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1) Promchanted
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Stella is obsessed with logistics and problem solving, and does not have time for fairy tales, but on a pre-prom visit to Disneyland she and Reece (a boy she accidentally got fired) get swept up in the world of Sleeping Beauty, and the girl who believes in logic, not fantasy, finds herself in a very illogical situation.
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Español
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"North Carolina, 1863. In the midst of the Civil War, the colony of freed people on Roanoke Island begins to be created, a refuge for the newly emancipated. Black families have begun to build a community of their own, a safe place in the shadow of their old lives. This is the place where the March family has finally been able to safely put down roots with her four daughters: Meg, a teacher who wants to find love and create her own family. Jo, a writer...
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"[In this young reader's revised and updated adaptation], beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus's arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers' rights, women's rights, and civil rights during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and ending with the . . . protests against continued American imperialism, [it] presents a . . . new way of understanding America's history. This young...
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Liskal, the newly crowned wind dragon king, has kidnapped Sena to make her his life partner, claiming that--to her surprise--someone with her magic only comes around once every few centuries! But Sena knows that Prince Keith is deeply worried about her, so she flees the castle to take her rightful place by his side. When a frustrated Gartt confronts her, Sena learns Keith is harboring a secret that unearths painful memories from her previous life....
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"I've spent the night in tears, but every morning, I wake up still loving him." With Princess Billaura's marriage around the corner, it's a busy time for Sir Harij--but that doesn't stop him from returning to Rose's shop. Maybe he needs another love potion, or maybe he's worried about her. However, his constant visits have unexpected consequences after a thief matching Harij's description is reported to be at-large. When the city guards come knocking...
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"With the hero's party and the Ordi family on standby, Operation: Destroy the Dirty Casino is a go! Except...something doesn't seem right. It's almost like another mastermind is pulling the strings, and if my hunch is correct, it's a character who's not supposed to show up in this particular connection story. I'll have to figure out what the deal is with all these disparities later, though, because first things first--the prince has been kidnapped!...
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"Despite Rust Byrne's warnings that their opponent is one of the powerful Adjutants of legend, Princess Octavia, her bodyguard, Klifford, and the young lord Derek follow the secretive noble through the passageways below the Sky Chamber, hot on the trails of the intruders who kidnapped Sil. Even during their rush, however, Octavia notices how clean the tunnels are, which begs the question--who could be using them and to what end? Meanwhile, Prince...
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"After years in the elven kingdom, Arthur is finally able to travel to Xyrus and be with his family again! In Leywin fashion, the reunion can’t be celebrated without a friendly battle between father and son. As the dust settles, blissful days of getting to know his sister and reconnecting with his parents follow. But not all is sunshine and rainbows in the big city--Art’s rare mana beast, Sylvie, has drawn attention from the wrong sorts of people....
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"Determined to change her fate as written in The Noble King, Princess Octavia heads to the junior ball to find herself a (fake) boyfriend! But before she even arrives, she runs into trouble--quite literally--when her entourage crosses paths with an out-of-control carriage. As it turns out, the passenger was traveling to the same party in secret before the driver mysteriously fainted. Entangled in a series of rumors and conspiracies, the only one Octavia...
15) Frankenstein
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Presents a graphic novel adaptation of the story of Dr. Frankenstein and his obsessive experiment that leads to the creation of a monstrous and deadly creature.
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"When Violette went back in time, she vowed that she'd live her life differently. Instead of trying to break up her half-sister and the prince, she'd make sure that the two of them got together! But now it's starting to dawn on Violette that in this new timeline, Maryjune and Claudia aren't even interested in each other. As Violette tries to figure out a new plan, she remains oblivious to the fact that the prince has fallen for her!"--Back cover.