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1) The oracle
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Series
Language
English
Description
"The husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team of Sam and Remi Fargo return in a new adventure as they search for an ancient scroll--which carries a deadly curse--in this thrilling addition to Clive Cussler's bestselling series. In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army. The oracle tells the king that a high priestess cast a curse upon the Vandal Kingdom after a sacred scroll was...
2) Nightbird
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.
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Series
Bound by blood and sand volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A slave living in a dying desert world must decide if she wants to help the kingdom's prince save their world"--
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Le Grand?s Carnival Fantastic isn?t like other traveling circuses. It?s bound by a charm, held together by a centuries-old curse, that protects its members from ever growing older or getting hurt. Emmaline King is drawn to the circus like a moth to a flame?and unwittingly recruited into its folds by a mysterious teen boy whose kiss is as cold as ice. Forced to travel through Texas as the new Girl in the Box, Emmaline is completely...
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Russo Brothers' AGBO presents a terrifying tale about a group of Salem teens who discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games where there can be no winners, only survivors.
7) Dark witch
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Series
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English
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Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: County Mao, Ireland. Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan's directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses. There she finds her cousins, Branna and Connor O'Dwyer, and they invite her into their lives. When Iona lands a job at the local stables, she meets the owner, Boyle McGrath. Iona realizes...
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Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Lucinda Hightower is no stranger to death. Since she was a child, Lucinda has been haunted by rabid dogs, suicidal crows, and the ghost of a woman in white. All are omens signaling someone's imminent demise--except Lucinda's friends and family are still breathing. The omens follow her to Ireland and the quiet university in her father's hometown, increasing in strength and frequency once she meets Damien Reed. A handsome third year student, Damien...
10) The inhabitant
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English
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Tara Haldon is like every other teenage girl struggling through high school, but she carries around a dark mark on her family name. She’s related to the notorious ax murderess Lizzie Borden, and her gruesome ancestry sets her as an outcast and weighs on her like a curse of what she may become. Tara begins to question her own sanity and guilt when she starts experiencing schizophrenic symptoms and people around her are mysteriously murdered. To regain...
11) Reading Beauty
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English
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In this version of Sleeping Beauty, told in verse, the Princess is threatened with a curse which will start with a paper cut; devastated that all her books have been taken away, she sets out with her dog, Prince, to find the fairy who cast the curse and make her reverse it.
13) Blood debts
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Series
Blood debts volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old twins Clement and Cristina feel lost after their father's death, but find a new sense of purpose as they work to quell the rising tensions between New Orleans's magic and non-magic communities and find out who cursed their mother.
14) Elantris
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2015
Language
English
Description
Once the godlike rulers of the capital of Arelon, the inhabitans of Elantris have been imprisoned within themselves, unable to die after the city's magic failed years ago. But when a new prince falls victim to the curse, he refuses to accept his fate.
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Series
Sands of Arawiya volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old Zafira and the sultan's son Nasir continue their quest to uncover a lost magic artifact and discover that the prize they seek may be even more dangerous than any of their enemies.
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Series
Silver in the bone volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Tamsin Lark goes on a quest to find the infamous ring from Arthurian legend to break her brother's curse"--
19) The book of Lies
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English
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"Twin teen girls with very different upbringings meet for the first time at their mother's funeral. As they get to know each other, it becomes clear that one of the sisters is driven by a secret destructive power-or is it both?"--
20) Mothman's curse
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When Josie and her brother Fox discover the truth behind the legend of the Mothman, they must stop a disaster in order to break the curse that has been afflicting their town"--
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