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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To help her best friend-turned-enemy Derek, who's possessed by a ghost, seventeen-year-old Aria must reestablish her link to the afterlife with the help of a new love to remove the lost soul from Derek's body or they could lose him forever.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Beatrice Clayborn is a sorceress who practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be locked into a marital collar that will cut off her powers to protect her unborn children. She dreams of becoming a full-fledged Magus and pursuing magic as her calling as men do, but her family has staked everything to equip her for Bargaining Season, when young men and women of means descend upon the city to negotiate the best marriages. The Clayborns...
46) The ghost
Author
Language
English
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Description
The romance of Sarah Ferguson, an 18th century countess who flees her abusive husband in England to join her French lover in America. It is presented through the eyes of a modern man who reads her diary, drawing inspiration from it to improve his own love life.
Author
Publisher
Poppy/Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Told in separate voices, Alex, Haynes, and other members of Savannah's Magnolia League seek aid for their own family members from the legendary Hoodoo family, the Buzzards, in violation of an old pact, unaware that a Shadow Man is using one of them to return from the dead.
Author
Series
Sophie Trace trilogy volume 1
Publisher
David C. Cook
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Brill Jessup just became the first female police chief in Sophie Trace, Tennessee, and is riding on the credentials of a stellar eighteen-year career on the Memphis police force...Before she even has time to unpack her boxes, people start disappearing. Lots of them. To complicate matters, a local legend has many residents believing that the cause is unearthly--tied to red "shadows", or spirits of the departed Cherokee who once inhabited the land..."--p.[4]...
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.
Author
Series
Gods of Manhattan volume 1
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rory discovers a spirit world that thrives alongside his contemporary New York City, filled with fantastical creatures and people from the city's colorful past who have become gods and goddesses and who have chosen Rory to perform a dangerous mission.
51) Burden Falls
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When someone close to Ava Thorn is brutally murdered and Ava becomes the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if ghostly legends surrounding her town might be more fact than fiction"--
52) Far away
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old CJ believes her mom is dead and that she can only communicate with her through her aunt, who is a medium, but when CJ finds out that her mother is actually alive, she goes on a journey to find her.--
53) Renegade magic
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Kat tries to use her untrained magical powers to prevent use of the wild magic of Sulis Minerva found in Bath, England, where Stepmama has brought the family in hopes of finding Kat's sister a proper match.
Author
Series
Winnie Zeng volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
As the balance between the human and spirit realm becomes more fragile as Halloween aproaches, Winnie Zeng and her archnemesis and fellow member of the Shaman Task Force, David, must work with a new shaman to keep their town safe.
56) Ghost times two
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Language
English
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Description
"Bailey Ruth Raeburn's latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend Megan, whom he wants to be happy even without him--which is easier said than done. As if being haunted by her late boyfriend wasn't enough, Megan is dealing with an arrogant, manipulative senior partner who threatens to fire Megan's vulnerable secretary if...
57) A nearer moon
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Long ago the dam formed, the lively river turned into a swamp, and the wasting illness came to Luna's village. Now that her little sister is sick Luna will do anything to save her, even offer herself to the creature that lives in the swamp on the day of the nearer moon--a lonely and bitter water sprite who was left behind when her people fled through a door to another world.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Armed with her fledgling powers, a magic cookbook, and the mentorship of a talking rabbit, sixth-grader Winnie Zeng must embrace her heritage and the powers of her ancestors to save her town from an evil spirit of Chinese legend.
Author
Series
Queen's council volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Mulan goes from a celebrated war hero to a reluctant Empress and must once again rise above expectations and prove she doesn't have to be anyone but herself to save China"--
Author
Publisher
Viz Communications
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Sen vows to save Haku's parents, who have been turned into pigs and to get them all out of this strange world someday. Meanwhile, back at work, Sen gets the worst jobs and the mysterious No-Face monster is lurking. Who is he and what does he want?