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Legend of the white werewolf, the forgotten ones

Legend of the white werewolf, the forgotten ones
Legend of the white werewolf, the forgotten ones
Author:  Crystal Dawn

When Ariel’s friends convince her to go out for a ladies night with them, she doesn’t realize her whole life is about to change. She meets Blake, a handsome enigmatic man hiding a big secret. That’s alright, because she has some secrets of her own she has no intention of sharing. The problems start when the secrets begin to come out and their lives become hopelessly entangled. Their relationship brings Ariel the attention she has hidden from for years and exposes her to an evil she never believed was real.

Quintana of Charyn

Quintana of Charyn
Quintana of Charyn
Author:  Melina Marchetta

There's a babe in my belly that whispers the valley, Froi. I follow the whispers and come to the road . . .

Brigid Lucy (Wants) NEEDS a friend

Author:  Leonie Norrington

Brigid Lucy tries to be good but it doesn't always work. Is this because there's an imp hiding in her hair?

Biddy hopes she will find a friend at the park. But then she yells at her mum and gets sent to her room. That's when the trouble REALLY begins!

Brisingr

Oaths sworn...
Loyalties tested...
Forces collide.


It's been only months since Eragon first uttered "brisingr," the ancient language term for fire. Since then, he's not only learned to create magic with words - he's been challenged to his very core. Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more adventure at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.

The Looking Glass Wars

Author:  Frank Beddor

Murder, bloodshed, war.

The true story of Wonderland...

The Secret Hour

Author:  Scott Westerfeld

As the new girl at Bixby High School, Jessica Day expected some unwelcome attention what she didn't expect was to feel an instant connection to a stranger in the corridor...

Who is this boy in black? And why can she feel his eyes following her whereever she goes?

The answers will have to wait until the sun goes down, for here in Bixby, midnight is the time for secrets; secrets that Jessica is going to find out, whether she wants to or not.

 

Fantastica: Ghost Ship

Author:  Kim Wilkins

Ever since Emperor Flood drowned their kingdom and overthrew their parents, Asa and Rollo have been hiding out in Two Hills Keep. Then a mysterious stranger tells them their baby sister wasn’t killed along with their mother and father. Instead, she was kidnapped by Flood’s half-sister and secreted away in a castle to the north. If Una is still alive, there’s only one thing for Asa and Rollo to do. They must take Northseeker, an invisible ship built of mist and shadows, and cross the danger-filled sunken kingdom.

Tanglewreck

Author:  Jeanette Winterson

Something frightening is happening with time. One moment, a time tornado rages through the streets of London, and those caught up in its path vanish without a trace. The next moment a woolly mammoth is seen lumbering along the banks of the River Thames. At the center of these bizarre time warps is a house called Tanglewreck, which is home to eleven-year-old Silver, her bony and bad-tempered aunt, Mrs Rokabye, and a mysterious clock known as the Timekeeper.

Pegasus and the Flame

Author:  Kate O'Hearn

When Pegasus crashes onto a Manhattan roof during a terrible storm, Emily’s life changes forever. Suddenly allied with a winged horse she’d always thought was mythical, Emily is thrust into the center of a fierce battle between the Roman gods and a terrifying race of multiarmed stone warriors called the Nirads. Emily must team up with a thief named Paelen, the goddess Diana, and a boy named Joel in order to return Pegasus to Olympus and rescue the gods from a certain death.

100 Cupboards

Author:  N.D Wilson

Twelve-year-old Henry York is going to sleep one night when he hears a bump on the attic wall above his head. It's an unfamiliar house- Henry is staying with his aunt, uncle and three cousins - so he tries to ignore it. But the next night he wakes up with bits of plaster in his hair. Two door handles have broken through the wall, and one of them is slowly turning...