Magic lies at the heart of Cassaforte, medieval city of bewitchments and intrigue. Cassaforte is home to sixteen-year-old Risa Divetri, whose fate is about to be decided by the gods. Risa has led the sheltered life of a nobleman's...
Fate and fatalism
- Author:Briceland, V.Summary:
- Author:Oh, AxieSummary:
This enthralling feminist retelling of the classic Korean folktale "The Tale of Shim Cheong" is perfect for fans of Wintersong, Uprooted, and Miyazaki's Spirited Away.
- Author:Sutherland, Tui T.Summary:
A thrilling new series soars above the competition and redefines middle-grade fantasy fiction for a new generation! The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A...
- Author:Lawrence, IainSummary:
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important...
- Author:Lawrence, IainSummary:
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals.
- Author:Smith, LindaSummary:
Alina gets her wish to be called to work on the Tapestry of Life on the Isle of Weavers, but one broken thread leads to a deadly mission in a land far away.
Destroying a deadly prince, in a violent court far from her home, was...
- Author:Simons, TadSummary:
The Bleeder is a short-story collection by award-winning writer Tad Simons. These darkly humorous, tragicomic tales will appeal to anyone who likes well-written, off-beat stories that mix suspense, satire and superior storytelling.
- Author:Goudreault, DavidSummary:
Marie-Maude Pranesh-Lopez est aux prises avec un « trou blanc » qui la pousse à toujours fuir vers l'avant, à tout essayer, ce qui se solde invariablement par une profonde indifférence. Sa mère provoque volontairement des accidents...
- Author:Jennewein, Jim., Parker, Tom S.Summary:
In the fortress of King Eldred the Moody, Dane the Defiant receives honors and a magical rune sword that belonged to his father, but he also finds treachery that sends him and his friends on a quest to retrieve the sword from a thief...
- Author:Stenson, BillSummary:
"Toil and Peaceful Life" is the axiom that lies at the heart of Doukobor spiritual, personal, and community values. These values have always been, and continue to be, integral to the people who belong to this historically rich...
- Author:Winman, SarahSummary:
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick. A captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man. Tuscany, 1944: As Allied...
- Author:Chokshi, RoshaniSummary:
Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi combines three lush and adventurous stories in the Star-Touched World. Death and Night. He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance...
- Author:Bow, ErinSummary:
In the world of Sorrow's Knot, the dead do not rest easy. Every patch of shadow might be home to something hungry, something deadly. Most of the people live on the sunlit, treeless prairies. But a few carve out an uneasy living in...
- Author:Dupont, ÉricSummary:
A big fat whopper of a tall tale that bounces around from provincial Rivière-du-Loup in 1919 to Nagasaki, 1990s Berlin, Rome, and beyond.
- Author:Holland, LucySummary:
In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, the curl of the grass. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three...
- Author:Jennewein, Jim.Summary:
In order to save his one true love and prevent the destruction of the earth, Dane the Defiant must defeat an old--and undead--enemy.
- Author:Cusk, RachelSummary:
On a sun-soaked Parisian street, M, a mother on the brink of rebellion, wanders into a famous artist's gallery show. The artist's paintings speak—quite literally—to her, promising a liberation usually reserved for men. She returns to...
- Author:Jennewein, Jim., Parker, Tom S.Summary:
In an ancient and mystical time, fourteen-year-old Dane joins forces with his rival, Jarl the Fair, to retrieve the Shield of Odin and Astrid, the girl they love, from the tyrant Thidrick, fulfilling a destiny long foretold.
- Author:Kung Jessen, LaurenSummary:
In this charming rom-com about two star-crossed lovers, a woman whose life is guided by her belief in the red-string of fate finds her perfect match - but his skepticism about true love puts a knot in their chances. Just a date . . . or...
- Author:Ladoo, Harold SonnySummary:
Set in the Eastern Caribbean at the beginning of the 20th century, No Pain Like This Body describes the perilous existence of a poor rice-growing family during the August rainy season. Their struggles to cope with illness, a drunken and...