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1) The jumbies
Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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2023-2024 OBOB 3rd-5th Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
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Spooky Middle Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
Popular Retellings
Spooky Middle Grade
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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
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English
Description
Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vastness. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores, whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south, the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by...
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English
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"No one should miss this beautiful legend." —Tony Hillerman
Velma Wallis's award-winning, bestselling tale about two elderly Native American women who must fend for themselves during a harsh Alaskan winter
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational
...4) Peace Dancer
Author
Series
Northwest coast legends volume 4
Publisher
Harbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The children of the Tsimshian village of Kitkatla love to play at being hunters, eager for their turn to join the grown-ups. But when they capture and mistreat a crow, the Chief of the Heavens, angered at their disrespect, brings down a powerful storm. The rain floods the Earth and villagers have no choice but to abandon their homes and flee to their canoes. As the seas rise, the villagers tie themselves to the top of Anchor Mountain, where they...
7) Poisoned
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Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.
10) The shady tree
Author
Series
Ping (Demi) volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Ping returns and deals with the selfish Tan Tan, who owns a beautiful house and a beautiful shady tree, but who does not share, so Ping turns Tan Tan's greed into his own gain, but remains true to his generous nature.
11) Ella enchanted
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 1
Language
English
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In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A handsome, cocky young man is swept up by a dark horseman and cast into a life-or-death adventure. A pair of green children emerge from a remote hollow and struggle to adapt to a strange new land. A dauntless farm girl finds that her fearlessness earns her a surprising reward. Dark but often funny, lyrical yet earthy, the folktales presented here have influenced our landscape and culture. This definitive collection of forty-eight...
13) The Turtle Ship
Author
Publisher
Shen's Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the legend of Sunsin Yi, a young boy in sixteenth-century Korea, who, inspired by his pet turtle, designs one of the greatest battleships in history and fulfills his dream of sailing the world.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Thirty-two short stories chosen from the tradition of ghost stories from American Indian cultures across North America, featuring witches, walking dolls, hungry skeletons, skinwakers, and other supernatural beings.
16) 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.
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Series
School for Good and Evil volume prequel
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Two brothers. One Good. One Evil. Together they watch over the Endless Woods. Together they choose the students for the School for Good and Evil. Together they train them, teach them, prepare them for their fate. Then, something happens. Something unexpected. Something powerful. Something that will change everything and everyone. Who will survive? Who will rule the School? The journey starts here. Every step is filled with magic,...
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