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A curse dark as gold
by Elizabeth C. Bunce
As the debt mounts after the sudden death of her father, Charlotte Miller begins to consider the rumors about the curse on her family's woolen mill, but when a stranger makes a bargain with her to turn straw into gold in exchange for her mother's ring, Charlotte fears that her quick decision may end up being more trouble than it is worth.
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Entwined
by Heather Dixon
Confined to their dreary castle while mourning their mother's death, Princess Azalea and her eleven sisters join The Keeper, who is trapped in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that soon becomes nightmarish
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Reckless
by Cornelia Caroline Funke
Jacob and Will Reckless have taken care of each other ever since their father disappeared, but when Jacob discovers a magical mirror that transports him to a warring world populated by witches, giants and ogres, he keeps it to himself until Will follows him one day, with dire consequences. 500,000 first printing.
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Scarlet
by A. C. Gaughen
In a new version of the Robin Hood legend, Scarlet--a fearless young woman who disguises herself as a boy named Will--shadows Robin Hood, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the Sheriff of Nottingham to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector, risking his own life in the process.
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Princess of glass
by Jessica Day George
A companion to Princess of the Midnight Ball finds Princess Poppy reluctantly participating in a royal exchange program that is thrown into turmoil when a hapless servant is tricked by a vengeful fairy godmother into competing with Poppy for the attentions of an eligible prince.
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Princess of the Midnight Ball
by Jessica Day George
As one of the princesses forced to dance every night at the midnight balls for the King Under Stone, Rose and her soldier, Galen, work together to break the evil curse--using a magic invisibility cloak and their true love to fight their foes in the dark halls in which she has been imprisoned.
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Princess of the silver woods
by Jessica Day George
When Petunia, the youngest of the dancing princesses, is ambushed by bandits in wolf masks on her way to visit an elderly neighbor, the line between friends and enemies becomes blurred as she and her sisters pursue the chance to end their family's curse once and for all.
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Book of a thousand days
by Shannon Hale
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, after sacrificing her own freedom to follow her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, into exile, brings Saren safely to the lands of the man they both love where they are forced to hide their true identities as they vie for his attention. 75,000 first printing.
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Splintered : a novel
by A. G. Howard
A descendant of Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 16-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother and predecessors until she discovers that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may be able to save her family from their age-old curse.
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Juliet immortal
by Stacey Jay
For 700 years, the souls of Romeo and Juliet have repeatedly inhabited the bodies of newly deceased people to battle to the death as sworn enemies, until they meet for the last time as two Southern California high school students.
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A thousand nights
by E. K. Johnston
A retelling of The Arabian Nights follows the efforts of a magical young woman to placate the king, her new husband, by telling him a long sequence of stories to prevent him from making her his latest victim. Simultaneous eBook. 75,000 first printing.
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Winterspell
by Claire Legrand
To find her abducted father and keep her sister safe from the lecherous politicians of 1899 New York City, seventeen-year-old Clara must journey to the wintry kingdom of Cane, where Anise, queen of the faeries, has ousted the royal family in favor of herown totalitarian, anti-human regime
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Wildwood dancing
by Juliet Marillier
When their cousin Cezar arrives after their father becomes ill, Jena fears his true motive for showing up while worrying about her sister's new relationship with a dangerous creature from the Other Kingdom, an enchanted world only available to them on the night of the full moon.
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Rose daughter
by Robin McKinley
The winner of the Newbery Award for The Hero and the Crown returns to the fairy tale of the Beauty and the Beast to create a haunting portrayal of the transformative power of love. Reprint.
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Spindle's end
by Robin McKinley
Princess Rosie is whisked away into hiding by her forest friends as a baby in order to protect her from the evil fairy Pernicia's curse, but Pernicia's powers are strong, and Rosie's fairy and animal friends must do everything they can to save her. 50,000 first printing.
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The outlaws of Sherwood
by Robin McKinley
The author retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
When Cinder, a gifted cyborg with a mysterious past, becomes entangled with the handsome Prince Kai, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle to save humankind from a deadly plague and ruthless lunar beings.
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Scarlet
by Marissa Meyer
A continuation of the series that began with the best-selling Cinder finds Scarlet Benoit teaming up with street fighter Wolf to find her missing grandmother, a journey that compels them to join forces with fugitive Cinder, who is fleeing the vicious Lunar Queen Levana.
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Beast
by Donna Jo Napoli
Elaborates on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast," told from the point of view of the beast and set in Persia
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Dorothy must die
by Danielle Paige
Whisked to Oz by another Kansas twister, Amy Gumm discovers that the magical land has been systematically destroyed by Dorothy's tyrannical rule, a situation that compels Amy to join the Revolutionary Order of deposed magic-wielders who want to put an end to Dorothy's oppressive reign. 125,000 first printing.
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East
by Edith Pattou
Full of fear and excitement, Rose, a young woman, journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear, only to find that her journey has just begun, in a retelling of the classic tale, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." 20,000 first printing.
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Between the lines
by Jodi Picoult
Preferring to spend her days in the school library where she reads a fairy tale that feels strangely real to her, loner Delilah is astonished when the story's brave and handsome prince, Oliver, reaches out to her and reveals his discontent with his predetermined, literary existence, in a young-adult book that will have crossover appeal for older readers.
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Alice in the country of hearts
by Soumei Hoshino
Alice is kidnapped and brought to the strange world of Wonderland, where a war is waging between the Queen of Hearts and the Hatter gang syndicate, and Alice must find her way home while escaping their wrath
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Withering tights
by Louise Rennison
Self-conscious about her knobby knees but confident in her acting ability, 14-year-old Tallulah Casey spends the summer at a Yorkshire performing arts camp that she is surprised to learn is for girls only, in the first book of a new series by the award-winning author of the Confessions of George Nicolson series. 50,000 first printing.
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The madman's daughter
by Megan Shepherd
Dr. Moreau's 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father's island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors and a love triangle. Inspired by H. G. Wells' classic The Island of Dr. Moreau. 75,000 first printing.
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The Grimm legacy
by Polly Shulman
After high school student Elizabeth, working as a page, gains access to the Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods
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A wicked thing
by Rhiannon Thomas
Awakened by a handsome prince's kiss after a century in a cursed sleep, Princess Aurora struggles to adjust to a life among strangers and fears that the witch who once ensnared her is still a danger to her kingdom. Simultaneous eBook. 40,000 first printing.
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Midnight pearls
by Debbie Viguie
An intricately woven tapestry of magic, adventure, and romance tells the tale of a stunning mermaid, a horrible curse, and the power of love in the Kingdom of Aster--a place where legends are born. Original.
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Briar Rose
by Jane Yolen
A retelling of the Sleeping Beauty tale finds Briar Rose living in forests patrolled by the German army during World War II in a dark tale of the Holocaust. Reprint.
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Pay the piper : A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale
by Jane Yolen
Avoiding the excitement accompanying a visit by a popular rock band to her sleepy Massachusetts town, fourteen-year-old Callie McCallan is nevertheless entranced by the band's otherworldly flute music and finds herself entering a mythical world when the town's young children begin to disappear. 25,000 first printing.
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