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321) Cursed
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Three young adults mauled by a werewolf running loose on the streets of Los Angeles discover that the only way to break the curse upon them is to kill the one who started it all.
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An all-new Midnight Society and a spooky new seaside location bring fresh scares when the group's leader suddenly vanishes. The remaining members must follow the clues, confront dark forces, and ultimately uncover the truth behind their town's terrifying curse. Will they break the curse of the shadows, before it₂s too late?
324) Curse of the phoenix
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Sent to England for a summer with relatives, twins Zac and Lu learn that their recently-deceased mother's tales of mythical creatures are true, and they must find a phoenix to break a curse.
325) ParaNorman
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From the makers of Coraline comes the story of Norman, a boy who must use his special powers to save his town from a centuries-old curse. In addition to spooky zombies, he'll also have to take on unpredictable ghosts, wily witches, and, worst of all, clueless grown-ups. But this young ghoul whisperer will soon find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grownups to save his...
326) The long-lost home
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Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this utterly miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons--who, she now knows, include herself and the Incorrigible children, although their precise location on the family tree is still a mystery--from their accursèd fate....
327) The reptile
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"A deadly epidemic is spreading through the remote Cornish village of Clagmoor Heath. As darkness falls its victims are found foaming at the mouth with savage wounds upon their necks. After his brother becomes another fatality, Harry Spalding travels to Clagmoor to investigate his sibling's mysterious death. With little help from the superstitious locals, Harry follows a trail of macabre intrigue that leads him to the sinister Dr. Franklyn, his strange...
328) Read it and weep!
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When a tattered, old tarot card falls out of Charlotte Torres's library book, she doesn't think much of it. It doesn't even bother her that there's a message written on the back: "Pass this card along or you'll be sorry!" But when horrible things start happening, things that seem like bad luck, but frighten Charlotte the most, she begins to believe in the power of the card and its message. She wants to get rid of it, but she doesn't want to pass it...
329) The flight of swans
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Elaborates on the tale of young princess Ryn, who must be silent for six years to save her brothers after they are turned into swans by their evil stepmother.
330) The Crowfield curse
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In 1347, when fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest to gather wood and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, he discovers he has the ability to see fays and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets.
331) The nightshifter
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Stenio works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. He toils all night, but he's never alone, for Stenio can talk to the dead. And they talk back. But when the whispers of the dead reveal secrets of his own life, Stenio unleashes a curse that brings forth danger and darkness.
332) Coco
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Miguel's love of music and desire to prove his talent sees him transported to the Land of the Dead where he meets the trickster Hector, and the two embark on a journey to meet Ernesto de la Cruz who holds the key to Miguel's family history.
333) The mummy's curse
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"Engaging images accompany information about the Mummy's Curse. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
335) The great ice battle
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Neal and his friends must find a way to save Jaffa City from being frozen because of Lord Sparr's curse.
336) I am not a witch
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When eight-year-old Shula turns up alone and unannounced in a rural Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates to a full-blown witch trial, where she is found guilty and sentenced to life on a state-run witch camp. There, she is tethered to a long white ribbon and told that if she ever tries to run away, she will be transformed into a goat. As the days pass, Shula begins to settle into her new community, but a threat looms...
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Prince Jack, often called Prince Handsome, grows up under a curse, and when he is pricked by a sword he and the whole castle fall sound asleep-- and as the years pass a city of skyscrapers grow up around the castle making it hard to find, but luckily Princess Anya has an antique map she found on the Internet and her very own tunnel-boring machine.