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When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witchwith a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
5) The accursed
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Ecco
Pub. Date
c2013
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xiii, 669 p. ; 24 cm.
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In 20th century Princeton, New Jersey, a powerful curse, which besets the wealthiest of families, causes the disappearance of a young bride, and when her brother sets out to find her, he crosses paths with the town's most formidable people, including Grover Cleveland and Upton Sinclair.
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2013.
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xiv, 398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Cursed with longevity and an immunity to the cold, a lovelorn eighteenth-century Russian noble traverses two hundred years of history and three continents while investigating the truth about his strange physiology.
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Dark artifices volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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880 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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While the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and focus on saving the world of Shadowhunters before the parabatai curse destroys everyone.--Provided by Publisher.
8) Fired up
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Arcane Society novels volume 7
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
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x, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
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Jack Winters, descendant of genetically altered Nicholas, has been experiencing nightmares and blackouts--just the beginning, he believes--of the manifestation of the Winters family curse. The legend says that he must find the Burning Lamp or risk turning into a monster. But he can't do it alone; he needs the help of private investigator Chloe Harper who possesses the gift to read the lamp's dreamlight.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
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339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Seventeen-year-old Aiden has been living like a ghost since his mother tried to stop a family curse by causing him to forget his psychic experiences but when Jarrod, a childhood friend, returns, so do the memories and Aiden is compelled to seek the truth and release them all from the story that has trapped them.
11) The exile
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Bookshots/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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132 pages ; 18 cm.
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"Ex-cop Finn O'Grady hasn't been home in years. In Kilmeaden, Ireland, his ex-lover-- the woman he swore to protect-- is convinced an ancient curse has put her and her son in deadly danger. O'Grady has seen too much evil on earth to believe in the supernatural. And then the killing starts...."--Back cover.
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Redhook
Pub. Date
2021.
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454 pages ; 25 cm
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"Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder--a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world, but when her...
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2013.
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476 pages ; 21 cm
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Clara Laguna es una hermosa joven de un pueblo español de finales del siglo XiX. Cuando se enamora de un hombre rico, su madre, una hechicera tuerta, le previene de la maldición de las Laguna: están condenadas a sufrir el desamor y a engendrar niñas que también sufrirán mal de amores. Así, el hombre la abandona tras dejarla embarazada y Clara, ciega de rabia, abre un burdel en la casona roja, a las afueras del pueblo. Allí da a luz a Manuela,...
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Hibiscus daughter volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 22 cm.
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All the women in Iris and Malina?s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to manipulate beauty. Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, while Malina interprets moods as music. But their mother has strict rules to keep their gifts a secret, even in their secluded sea-side town. Iris and Malina are not allowed to share their magic with anyone, and above all, they are forbidden from falling in love....
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Songs of magic volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
390 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Three unlikely heroes--Patch Brightwater, a boy in disgrace, Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing dracogriff--discover a deadly truth: the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose! Can they stop him before he sparks the biggestbattle of them all?
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Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
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378 pages ; 21 cm
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The enduring bonds of sisterhood flourish in this heartwarming and dazzling Italian adventure, where a love that spans generations reveals the path to one woman's destiny, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Life List. When the fiercely independent and mysterious Paulina "Poppy" Fontana invites her great-nieces and fellow second-born daughters, Emilia and Lucy, to visit her birthplace of Italy, she makes a wild declaration. On her eightieth...
17) Curse of Salem
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"The small town of Salem has been quiet for months-or so Bishop and his elite Special Crimes Unit believe. Butthen Hollis Templeton and Diana Hayes receive a warning in Diana's eerie "gray time"-a space between the world of the living and the realm of the dead-that a twisted killer is stalking Salem, bent on destroying in the most bloody and horrifying way possible the five families that founded the town. The stakes are high, especially for new friends...
18) The oracle
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Fargo adventures volume 11
Pub. Date
2019.
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"The husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team of Sam and Remi Fargo return in a new adventure as they search for an ancient scroll--which carries a deadly curse--in this thrilling addition to Clive Cussler's bestselling series. In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army. The oracle tells the king that a high priestess cast a curse upon the Vandal Kingdom after a sacred scroll was...
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