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Enola Holmes is on the case, when a young porter, the boy in buttons, disappears without a trace.
Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft, owns a building in the heart of 19th-century London, a place she uses under pseudonyms to front for her investigative work. Employed there is a porter, Joddy, a young boy in a uniform festooned with buttons, whose even younger brother substitutes for him when he's sick. But, Paddy disappears...
2) Colt
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Winner of the Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award: The triumphant story of a boy who overcomes his disease with help from horses If Colt Vittorio had a motto, it would be I Don't Want To! Colt has spina bifida-a condition that makes the bones in his legs weak and confines him to a wheelchair. When Colt is introduced to horseback riding in a program for disabled kids, he is beyond nervous. He wants nothing to do with these terrifying animals. After...
3) Apocalypse
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A woman returns to wreak end-of-the-world vengeance on her Pennsylvania hometown. Disfigured since birth, Joanie Musser has endured decades of taunts and torments from the "normals" in Hoadley, Pennsylvania. Her only friend is a boy named Barry Beal, who has an ugly birthmark on his face. A few days after Barry lends her $500 and his welder's mask, Joanie disappears. Cally Wilmore, a vaguely discontented mother of two and the wife of the local funeral...
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A search to find her parents becomes a quest that shakes Jamie Bridger's identity to its core. Raised by her grandparents, fourteen-year-old Jamie Bridger has never known who her parents are. When she presses for details, her grandmother protests that she doesn't remember things that happened years ago, and her grandfather reacts by flying into a rage. But who could forget the birth of their only grandchild? And how could a mother give up her baby...
5) Metal Angel
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A dissatisfied angel falls to Earth to pursue his long-held dream of becoming a heavy-metal rock 'n' roll god For Volos, heaven is a bore; the real action is in the world of mortals. So the restless celestial abandons the eternal realm, transforming himself into a beautiful, decadent example of the human male while keeping his wings intact, and sets out to become a rock star. Needing appropriate lyrics for his soon-to-be hit singles and having no...
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Welcome to Isle, a land of fantasy that existed long before there were such things. Surrounded by vast oceans and dotted with thick forests, Isle was a land in which all beings lived together. There were gods and ghosts dwelling with the Old Ones, the wise ancient ancestors. During this period, the Book of Suns began its life, though little was known about its contents. The mighty marriage between Sun and Moon begins an adventure never seen before....
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Perfect Trisha and troublemaker Donni couldn't be more different-but neither of them knows what to do when their parents get a divorce After Donni and Trisha's parents split up, Donni goes to live with their dad and Trisha goes with their mom. Donni is nothing like her older sister, Trisha the Perfect, who gets good grades and never does anything wrong. All Donni is interested in is art. Since the divorce, she's been in trouble practically every day....
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A headstrong young prince, enslaved far from home, must rescue his imperiled kingdom and those he loves from an ancient dark sorcery in Nancy Springer's magnificent third entry in the Book of Isle
The life of young Prince Trevyn of Isle changes forever on the day a mysterious boy named Gwern is welcomed without question into the family's castle. Stubborn and resentful of the unwanted intrusion, the errant teenage prince abandons his home and soon...
9) Dusssie
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Dusie is having a bad day of mythological proportions Dusie wakes up one morning to a hissing sound. As she catches her reflection in the mirror, she finds that her hair has turned into snakes. That's right-snakes. But her mom seems totally unfazed. That's because underneath the turban, Dusie's mom has a crown of vipers. She is an immortal gorgon-a kind of goddess-and had hoped Dusie wouldn't inherit the family curse since her father was a mortal,...
10) Mindbond
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In the second book of Nancy Springer's remarkable Sea King fantasy trilogy, a king's quest for the survival of his world leads him and his bond brother to a terrifying realm of the dead beneath the water Once, great kings reigned in mighty, teeming cities. Now six small tribes inhabit the known world-and their world is nearing its end. When Rad Korridun, king of the Seal Kindred Tribe, first encountered Dannoc, the troubled chieftain saw clearly...
11) Fair Peril
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The art of storytelling and the power of a mother's love imbue this feminist fantasy novel - a contemporary riff on the tale of the frog prince. Once upon a time there was a middle-aged woman whose husband dumped her the month after their twentieth anniversary... Divorced, overweight Buffy Murphy is not a happy camper. One April afternoon, she walks into the woods... and meets a talking bullfrog. He asks her to kiss him so he can transform back into...
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From an Edgar Award–winning author, a domestic thriller in which "a neighborly social call turns nightmare in the Florida panhandle" (Kirkus Reviews).
Liana Clymer only wanted to escape her life. Still wounded by her painful divorce and estranged from her adult sons, she leaves everything behind for a sweet cottage in a remote part of the Florida panhandle. Seeking out company, she decides to call on her nearest neighbor. A choice she will live...
13) Wings of Flame
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Swords and sorcery fill this fantasy about an outcast girl who teams up with a prince to break a supernatural curse that could destroy their warring kingdoms In the kingdom of Vashti, a shuntali is an outcast-an unperson. One day, a young warrior gallops into the city astride a magnificent blue stallion. He is Prince Kyrem of Deva, and he has come to Vashti on a mission of peace between the warring kingdoms. En route, he is attacked by brigands...
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4 girls and only 1 pony! When their mother remarries, twin sisters Toni and Staci get . . . twin stepsisters! Toni and Staci have almost nothing in common with their new siblings-Paisley is loud and spoiled, and Stirling is pretty and perfect-but all of the girls love horses. When Paisley brings home a pony of her own, with a sugar-colored mane and sweet dark eyes, the rest of the sisters are consumed with jealousy. How can 4 horse-crazy girls get...
15) Chains of Gold
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Every action has a consequence in this fantasy tale that follows a couple fleeing their destiny. Cerilla, the sheltered, castle-bound protagonist of this inventive and moving fantasy novel, is determined to escape her bloody fate: marriage to a king who is to be sacrificed after she bears his child. But Cerilla makes the monumental mistake of falling in love with her god-like husband to be - Arlen of the Sacred Isle - and he with her. Arlen's devoted...
16) Dark Lie
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From an Edgar Award winner, this abduction story is "a compulsive page turner that will have readers cheering on the decidedly unglamorous heroine" (Kirkus Reviews).
Dorrie White should be content with her life. She has a steady job, a loving husband. But
Dorrie also has a secret-one that has caught up with her. When she was a teenager in high school, Dorrie got pregnant and put her baby up for adoption. When she discovers her daughter, Juliet,...
17) The Golden Swan
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A shape-shifter and an errant soul share an unbreakable bond and a curse, and must join together to fulfill an ancient magical prophecy in Nancy Springer's final installment of the Book of Isle
When Prince Dair was a small child and still in wolf form, he saw his future in the loom of Ylim, the weaving seeress as old as the world. It was prophesied that he, the changeling son of King Trevyn of Isle, would travel far from his home and his loved ones,...
18) Lionclaw
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Lionel won't learn to fight, so he is banished by his warrior father, Lionclaw. The boy soon finds a home in Sherwood Forest with a band of outcasts led by Rowan Hood, daughter of Robin. But when Lionclaw vows to destroy them, Lionel knows he must finally fight for what is right. A sequel to the award-winning Rowan Hood, this action-packed adventure is sure to delight all young readers.
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Nancy Springer is a two-time recipient of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. Her beloved Rowan Hood books are favorites of young readers. Wild Boy, the fourth book of the series, tells the story of Rook-a feral, homeless orphan who stalks Sherwood Forest like a wild animal. Ever since the Sheriff of Nottingham killed his father, Rook has screamed for vengeance. Now with the evil Sheriff 's son caught in one of his man-traps, Rook may finally...
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The murder of her mother leads 13-year-old Rowan to a desperate decision. She must set out alone across dangerous country to find the father she has never met: a famous outlaw of Sherwood Forest named Robin Hood. And when Robin is captured by the Sheriff of Nottingham, Rowan and an unlikely band of rescuers must use all their skills to set him free.