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221) The Lost Ninja
Author
Series
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"You trained in Japan to become a powerful ninja, and now your skills are needed in San Francisco. You are far from the magical dojo you once called home. But has the dojo's strange curse followed you into your new life? You recognize ruthless gangsters you've crossed paths with before. Did they follow you here? You hear rumors that priceless antiques are making their way along the same route you just traveled--will the thefts be blamed on you?"--...
223) Silenced
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Four women. Four enchantments. One man. But he is no handsome prince, and this is no sugar-sweet fairy tale. Jo, Abony, Ranjani, and Maia all have something in common: they have each been cursed by the CEO of their workplace after he abused his power to prey on them. He wants them silent and uses his sinister dark magic to keep them quiet about what he did. But Jo, Abony, Ranjani and Maia are not fairy-tale princesses waiting to be rescued. They are...
224) The inhabitant
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
High school can be a nightmare for any teenager. But Tara lives in the shadow of a harrowing family curse, she's a descendant of ax-murderess Lizzie Borden. As Tara begins to hear voices and have paranoid visions of butchering her family, people in her small town are attacked and killed, and all evidence points to her. Gripped by her family's past, Tara must confront the demons that possess her, both real and imaginary, and a shocking truth in this...
Author
Series
Shades of rust and ruin volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Nix and Clarey search for Nix's uncle in the parallel world Mystiquel, where Nix discovers there is more to her family curse and otherworldly artwork than she ever imagined-and unless she can solve the Goblin King's maze before the clock strikes midnight, the curse will claim more lives.
Phoenix "Nix" Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven years later, her twin sister...
226) Disney comes to life
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Lion King: After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
The jungle book: An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Very strange occurrences have long surrounded fourteen-year-old Bran, who learns of his link to a curse created by his murdered mother and strives to make things right, hindered by the ban on magic in the city of Dunce and pursued by his mother's former masters.
229) The bone spindle
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
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.
Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn't believe in true love. Shane is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her...
Author
Publisher
Turning Page Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It's a Monday morning for the Towers family. As Peter Towers drives his three children to school, his encouragement remains the same as he drops them off: 'Hey, kids--I want you to reach out and bless someone with kindness. Remember, you can make a big impact on someone's life today.' But something happens when Zack, Tyler, and Emma Towers actually act on their dad's prompting to reach out and bless others. Everything changes when they discover that...
232) ParaNorman
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A boy must use his special powers to save his town from a centuries-old curse. In addition to spooky zombies, he'll also have to take on unpredictable ghosts, wily witches, and, worst of all, clueless grown-ups. But this young ghoul whisperer will soon find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
233) Thornwood
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For years, Briony has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Rosalin, and the curse that has haunted her from birth--that on the day of her sixteenth birthday she would prick her finger on a spindle and cause everyone in the castle to fall into a 100-year sleep. When the day the curse is set to fall over the kingdom finally arrives, nothing--not even Briony--can stop its evil magic. You know the story. But here's something you don't know....
Publisher
Nickelodeon / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An all-new Midnight Society and a spooky new seaside location bring fresh scares when the group's leader suddenly vanishes. The remaining members must follow the clues, confront dark forces, and ultimately uncover the truth behind their town's terrifying curse. Will they break the curse of the shadows, before it's too late?
Author
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the wisdom and wonder of ancient and modern spellcraft in this invaluable introductory guide to magic. Inside you'll find everything that you need to get started with potions, charms, and enchantments. There is magic inside everyone just waiting to be unleashed--and this book will show you how"--Page 4 of cover.
237) The bone houses
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When risen corpses called 'bone houses' threaten Ryn's village because of a decades-old curse, she teams up with a mapmaker named Ellis to solve the mystery of the curse and destroy the bone houses forever"--
Since the death of their parents, Aderyn ("Ryn") and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, near a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem...
Author
Series
Violet made of thorns volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Language
English
Description
"Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrased--and not always true--divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he's crowned at the end of the summer--unless Violet does something about it. But when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus's love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will...