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When he discovers a century-old amulet from the Philippines that's supposed to bring good luck, Freddie couldn't be more wrong and has thirteen days to break a curse or meet an untimely demise.
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Mark of the thief trilogy volume 2
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Now a driver in the chariot races, Nic is still a target of the Praetors because of the magical amulet he found, and they will do anything to get their hands on it--and meanwhile Atroxia is beginning to wake up.
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Mark of the thief trilogy volume 3
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Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.
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Mark of the thief trilogy volume 1
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When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.
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The Keepers (Ted Sanders) volume 1
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Horace F. Andrews, armed with a strange wooden box, and Chloe Burke, wearing a mysterious dragonfly pendant, become entangled in a secret and ancient society striving to protect powerful devices from the evil Riven.
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Keepers volume 3
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Horace and his friends discover their talismans of power may be dying out. Now the race is on to save their way of life and the world as we know it.
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The Keepers (Ted Sanders) volume 4
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"For centuries, the Keepers and the Wardens have been guarding the mysterious Mothergates, a source of incredible power. But now the Mothergates are dying, and Horace and his fellow Keepers know that the weakened gates may unleash a dangerous force that will consume the world-and destroy everyone in it. While their enemies are willing to take this careless risk, Horace and his friends are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the preservation of the...
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"On the brink of execution, 16 year old Ebba den Eeden is unexpectedly elevated from the bunker deep in South Africa's Table Mountain where she has lived all her life, believing--as do all the other teenagers who toil daily to make their food and power the bunker--that the world "Above" is uninhabitable due to a nuclear holocaust. Instead, she is heiress to a massive fortune--one that everyone wants to control. While dealing with the machinations...
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When Amber discovers the secret of Sofia's amulet, she tries to summon Princess Rapunzel, but instead Princess Ivy, a once-exiled princess, shows up determined to take over Enchancia and turn the whole kingdom black and white. Sofia and Amber must work together to save their family and their kingdom!
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Long ago, in the land of Dartmoor, a magic man created an enchanted charm that granted its possessor incredible power -- at the cost of the wearer's own tenderness and compassion. After the merciless Flint Heart causes much destruction, it is lost among the reeds and rocks of the moor, where a kindly farmer discovers it thousands of years later. With the Flint Heart in his possession, the once adoring father Billy Jago is transformed into a cruel...
15) The fire of Ares
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When slaves rebel in ancient Sparta, twelve-year-old Lysander, guarded by an heirloom amulet, the Fire of Ares, is caught between the Spartan ruling class, with whom he has been training as a warrior since his noble heritage was revealed, and those among whom he was recently laboring as a slave.
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After capturing the legendary Sword of Cortés, Jack and the crew of the Barnacle expect to take a break on the Yucatan Peninsula, but they soon become prime suspects when a charmed amulet goes missing and are forced to try to defend their good names by finding the real thieves.
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Grandma Dangerous volume 3
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Danger is her middle name! Actually, it's Maude. Grandma flies Ollie and Piper in her hot-air balloon for a cursed adventure in Cairo!
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Amanda Black volume 2
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"Lord Thomas, toda una institución en la ciudad, reclama a los Black que le devuelvan un amuleto familiar, un brazalete que robaron hace años por el bien de todos. Sin embargo, el amuleto ya no está en manos de la familia de ladrones. Cuando la tía Paula le confiesa a Amanda que su bisabuela regaló el brazalete años atrás, elaboran un endiablado plan para recuperar la joya. Amanda y Eric seguirán la pista del brazalete hasta una mansión...