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41) Blanca & Roja
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Description
"The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan. But when two local boys become drawn into the game,...
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten.
43) Maleficent
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...
44) The scar
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Disfigured and cursed by a mysterious man after killing a student in a duel, Egert, an egotistical member of an elite guard, embarks on an odyssey to undo the damage he has caused and seeks forgiveness from the student's grief-stricken fiancée.
Author
Series
Edge chronicles volume 4
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Apprenticed to the Most High Academe of Sanctaphrax, a floating city of scholars, gossip, and treachery, fourteen-year-old Quint runs increasingly dangerous errands, which eventually bring him to a place of gruesome monsters that threaten his life and those of his friends.
Author
Series
Emblem Island volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.
47) Into the flame
Author
Series
Darkness chosen volume 4
Language
English
Description
While searching for the birth family who gave him the ability to change into a savage golden cougar, cop Doug Black meets Firebird Wilder, who flees upon discovering his secret, forcing him to go on the hunt for this mysterious woman he cannot forget.
Author
Publisher
Discovery House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The words bless, blessed, and blessing are found over 500 times in the Bible. A blessing, says the author, is any act of God that brings Him glory by accomplishing His will and helping His people grow and do His will. Scattered throughout the Bible are statements of blessing that we call "benedictions." In these pages, the author examines 12 of the most prominent benedictions of the Bible and helps readers learn what the blessings are that God wants...
Author
Series
Secrets of Droon volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
50) Flowerheart
Author
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Clara accidentally curses her father with wild magic, and in order to save him, she makes a dangerous bargain with a local wizard, who happens to be her childhood best friend.
Author
Series
Hamster princess volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
"Harriet Hamsterbone sets out to reverse the curse on twelve mice princesses who are forced to dance all night, every night"--
52) Cursed crowns
Author
Series
Twin crowns volume 2
Language
English
Description
To establish goodwill throughout the kingdom, Queen Rose embarks on a royal tour where she unexpectedly discovers why the Restless Sands are erupting, while her twin sister, Queen Wren, journeys to the icy north to bargain for their grandmother's freedom.
Twin queens Wren and Rose have claimed their crowns ... but not everyone is happy about witches sitting on Eana's throne. Cool-headed Rose sets off on a Royal Tour to win over the doubters, but...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Once a week Episcopal priest Adrian Dannhauser stands outside her Manhattan church beside a chalkboard sign that reads "Ask me for a blessing (because God knows you need one)." Passersby stop, chat, and ask for prayer: for a sick friend, an addicted son, an upcoming job interview, the state of our nation, or the grief of our world. Bus drivers sometimes open their doors for a quick prayer before the light turns green, and someone once took her to...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
"What if Anna and Elsa never knew each other? As the future Queen of Arendelle, Princess Elsa's life is full of expectation and responsibility--not to mention, questions. What type of ruler will she be? When will she have to pick a suitor? And why has she always harbored the feeling that some critical piece of herself is missing? Following the unexpected death of her parents, Elsa is forced to answer those questions sooner than she'd hoped, becoming...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"When Robyn and his brothers are turned into ravens through the work of a curse, their younger sister is their only hope for them to become human again. Though she's never met them, April is determined to restore her brothers' humanity. But what will become of Robyn, who has discovered a much greater affinity to the air than to the earth-bound lives of his family?"--Jacket
Author
Series
Beast charmer volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
"Exiled Charmer Leena Edenfrell is running out of time. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts-an offense punishable by death-and now there's a price on her head. With the realm's most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes Noc an offer he can't refuse: powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life. Plagued by a curse that kills everyone he loves, Noc agrees to Leena's terms in hopes of finding a cure....