kari...
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Français
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Une créature provenant des confins du Nord a été sommée par Gudrún de détruire le royaume de Wulfgar. Sur son chemin, elle sème la mort et la désolation. Seul Kari fils de Ragnar sait pourquoi la créature voyage vers le comté. Sa mère, la sorcière, souhaite mettre à l'épreuve les dons d'enchanteur de son fils et constater les pouvoirs qu'il a hérités d'elle. Kari devra affronter la puissance qui est propre aux Voyageurs des Neiges...
6) Corbenic
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English
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It starts when Cal gets off the train at the wrong stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. He's stranded. Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted. But inside is Corbenic, a magnificent hotel filled with rich people preparing for a banquet-and Cal is their guest of honor. During the meal, he experiences a disturbing vision, but when he is asked to talk about what he has seen, he denies it. What if...
7) Darkhenge
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English
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It's been three months since Rob's younger sister, Chloe, fell into a coma after a riding accident, and his life is in disarray. Rob's parents spend most of their time at his sister's bedside, and his best friend is afraid to talk to Rob about Chloe. To distract himself, Rob takes a job working at a secret archaeological site, where workers have uncovered a mystical ring of black timbers. At its center an ancient tree is buried upside down in the...
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English
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After rescuing Tomas from enchantment, orphan Seren Rhys is enjoying her first summer at Plas-y-Fran. But as autumn arrives, it brings with it a mysterious new governess who seems intent on drawing Tomas away from Seren and his family. Dangerous figures from a bewitched toy carousel stalk the house and, fearing the worst, Seren calls on the clockwork crow to help her. But can he reach her in time, and will Tomas be able to escape the magical creatures...
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English
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Orphan Seren Rhys is on her way to a new life at the remote country mansion of Plas-y Fran when she is given a package by a stranger late at night in an empty train station. The package contains a crotchety, mechanical talking crow, which Seren reluctantly brings to her new home. But when she gets there, the happy Christmas she had hoped for turns out to be an illusion--the young son of the house, Tomos, has been missing for almost a year, rumored...
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'I am Catherine Jane' is one woman's brave, determined, and often-painful journey of healing and redemption. Raped by a U.S. Navy sailor in Yokosuka, Jane Fisher, an Australian expatriate and mother of three, found herself fighting for justice in a society where the stigma of being a rape victim is seen as shameful and is often perceived as the victim's fault. Jane's confronting story reveals the personal struggles behind her single-minded search...
11) Obsidian mirror
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English
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When his father disappears while experimenting with a black mirror that is a portal to both the past and the future, Jake encounters obstacles when he tries to use the mirror to find his father.
12) The dark city
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Relic master volume 1
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Dial Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.
13) Darkwater
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Sarah sells her soul to reclaim her family's estate and is given 100 years to atone for their sins, but as the bargain nears its end, modern-day Tom, yearning to attend the private school that Darkwater Hall has become, gets caught up in the bargain.
14) Snow-walker
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2004
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English
Description
The snow-walker Gudrun came from the swirling mists and icy depths beyond the edge of the world to rule the Jarl's people with fear and sorcery, but a small band of outlaws will fight to the death to restore the land to its rightful leader.
15) The Margrave
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Relic master volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Their quest to find a secret relic with great power leads Master Galen and his sixteen-year-old apprentice Raffi into the Pit of Maar and the deep evil world at the heart of the Watch.
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Relic master volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Raffi and Master Galen continue to evade the Watch as they seek the Flain's Coronet, a potent ancient relic that could be their only hope for defeating the power that is destroying Anara.
17) The lost heiress
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Series
Relic master volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Even though the city of Tasceron and its emperor have fallen, when Master Galen and his sixteen-year-old apprentice Raffi hear a rumor that the heiress to the throne still lives, they must try to find her and keep her safe.
18) The ghost box
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Distributed in the United States and Canada by Lerner Publisher Services
Pub. Date
2012, c2008
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English
Description
The bad dreams began the day Sarah saw the face in the painting; she wonders how the strange tree, the silver box, and the ghost boy are all connected.
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Oracle prophecies volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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After she is chosen to be "Bearer-of-the-god," Mirany questions the established order and sets out, along with a musician and a scribe, to find the legitimate heir of the religious leader known as the Archon.
20) Darkhenge
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Worried about his sister Chloe's comatose state after a riding accident, teenage Rob, in an effort to distract himself, gets a job on a secretive local archeological dig. He soon finds himself drawn into a mysterious world of magic involving a powerful, centuries-old, shape-shifting Druid called Vetch who promises to help retrieve his sister from the "unworld" of her coma.