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"His name is Joshua Knight. Once a respected explorer, the press now calls him the Tarnished Knight. He took the fall for a disaster in the Underworld that destroyed his career. The devastating event occurred in the newly discovered sector known as Glass House--a maze of crystal that is rumored to conceal powerful Alien antiquities. The rest of the Hollister Expedition team disappeared and are presumed dead. Whatever happened down in the tunnels scrambled...
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Publisher
Stelliform Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her estranged father, artist Rita struggles with grief and regret. There was so much she wanted to ask him--about his childhood, their family, and the Mi'kmaq language and culture from which Rita feels disconnected. But when Rita's girlfriend Molly forges an artist's residency application on her behalf, winning Rita a week to paint at an isolated cabin, Rita is both furious and intrigued. The residency is located where her father...
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Series
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Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Freddie McFright is eager to join the world's most elite scarers. After all, his grandfather was a founding member of SPIRIT and a legend among menaces. To prove himself, Freddie must haunt a family suffering from a serious case of SAD-Severe Apparition Denial. Can he scare them out of their un-boo-lieving ways? The Society of Paranormal, Invisible, and Restless Imps and Terrors has a problem: due to so-called "science," the living are believing...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties. In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, ’Pemi Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before. In “Manifest,” a woman sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter’s face. Shortly after, the daughter is overtaken...
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Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"All Penny Panic wants is for her favorite SPIRIT-sponsored events to continue. What else is there to do in the afterlife but attend Dinner with the Dead potlucks, Resting in Peace Yoga classes, and Kick-the-Bucket Book Club meetings? But keeping SPIRIT alive-er, keeping it going-will require every ghost's help. Can Penny overcome her panic to scare humans and save SPIRIT? The Society of Paranormal, Invisible, and Restless Imps and Terrors has a problem:...
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Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Gracie O'Ghoul loves to help out her parents on their farm-but all her attempts at helping end in huge messes! Her parents decide that helping SPIRIT is just what Gracie needs to keep her busy. So, they send her to the local elementary school to scare her fellow students and earn her place in SPIRIT. Knowing it's her duty to disturb, Gracie will give it her bloodcurdling best. But what should a ghost do if she'd rather make friends? The Society of...
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Publisher
Sacred Consort Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Long, long ago, before the age of man, Hekate gave magic to the Witch race. For centuries, the Witches thrived in their Lost City. Then came the Dark Emperor's betrayal. The Empress of Witches barely escaped with her life. Now, she leads her people through the wilderness, doing her best to keep hope alive. The perfect situation for a god looking to take advantage. The bull-god Apis sends his followers to steal Witch children. But why does a god want...
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Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"For Sammy Specter, this is the chance of a lifetime-er, deathtime. In life, Sammy had been a famed detective until his partner stole the credit that was rightfully his. In death, Sammy plans to be your worst nightmare-and to put his old partner back in his place. But when Sammy meets third grader and tech wizard Shayla Wilkerson, all his plans seem to fall apart. Has this terror finally met his match? The Society of Paranormal, Invisible, and Restless...
10) Brat: a novel
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"We meet our ill-tempered protagonist—the story’s titular “brat”—at a low moment, but not yet at rock bottom. The Gabriel of the novel is mourning the death of his father as well as a recent breakup and struggling to finish writing his second book. Alone and aimless, he agrees to move back into his parents’ house to clear it out for sale. Here, the clichés end. Gabriel has trouble delivering on his promises: as the moldy, overgrown house...
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Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"First, her disapproving grandmother arrives determined to make Riley take her powers seriously or face the wrath of "the Guild." Then there's the homicide detective who needs her help figuring out who murdered the well-dressed corpse in the walk-in closet. Nick's got his own hands full with a tricky missing person case and his parents who want to know why he didn't tell them about his live-in girlfriend. Then there's the fact that he's still the...
12) First light
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Series
Night's edge (Kerin) volume 2
Publisher
Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"It's been nine months since the catastrophe in Tucson sent Mia fleeing from her home. But she's not running away from the darkness--she's running toward it, obsessively pursuing the man who gave her mother a thirst for blood and destroyed their lives. But when Mia finds the monsters she's been hunting and infiltrates a secret network of fugitives, she discovers she might have been their prey all along. To escape their clutches, she'll have to reckon...
Author
Series
Supernatural investigations volume 1
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
Español
Description
"Amari sabe tres cosas: Su hermano Quinton ha desaparecido. Nadie quiere hablar sobre el asunto. Una misteriosa invitación es su única pista. La invitación es para una prueba en la Agencia de Investigadores Sobrenaturales y es una oportunidad para descubrir qué le pasó a Quinton. Pero ¿cómo se las arreglará en un mundo donde las sirenas, los alienígenas y la magia son reales? ¡Y con una compañera de habitación que es un niña dragón!...