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Author
Series
Epic series of failures volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Greg Belmont learns he's anything but ordinary when he discovers he's a real, live, fantastical dwarf and sets off on the adventure of a lifetime"--
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
831 p. ; 25 cn,
Language
English
Description
Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.
Author
Series
Epic series of failures volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The saga continues as Galdervatn spreads throughout the world, calling forth mythical monsters and new challenges for Greg and his Dwarven crew"--
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
290 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po PanYin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch"--
25) Thistlefoot
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist--have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited--only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs. Thistlefoot, as the house...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rocaeditorial
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera ediciaon.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
After learning that the Elves, led by his former best friend, are planning an attack using mythical monsters, Greg and his Dwarven friends find themselves in danger and Greg is relying on his bloodthirsty talking axe to help prevent a war.
27) Haunted legends
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A volume of 20 original short works presented in the style of traditional ghost stories includes contributions by such writers as Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford and Caitlin R. Kiernan, in an anthology co-edited by a Bram Stoker Award, Hugo Award and eight-time World Fantasy Award winner.
Series
Cautionary fables and fairytales volume Book 4
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling and witty comics collection, some of storytelling's finest talents reimagine classic folklore from the Pacific with a modern twist.
29) The rise of Greg
Author
Series
Epic series of failures volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Greg and his Dwarven friends seek a powerful amulet in the hope of averting a war with the Elves for the fate of magic on earth.
Author
Series
Historia de una bruja contemporánea volume primera parte
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
178 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Una bruja sin escoba es una historia llena de valores humanos y de realidad mágica en la que se nos muestra el verdadero sentido de la vida, una novela que rompe el mito de las brujas encadenadas a pócimas, aquelarres y artes oscuras."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community...
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every Christmas, millions of children leave cookies out for Santa Claus. What they might not know is that many many years ago, Santa's grandma made cookies for Santa and now every year Santa makes cookies for Mrs. Claus, the elves, and his reindeer. So when we leave cookies for Santa we're honoring his family tradition!"--
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"With his great sheltering wings and crown of stars that lights the Scottish skies, Erin knows the heroic Storm Goose from her favorite legend will always guide Papa home from sea. But when a terrible storm strikes, it's not Papa that comes ashore, but aninjured white bird. Over the next few weeks, Erin helps the Storm Goose heal in hopes he can save Papa, but comes to accept that Papa will never come home and must instead oversee the Storm Goose's...
Author
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding the child... But will her story be...
Author
Series
YouSpace volume 5
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Being the Dark Lord and Prince of Evil is not as much fun as it sounds, particularly if you are a basically decent person. King Mordak is just such a person. Technically he's more goblin than person, but the point is that he is really keen to be a lot less despicable than his predecessors. Not that the other goblins appreciate Mordak's attempts to redefine the role. Why should they when his new healthcare program seems designed to actually extend...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xii, 290 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs to be truly seen. A young businesswoman attempts a great leap in her company -- and an even greater one in her love life. A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether she should uphold her family's politics or be true to her heart. In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful...
38) Mestiza blood
Author
Publisher
Flame Tree Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions centered around the Chicana experience: a bar where a devil dances the night away; a street fight in a neighborhood that may not have been a fight after all; a vengeful chola at the beginning of the apocalypse; mind swapping in the not so far future; Satan who falls and finds herself in a brothel in Amsterdam; the keys to Mictlan given to a woman after she dies during a pandemic. The...
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
512 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in Master of Poisons. The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find. Djola, righthand man and spymaster...
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
c2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"One summer day, Lauren and her little brother, James, go on a trip to the land with their Moshom (grandfather). After they've arrived, the children decide to fish for dinner while Moshom naps. They are in their canoe in the middle of the lake when the water around them begins to swirl and crash. They are thrown overboard and when Lauren surfaces she sees her brother being pulled away by the Memekwesewak--creatures who live in and around water and...
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