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Allan Armadale makes a startling deathbed confession to be shared with his young son once he reaches adulthood-he murdered another man named Allan Armadale. It's a dark secret that inevitably looms over the child of the perpetrator and his victim.
Before dying, Allan Armadale reveals that he previously killed a man also named Allan Armadale. It's a revelation meant for his young son who discovers the information as an adult.
At this point, he's...
3) Sabriel
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Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
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"Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I'm definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won't be my story. Daniel: I've always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents' high expectations....
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When a mild-mannered actuary sleeps with the sexy British au pair who's taking care of his children in Seattle in 1962, he sets in motion a tragedy of epic proportions. Their orphaned child, adopted and adored, grows up to be Edward Aaron King, a billionaire Internet tycoon and international celebrity-- who unknowingly hurtles through life toward a fate he may have no power to shape.
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Carve the mark volume 2
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English
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Publisher Annotation: The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are ruled by their fates, spoken by the oracles at their births. The fates, once determined, are inescapable. Akos is in love with Cyra, in spite of his fate: He will die in service to Cyra?s family. And when Cyra?s father, Lazmet Noavek?a soulless tyrant, thought to be dead?reclaims the Shotet throne, Akos believes his end is closer than ever. As Lazmet ignites a barbaric war, Cyra...
8) Arcadia
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From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination.
In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat...
In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat...
9) Blackbirds
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Miriam Black novels volume 1
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Saga Press
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2015.
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English
10) Shadowplay
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Shadowmarch volume 2
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English
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A year ago, the March Kingdoms were at peace, and the Eddon family held the throne. King Olin Eddon is a prisoner in a faraway land, and Olin's heir Kendrick is dead—slain by treachery and dark, bloody magic.
With their father and brother taken from them, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have done their best to hold the kingdom together, but now Barrick has been captured in a failed war against the immortal Twilight People and Briony has...
With their father and brother taken from them, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have done their best to hold the kingdom together, but now Barrick has been captured in a failed war against the immortal Twilight People and Briony has...
11) In my room
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Grasshopper Film
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[2020]
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Deutsch
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Lost in life and beset by a recent passing, Armin has nowhere to go and just as much to show for himself. Fate (or something like it) intervenes when Armin awakes one morning and discovers that seemingly all of humanity has disappeared, leaving him to his limited devices and opening the door for self-discovery but the gift of maximum freedom bears complications.
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"In her mid-thirties and living in Buffalo, NY (where she is originally from), Tracy spends most days at the restaurant where she works as a hostess, despite her aspirations of a career that would make use of her creative talents. Tracy's life is explored not only though her own personal point of view, but also through the viewpoints of other characters, wherein Tracy may only make a peripheral appearance or even emerge at different periods in her...
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Destined volume 1
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Teenage girls Madden and Dax live in a society where destiny is predetermined by the government.
14) Hunted
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The Shadowing volume 1
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At the time called The Shadowing, the barrier between the netherworld and the human world begins to break down, and as fourteen-year-old Callum sees his visions of grisly murders coming true he strives to fulfill his destiny to stand against bloodthirsty demon forces while he, himself, is being hunted.
16) Livingsone: 1
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Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
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[2015?]
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English
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Sakurai and Amano help to keep straying souls pure.
17) Heads you win
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"Leningrad, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child. It's clear he's destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB, he and his mother will have to leave Russia to survive. At the docks, should they choose a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander tosses a coin to decide his future..."--From the publisher's web site.
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Seekers (Erin Hunter). Return to the wild volume 1
Seekers. Return to the wild volume 1
Seekers Return to the wild volume 1
Seekers. Return to the wild volume 1
Seekers Return to the wild volume 1
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Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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As the three bears, Toklo, Lusa, and Kallik, begin their journey home, they encounter new friends and dangerous enemies and must decide which they can trust to help them on their quest.
19) Livingstone: 2
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Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Sakurai's job of cleaning souls isn't made any easier when he is given a partner that would rather play video games than work.
20) Skinned
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The Shadowing volume 2
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English
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Destined to guard the Boundary between the mortal world and the Netherworld, teenager, Callum must stop a flesh-eating monster from luring young children into her lair.
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