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261) Compulsion
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Heirs of Watson Island trilogy volume 1
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English
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After the death of her disfigured, shut-in mother, Barrie Watson moves to her aunt's South Carolina plantation, which is guarded by an ancient spirit who cursed one of the island's three founding families and gave the others magical gifts that become compulsions.
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Matt Sprouts volume 1
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"Eleven-year-old Matt Sprouts is in big trouble. He didn't mean to hurt his neighbor Jenna with that awesome martial arts move, it just happened! Blame it on morning cartoons or Jenna's lack of coordination. Anyway, getting grounded is the worst thing that could happen, right? Wrong. Matt Sprouts thinks he has the "Curse," a hometown myth that ruins middle schoolers lives. To defeat the Curse, Matt has to solve the mystery, and FAST! But that's not...
265) Darkness becomes her
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In post-apocalyptic New Orleans, now a sanctuary for supernatural beings, a hardened teenager on the run searches for the truth about her monstrous heritage and discovers a curse that could ignite the ancient war between gods and monsters.
266) Fairest of them all
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Sleeping Beauty's daughter, Aria, enters a fashion design competition against her mother's wishes, and when she pricks her finger on a cursed needle, she must figure out how to reverse the spell to prevent her family history from repeating.
268) Return of the ninja
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Choose your own adventure volume 92
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English
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"There is something terribly wrong at your ninja friend Nada's magical dojo in Japan. Nada believes there is an ancient curse so powerful that it is killing her grandmother. YOU are a courageous and skilled ninja, but the threats to Nada's dojo will take all of your skills. Will you be a match for the shugenda warrior priests who hide in the rural mountainside? Keep your friends close, and your shuriken closer"--
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You're invited to a creepover volume 13
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English
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When a tattered, old tarot card falls out of Charlotte Torres's library book, she doesn't think much of it. It doesn't even bother her that there's a message written on the back: "Pass this card along or you'll be sorry!" But when horrible things start happening, things that seem like bad luck, but frighten Charlotte the most, she begins to believe in the power of the card and its message. She wants to get rid of it, but she doesn't want to pass it...
270) The lost ninja
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Choose your own adventure volume 113
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English
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"You trained in Japan to become a powerful ninja, and now your skills are needed in San Francisco. You are far from the magical dojo you once called home. But has the dojo's strange curse followed you into your new life? You recognize ruthless gangsters you've crossed paths with before. Did they follow you here? You hear rumors that priceless antiques are making their way along the same route you just traveled--will the thefts be blamed on you?"--...
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A classic picture book fable about kindness by the beloved children's book creator of Frog and Toad. Once upon a time a prince was born. The kingdom was excited and proud. But Prince Bertram was not a thoughtful boy. He broke all of his toys, put spiders in the soup, and pulled up all the roses in the royal garden. If that wasn't bad enough, he loved to shoot pebbles at townsfolk with his peashooter! As each year passed, he grew naughtier and more...
272) Treasure trouble
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Pirate school volume 5
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English
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When, after finding buried treasure guarded by giant sand crabs, the crew of the Sea Rat comes down with a mysterious illness, the pirate students suspect that the treasure is cursed.
273) This wicked game
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Seventeen-year-old Claire Kincaid, a descendant of Marie Leveau, is forced to embrace her voodoo heritage when mysterious strangers threaten to use an age-old curse to destroy her family and the boy she loves.
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Español
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"Aru Shah va a pasar las vacaciones encerrada en el Museo de Arte y Cultura de la Antigua India en el que trabaja su madre, mientras el resto de sus compañeros de clase se van de viaje a lugares increíbles. Un día, tres compañeros de clase se presentan en casa de Aru para retarla. No se creen que la Lámpara de Bharata del muse estémaldita y quieren que Aru lo demuesre. Pero, al encender la lámpara, Aru libera al Durmiente, un antiguo ser que...
275) Felice y La Llorona
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Monstruos volume 1
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Español
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"Felice se ha enterado de que es hija de La Llorona, el monstruo de la leyenda m̀s famosa de la frontera de M̌xico y Estados Unidos. En esta fascinante aventura, la jovencita de doce ąos buscar̀ revertir la maldici̤n que ha ca̕do sobre el m̀gico pueblo de Tres Leches y liberar a su madre, atrapada entre dos mundos. En el camino, conoce a los hijos de otros monstruos, como La Lechuza y el Diablo Danzante y juntos liberan a Tres Leches de maldiciones...
276) Pop!
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Ghost detectors volume 7
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English
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Malcolm and Dandy get new X-Specs that are supposed to have x-ray vision, but instead seem to hypnotize anyone who looks at them, which comes in handy when they battle some vicious candy they find mixed in with their Halloween treats.
277) Elegy
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Watersong volume 4
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"An ancient curse robbed Gemma Fisher of everything that matters most―her friends, her family and the guy she loves. But now that she found the scroll that binds the curse, she finally has a chance to get her old life back. She just needs to destroy the scroll―but it's not as easy as she hoped. Protected by ancient magic, it seems utterly indestructible. Making matters worse, Penn has grown even more obsessed with stealing Daniel for her own…and...
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"Belle is convinced that she has the wrong name, as she lacks her sisters' awe-inspiring beauty. So she withdraws from society, devoting her time to wood carving. Secretly, Belle longs to find the fabled Heartwood Tree...During a fierce storm, Belle's father stumbles upon the mysterious Heartwood--and encounters a terrifying and lonely Beast. Now Belle must carve the Heartwood to save her father, and learn to see not with the eyes of her mind, but...
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When the rebellious Jackie Frost and her brother, Northwind, plot to take control of the Winter Palace and curse the Royal Winter Family, a treacherous storm threatens all of Ever After! Under Jackie's chilly curse, the Snow King freezes out everyone in the palace, including his daughter: Crystal Winter. As a wicked winter spreads across the land, Crystal takes off on a daring quest with her friends from Ever After High to melt her father's frozen...
280) An enchanted heart
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Princess ponies volume 12
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English
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Pippa and Stardust must search the forests, fields, and volcanoes for a way to break Divine's spell before the ponies of Chevalia forget how to love and Valentine's Day is ruined.