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Hawksong By Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia Check Our Catalog DANICA SHARDAE IS an avian shapeshifter, and the golden hawk's form in which she takes to the sky is as natural to her as the human one that graces her on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how the fighting began. As heir to the avian throne, she'll do anything in her power to stop this war--even accept Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kind's greatest enemy, as her pair bond and make the two royal families one. |
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Cat in Glass & Other Tales... By Etchemendy, Nancy Check Our Catalog This gripping collection includes eight tales of the weird and otherworldly from the first two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award in the children's category--for "Bigger Than Death" in 1998 and for "The Power of Un" in 2000. ...More |
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Dead Girls Don't Write Letters By Giles, Gail Check Our Catalog In this psychological thriller by the author of "Shattering Glass, " a girl receives a letter from her sister, Jazz, who died in a fire. ...More |
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All Hallows' Eve: 13 Stories By Vande Velde, Vivian Check Our Catalog 2007 Teens’ Top Ten Winner |
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Witch Dreams By Vande Velde, Vivian Check Our Catalog Sixteen-year-old Nyssa can enter into people's dreams. Although the authorities of the medieval town of Lindenwolde would put her to death if they realized she was a witch, she feels compelled to practice her unique brand of witchcraft to answer the biggest question of her life: who broke into her father's woodworking shop and killed her parents? Six years after the murder, Nyssa finally gets her chance to enter the dreams of the man she suspects is responsible. Suddenly she finds herself on a reckless, relentless journey that leads her through a maze of adventures - both in the real world and in the world of the unconscious. Nyssa risks death as she finally identifies the murderer in a shocking and unexpected climax. ...More |
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Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales By Noyes, Deborah Kelley, Gary Check Our Catalog Drawing on dark fantasy as well as horror and wild humor, ten contemporary authors--including Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix, and Barry Yourgrau--pay homage to the gothic tale in original stories of the supernatural and the surreal. ...More |
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The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray By Wooding, Chris Check Our Catalog At just 17, Thaniel is a wych-hunter. Together, he and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, track down the fearful creatures that lurk in the Old Quarter of London. It is on one of these hunts that he first encounters Alaizabel Cray, who is half-crazed, lovely, and possessed. ...More |
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Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus By Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Hindle, Maurice Check Our Catalog Mary Shelley was only 19 when she composed this chilling fable of a scientist and his misshapen creation. The novel was a bestseller upon its publication in 1818, and it is now revised to collate the texts of 1818 and 1813 in a new, definitive edition. ...More |
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Dracula By Stoker, Bram Hindle, Maurice Frayling, Christopher Check Our Catalog This is a completely revised edition of Bram Stoker's masterpiece of horror featuring the bloodthirsty count. ...More |
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The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time By Pockell, Leslie Check Our Catalog This essential Halloween companion contains some of the creepiest, eeriest, and most horrifying stories ever written by the greatest writers in the genre. These stories that surprise reflect readers' innermost fears and go to places where reality is blurred by imagination. ...More |
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The House Next Door By Cusick, Richie Tankersley Check Our Catalog 2004-2005 Viginia Readers' Choice - High |
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