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Project Gutenberg
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English
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The Ruby of Kishmoor (1908) is a deceptively simple story by renowned author and illustrator Howard Pyle. From the very beginning, it concerns itself with the mystery behind appearances, with all that lies hidden beneath the veil of a first glance.
"You may never know what romantic aspirations may lie hidden beneath the most sedate and sober demeanor." This is how the reader is introduced to Jonathan Rugg, a young Quaker from Philadelphia who unwittingly...
82) Alpha Goddess
Author
Series
Alpha goddess novels volume 1
Publisher
Sky Pony
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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In Seraphine Caelum's world, gods exist. So do goddesses. Sera knows this because she is one of them. A secret long concealed by her parents, Sera is Lakshmi reborn, the human avatar of an immortal Indian goddess rumored to control all the planes of existence—Illysia (the Light Realm), Earth (the Mortal Realm), and Xibalba (the Dark Realm). Marked by the sigils of both heaven and hell, Sera's avatar is meant to bring balance to the mortal world,...
83) Hello, rain!
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A young girl experiences a rain storm from seeing the storm roll in, to splashing in the puddles, and then finally watching the sun coming back out.
84) The capture
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 1
Language
English
Description
Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger, four owls, band together to seek the truth and protect the owl world from unimaginable danger.
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Series
Artemis Fowl series volume 4
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
After his last run-in with the fairies, Artemis had his mind wiped of his memories of the world below ground. But they have not forgotten about him. Once again, he must stop the human and fairy worlds from colliding - only this time, Artemis faces an enemy who may have finally outsmarted him. eBook also includes author video.
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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The Olive Fairy Book is a 20th century collection of short fiction, that includes stories such as The Blue Bird, which follows a young maiden, Florine, who is locked away after her sister becomes jealous of her beauty and charm. Also featured in this collection is The Clever Weaver, an Armenian tale that depicts a kingdom in scrambles after a mysterious foreign envoy puzzles the king with a riddle. The Green Knight is a tale borrowed from Danish folklore....
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and Other Stories(1888) is an inscrutable, magical fairy tale collection that has filled readers of all ages with joy and wonder. Each story explores profound truths of love, morality, and suffering; yet there is a poignant beauty that shines through each of these remarkable and timeless tales.
The opening story, "The Happy Prince" is set in a town full of suffering, where a little sparrow who had been abandoned by...
88) The Fowl twins
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Series
Fowl twins volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old twins Miles and Beckett Fowl enjoy adventure and mayhem while helping a troll escape nefarious forces that want his magic.
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Series
Sisters Grimm volume 3
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English
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Sabina and Daphne Grimm enter the hideout of the Scarlet Hand in order to rescue their parents who had been kidnapped a year before, but their attempts are thwarted by the most famous fairy tale character in the world.
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Series
Silver bowl trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"With tensions rising between the kingdoms of Westria and Austlind, Molly and Tobias accompany King Alaric to Cortova, where he hopes to form an alliance with the powerful King Gonzalo--an alliance that would be sealed by Alaric's marriage to Gonzalo's daughter, the beautiful princess Elizabetta"--
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Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 2
Language
English
Description
Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
92) Twilight Land
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
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English
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Twilight Land (1894), Howard Pyle's magical collection of original fairy tales is an utterly unique treasury of myths that offer timeless perspectives of loyalty, good-will, and wisdom. The reader will find themselves in the dreamlike world of Twilight Land, where they will meet sixteen of the world's best known raconteurs as they spin the magic of their stories.
Entering The Inn of the Sign of Mother Goose, in the path through Twilight Land, it...
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Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Hawthorne in his 'Wonder Book' has described the beautiful Greek myths and traditions, but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep. Although they are a part of the mythical period of American history, these hazy legends were altogether, disdained by the earlier historians; indeed, George Bancroft made it a matter of actual pride that the beginning of...
Author
Series
Fowl twins volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Twins Myles and Beckett face off against Lord Teddy Bleedham-Drye, the Duke of Scilly, who has been plotting revenge against them since they humiliated him"--
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English
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Much to their initial dismay, a twelve-year-old boy and girl discover they are destined to become knights of King Arthur's legendary Round Table, but first they must find and reforge Excalibur and break a curse that has weakened the magic of the Twenty-Five and a Half Realms.
96) Angelfire
Author
Series
Angelfire trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A seventeen-year-old girl discovers she has the reincarnated soul of an ancient warrior destined to battle the reapers--monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell.
97) Stepsister
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Language
English
Description
Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.
99) Dragon pearl
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Series
Thousand worlds volume 1
Language
English
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"Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces."--
Author
Series
King Arthur series (Howard Pyle) volume 2
Language
English
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Three of King Arthur's most beloved knights, Sir Launcelot, Sir Tristram and Sir Percival, headline their own fantastical tales of love, honor and inescapable duty. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table offers an intimate look at the many obstacles and triumphs of the famous warriors.
Sir Launcelot, the first knight of the round table, is a prominent fixture who appears alongside King Arthur on various quests. He becomes a legend in his own...
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