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By Walter Dean Myers. 1972
A lonely dragon named Harry is forced to fight an intimidating knight in order to win his bride. With the…
help of a smooth-talking African-American fairy, Harry learns how self-confidence can help him find his true love.By Baron Alexander Deschauer, Omar. 2017
IMAGINE UNA EXISTENCIA SIN PARAÍSO NI INFIERNO. Sin dioses ni demonios. Sólo nuestros pensamientos y albedrío. En esta existencia toda…
la vida está interconectada y es interactiva dentro de una conciencia superior. En contraste con Marlowe y Goethe, Deschauer presenta una cosmología y existencia que es tanto individual y total, carne y alma. El albedrío se enfrenta con el destino, lo mortal con lo inmortal. Se apunta a justificar los caminos de dios para la humanidad en una existencia carente de dios. Aún las inevitables construcciones de dios, anti-dios y mito son abrazadas por la humanidad en su búsqueda de sentido dentro de nuestra realidad. ¿ES EL AMOR EL SIGNIFICADO DE LA VIDA, EL ALBEDRÍO O LA INMORTALIDAD?By Angela Carter. 1990
Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales.…
This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls; enchantresses and midwives; rascal aunts and odd sisters. This fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts and dirty tricks could only have been collected by the unique and much-missed Angela Carter. Illustrated throughout with original woodcuts.By Kate Evangelista. 2016
A romantic European vacation is the perfect excuse to let go in No Holding Back, the highly anticipated sequel to…
No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista. Everyone knows that Nathan is in love with his best friend, Preston...Everyone except Preston. Nathan has always accepted that Preston was too focused on his swim training to worry about love. But Preston is heading off to train for the Olympics soon, so if Nathan wants his chance at love, he has to speak up now. But saying "I love you" is surprisingly difficult, even for someone as confident as Nathan. Maybe a whirlwind vacation in Europe could help? But... what if it doesn't work out and he loses the best friend he's ever had?By Susan Bianculli. 2015
The search to save Jason takes Lise, Heather and Arghen deep underground into a world of slavery, cruelty and torture:…
the world of the Under-elves. Finding Jason in such a location will take cunning and all of Arghen’s knowledge of Under-elf life. And if finding Jason weren’t enough of a challenge, it seems that a mysterious enemy is following them.By Natasha Friend. 2018
Quinn is a teen who loves her family, skateboarding, basketball, and her friends, but after she's diagnosed with a condition…
called alopecia which causes her to lose all of her hair, her friends abandon her. Jake was once a star football player, but because of a freak accident—caused by his brother—he loses both of his legs. Quinn and Jake meet and find the confidence to believe in themselves again, and maybe even love.By Molly Ringle. 2013
The Greek gods never actually existed. Did they? Sophie Darrow finds she was wrong about that assumption when she's pulled…
into the spirit realm, complete with an Underworld, on her first day at college. Adrian, the mysterious young man who brought her there, simply wants her to taste a pomegranate. Soon, though she returns to her regular life, her mind begins exploding with dreams and memories of ancient times; of a love between two Greeks named Persephone and Hades. But lethal danger has always surrounded the immortals, and now that she's tainted with the Underworld's magic, that danger is drawing closer to Sophie. Night Owl Reviews Top Pick (Persephone's Orchard) Long and Short Reviews Book of the Month (Persephone's Orchard)By Gladys Milroy. 1927
Three fantastic stories by Indigenous mother-and-daughter team Gladys and Jill Milroy, collected together for the first time. Told in the…
tradition of teaching stories, these avian tales take young readers on adventures of self-discovery and fulfilment with endearing animal characters and exciting plot lines.By Melanie Dickerson. 2016
After inheriting his title from his brother, the margrave has two weeks to find a noble bride. What will happen…
when he learns he has fallen for a lovely servant girl in disguise? The Margrave of Thornbeck has to find a bride, fast. He invites ten noble born ladies who meet the king's approval to be his guests at Thornbeck Castle for two weeks, a time to test these ladies and reveal their true character. Avelina has only two instructions: keep her true identity a secret and make sure the margrave doesn't select her as his bride. Since the latter seems unlikely, she concentrates on not getting caught. No one must know she is merely a maidservant, sent by the Earl of Plimmwald to stand in for his daughter, Dorothea. Despite Avelina's best attempts at diverting attention from herself, the margrave has taken notice. And try as she might, she can't deny her own growing feelings. But something else is afoot in the castle. Something sinister that could have far worse--far deadlier--consequencesBy Ripley Proserpina. 2017
With every wish made comes a curse…Polya, wild and fierce, innocent and loyal, can credit her very existence to a…
wish her mother made for a prince’s love. The devil himself felt her mother’s ache and gave her everything she asked for. Tempted from Hell to the cruel country of Konstantin, the devil battles against a prince, his princess, and the perfect soldier for the ultimate prize: hope itself. When wishes and curses convene, only Polya can save them all, and start the revolution that will change everything. In the darkest of times…hope is born.By Lisa Mcmanus. 2017
All 15-year-old Nick Zinsky wanted was a guitar of his own and a necklace for his mom, and he wanted…
to buy both on his own, without anyone’s help.Nick’s mom want him to focus on school and not get a job. But Nick is anxious to save up, so he spends the summer and weekends busking downtown with a guitar loaned from school – a secret he has to keep from his mom, his music teacher, his friends, and especially from the school bully, Beau. But when a music competition is announced where the prizes would solve all Nick’s problems, Nick lacks the confidence to enter. Can he find the courage to enter and will it make his problems disappear? Author note: ‘Street Notes’ is a story about bullying, a teens’ struggle for independence, and about learning that sometimes it’s okay to ask for help. This book was previously published with the title “Newbie Nick” in June 2014.By Sarah Hines Stephens, Jane Mason. 2004
Briar Rose is sick of everyone thinking she's perfect. Her parents won't stop doting, her guardian fairies are being real…
pests, and even her teachers act like she can do no wrong. Her classmates at Princess School copy everything she does and, ugh, they keep calling her Beauty. Only Ella, Rapunzel, and Snow seem to like Rose for who she really is. Rose is fed up--and determined to prove that she's more than just a pretty face. She's forming a secret plan to do just that. But what if Rose goes too far? Bookshare has books about other princesses at the magical school. Look for more books in The Princess School series like Who's The Fairest? and If The Shoe Fits.By Molly Ringle. 2016
Sophie Darrow said yes once to a young man offering a realm of Greek gods and immortality. Now her home…
has been shattered, and her friends and family pulled along with her as they run from an evil cult and take shelter in the gloomy Underworld. To love, trust, and smile again seems almost out of Sophie's reach. But remembering the life of the original Persephone and her fellow immortals long ago may prove the best therapy, as well as their key to victory. In ancient times too, the murderous cult Thanatos attacked and eventually wiped out the Greek immortals who sought to bring good to humankind. But those immortals planted seeds in both their realm and ours to ensure that their season would bloom again someday. And spring is finally coming.By Molly Ringle. 2014
New immortals are being created for the first time in thousands of years thanks to the tree of immortality discovered…
by Persephone and Hades. But Sophie Darrow is not one of them. Nikolaos, the trickster, has given the last ripe immortality fruit to two others, the reincarnations of the gods Dionysos and Hekate: Tabitha and Zoe, currently Sophie's and Adrian's best friends.While the disappointed Sophie struggles to remember Hekate and Dionysos from ancient Greece, she must still face her daily life as a mortal university freshman. Tabitha and Zoe have their own struggles as they come to terms with being newly immortal and their own haunting dreams of past lives and loves. The evil committed by Thanatos invades all of them in heartbreaking memories, and worse still, Sophie and her friends know their enemies are determined to kill again. And even the gods can't save everyone.By Virginia Hamilton. 2000
By Rachel Bateman. 2017
Anna's always idolized her older sister, Storm. So when Storm dies in a tragic car accident on the night of…
her high school graduation, Anna is completely lost and her family is torn apart. That is, until she finds Storm's summer bucket list and decides to honor her sister by having the best summer ever--which includes taking an epic road trip to the coast from her sleepy Iowa town. Setting out to do everything on Storm's list along with her sisters best friend Cameron--the boy next door--who knew that Storm's dream summer would eventually lead to Anna's own self-discovery?By Gia Cribbs. 2018
No one wants me to tell you about the disappearance of Sloane Sullivan.Not the lawyers or the cops. Not her…
friends or family. Not even the boy who loved her more than anyone. And most certainly not the United States Marshals Service. You know, the people who run the witness protection program or, as it’s officially called, the Witness Security Program? Yeah, the WITSEC folks definitely don’t want me talking to you.But I don’t care. I have to tell someone.If I don’t, you’ll never know how completely wrong things can go. How a single decision can change everything. How, when it really comes down to it, you can’t trust anyone. Not even yourself. You have to understand, so it won’t happen to you next. Because you never know when the person sitting next to you isn’t who they claim to be…and because there are worse things than disappearing.By Mary Dauterman, Peter Antosh. 2014
Dirty Library is an illustrated humor book for adults that reimagines 45 classic children’s book covers, giving them a delightfully…
twisted, raunchy, and hilarious new spin, plus fun illustrations, charts, and back covers, man-on-the-street opinions, readers’ guides, interviews, and much more. Parodies of popular children’s books include Green Eggs and Hammered, The Very Horny Caterpillar, Where the Girls Gone Wild Things Are, Are You My Baby Daddy?, and many more.By Gaja J. Kos, Boris Kos, Desiree DeOrto, Hana Mori. 2018
This is not a tale of redemption It is not a path to inspire dreams It is the rise of…
Lakrius The man of many names The deceiver of time The king of fortune lost Working as a blacksmith for noblemen willing to kill to protect their secrets Avvyr knows his days are numbered Unless he walks a path more dangerous than death itself As he unearths the truth behind their power something far grimmer than he ever could have imagined Avvyr realizes there is a way to put an end to the nobles brutal reign But while his intentions are pure his actions thin the divide between life and darkness threatening to entrap him in the very cage he wanted the world to escapeBy Rebecca Royce. 2018
Jessica White never intended to stray from her intended path Her assignment was hard but simple Travel through…
the unrestricted path of space corridor that runs between Planet Bear Planet Wolf and Planet Cat to human territory to deliver the packages the Union have entrusted her with The pay day she gets when she completes her job will seriously help her family But when she gets attacked and ends up crash landing on Planet Bear her life changes immediately Finn Cole and Rylan aren t just any shifters they run the planet and if they want their human mate accepted they re going to change everything to get what they want She is their mate Everyone else can get out of their way But Jessica isn t at all sure she wants to go along with this mating Their furniture is too big their food is weird she s not a bear shifter and she can t defend herself from crazy bears shifting to threaten her life The brothers three will have to convince her they re worth all the adjustment or lose her to space