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161) Broken blade
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Once a fabled Blade of Namara, Aral Kingslayer fought for justice and his goddess alongside his familiar, a living shadow called Triss. Now, with their goddess murdered, her temple destroyed, and their brethren dead or outlawed, they are among the last of their kind. Aral survives on the fringes of society, working as a shadow jack. He smuggles goods, protects thugs, and occasionally stoops to thievery. A mysterious woman named Maylein hires Aral...
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A young family vacationing in Mexico is terrorized by the unrelenting evil spirit known to locals as 'La Llorona.' This legendary specter has been kidnapping children for decades. When she captures their only child, his parents must fight back with everything they've got.
164) Compulsion
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her disfigured, shut-in mother, Barrie Watson moves to her aunt's South Carolina plantation, which is guarded by an ancient spirit who cursed one of the island's three founding families and gave the others magical gifts that become compulsions.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
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Description
After his augmented reality gaming headset is possessed by the spirit of the First Emperor of China, twelve-year-old Chinese American Zack Ying is compelled to travel across China to steal an ancient artifact, fight figures from Chinese history and myth, and seal a portal to prevent malicious spirits from destroying the human realm.--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Determined to defeat her social anxiety, [powerhouse movie critic] Violet visits the Algonquin Hotel to pull strength from the hallowed dining room, where Dorothy Parker and so many other famous writers of the 1920s traded barbs. But she gets more than she bargained for when Dorothy Parker's feisty spirit rematerializes from an ancient guestbook and hitches a ride onto her life"--Dust jacket flap.
168) The monsters we defy
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1925, along Washington, DC's "Black Broadway", a malevolent entity has begun preying on Negro residents. Twenty-three-year-old Clara Johnson is determined to discover what's going on in her community. Using her natural ability to talk with spirits, she begins to investigate, but a powerful spirit tasks her with a difficult quest: steal an ancient, magical ring from the finger of a wealthy socialite. When Clara meets Israel Lee, a...
169) Paranormal activity
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie and Micah are a young middle class couple who are engaged to be married. After moving into a suburban 'starter' house in San Diego, California, they begin hearing noises while trying to sleep. Not knowing if the presence is demonic or not, they attempt communicating through a Ouija board, angering the spirit further. Now they may never sleep again, or they may never wake up!
Author
Series
Jumbies volume 3
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After two out-of-season hurricanes nearly destroy her island home, Corinne discovers that the god Huracan is angry and she, aided by friends and enemies alike, races to calm him.
171) Spirit Island
Publisher
Better Than Games
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
English
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Description
"The island needs your help! Powerful Spirits have existed on this isolated island for time immemorial. They are both part of the natural world and--at the same time--something beyond nature. Native Islanders, known as the Dahan, have learned how to co-exist with the spirits, but with a healthy dose of caution and respect. However, now, the island has been "discovered" by invaders from a far-off land. These would-be colonists are taking over the land...
Author
Publisher
Pocket Star
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
An unhappy spirit is in Grandview that Melinda Gordon hasn't been able to help cross over. When the self-acclaimed spiritual consultant Wendy King comes to Grandview she forces the spirit to cross over which then releases an evil, unyielding spirit that beings to reek havoc on the people of Grandview.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]-
Language
English
Description
"Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits--and his massive debt to them. Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good on his bill. Her options: marry the head of the inn her grandfather trashed, or get eaten by ayakashi. But Aoi isn't the type to let spirits push her around, and she's determined to redeem her grandfather's IOU on her own terms."
175) Not dead enough
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Charlotte survived the car crash that killed her boyfriend Jerry, but that night, everything changed. Charlotte wants desperately to get back to "normal"--whatever that means now--and start reconnecting with friends she hasn't spoken to in months. And she's trying to work through her PTSD with the help of her therapist, only she can't tell the truth about Jerry or what really happened the night he died. Just when Charlotte thinks she might be moving...
176) Karas: the prophecy
Publisher
Manga Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
Tokyo--a city populated by both humans and by ghostly beings. They exist in both dimensions, seen and unseen: spirits, apparitions, demons. The balance between these two dimensions has long been upheld by the city's guardian raven Karas and his masters. But that balance has been thrown into disarray as Eko, a former Karas, has attempted to seize power and bring order to the streets through force. The entity Yurine, who represents the will of the people,...
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Alana, como todas las ninfas, queria ser bailarina. Todas las mañanas se ponia sus zapatillas y saltaba encima de; gran nenúfar, donde las ninfas mas jóvenes tenian su aula de ballet. Pero la reina de las ninfas estaba muy preocupada: nunca haia oido hablar de una ninfa que no fuera una excelente bailarina, y Alana era muy torpe. ¿Qué pasaria en el baile de la Noche de la Gran Fiesta?" --
178) A rush of wings
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"Rowenna Winthrop has always known there's magic within her. But though she hears voices on the wind and possesses unusual talents, her mother Mairead believes Rowenna lacks discipline, and refuses to teach her the craft that keeps their Scottish village safe. And when Mairead dies a sinister death, it seems Rowenna's only chance to grow into her power has died with her. Then, on a fateful, storm-tossed night, Rowenna rescues a handsome stranger named...
179) The regrets
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Reality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons's dazzling, darkly playful debut novel about a love affair between the living and the dead. For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to introduce herself, the chemistry between them is undeniable: Thomas is wise, witty, handsome, mysterious, clearly a kindred spirit....
180) Willa of the wood
Author
Series
Willa of the wood volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a twelve-year-old nightspirit living in the Great Smoky Mountains despairs as homesteaders destroy her forest habitat, until a chance encounter with a "day-folk" man changes everything she thought she knew about her people--and their greatest enemy.