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Wicked: Legacy & Spellbound

Author : Nancy Holder

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 678 pages

File Size : 10,91 MB

Release : 2010-02-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0857070142

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Holly Cathers is not the same person she was almost a year and a half ago. After discovering her connection to an ancient legacy of witches, Holly has accepted her destiny as a descendant of the House of Cahors. Determined to end an intergenerational feud that has plagued her family for centuries, Holly will have to overcome unworldly obstacles as she battles to protect her loved ones - including Jer, a member of the rival House of Deveraux and her one true love. A war of magical proportions is being waged, and Holly is at the centre of it all. Lives will be lost, and sacrifices will have to be made...



Spellbound

Author : Nancy Holder

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 10,16 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Covens

ISBN : 0743426991

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Holly Cathers, the most powerful witch for Good in the Coven of Light, is in thrall to the coven's enemy, Michael Deveraux. Michael's son, Jer, is determined to rescue Holly, but a new warlock assumes absolute power within the coven. Original.



Wicked: Witch & Curse

Author : Nancy Holder

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 542 pages

File Size : 46,18 MB

Release : 2010-02-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0857070134

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The first two novels in a captivating, speculative series about an orphaned girl who is sent to live with witch relatives. Perfect for fans of Holly Black and Shea Earnshaw. Holly Cathers' world shatters when her parents are killed in a terrible accident. Wrenched from her home in San Francisco, she is sent to Seattle to live with her relatives, Aunt Marie-Claire and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole. But as she struggles to settle into her new home, Holly's sorrow and grief soon gives way to bewilderment at the strange incidents going on around her. Such as how any wish she whispers to her cat seems to come true. Or the way a friend is injured after a freak attack from a vicious falcon. And then there's the undeniable, magnetic attraction to a boy Holly barely knows . . . Holly and her cousins, Amanda and Nicole, are about to be drawn into family feud spanning generations. And as they uncover a dark legacy of witches, secrets, and alliances, where ancient magic yields dangerous results, the girls learn of a shared destiny that is beyond their wildest imaginations . . . Praise for Witch & Curse: 'I thoroughly hope we see more collaborations from Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié in the future.' - The Book Bag Also by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié: Wicked: Legacy & Spellbound Wicked: Resurrection



Resurrection

Author : Nancy Holder

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 419 pages

File Size : 31,8 MB

Release : 2009-07-07

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1416995781

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Who is Alex Carruthers? That is the question Wicked fans have been asking for nearly six years. Spellbound, the fourth and seemingly final book in the Wicked series, originally published in 2003, left readers on the edge of their seats with a classic cliffhanger ending. But now, as new fans of the bind-up editions of the series begin to ask the same question, the true and final conclusion to the Wicked series will emerge. And all their questions will be answered in this heart-stopping, magical adventure about witches, destiny, and the beyond.



Witch

Author : Nancy Holder

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 373 pages

File Size : 38,74 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Magic

ISBN : 0743426967

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When her parents are killed in an accident, high school senior Holly Cather is sent to Seattle to live with an aunt, uncle and cousins who are descendants, she discovers, from a powerful line of witches locked in battle with a dynasty of warlocks, represented in the modern world by a boy to whom Holly is strangely attracted.



The Football Girl

Author : Thatcher Heldring

Publisher : Delacorte Press

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 28,25 MB

Release : 2017-04-04

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0375987142

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For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book



On Fire

Author : Nancy Holder

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 246 pages

File Size : 25,34 MB

Release : 2012-07-17

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1451674473

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Based on the hit MTV series "Teen Wolf." Scott was just a regular guy until one bite changed his life. Now he struggles to understand who he is and what he might become. Is he more wolf than human--or is it the other way around? Whichever it is, it's not going to be easy.



The Hawkweed Legacy

Author : Irena Brignull

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 332 pages

File Size : 15,23 MB

Release : 2017-06-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1408341905

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Praise for The Hawkweed Prophecy: The Hawkweed Prophecy was bewitching from the get-go. Irena Brignull does an amazing job weaving a tale of pure magic in this debut novel. She'll have you on a roller coaster of emotions from the very first page. Get ready to be spellbound. - Paige McKenzie, author of the New York Times bestselling Haunting of Sunshine Girl series Irena Brignull's THE HAWKWEED PROPHECY is a book of wicked, beautiful magic. Compulsively readable and delightfully gritty, one does not mess with these Hawkweed witches. - Kendare Blake, author of Anna Dressed in Blood and Three Dark Crowns Wildly delightful - Laini Taylor, author of The Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy Wise, weird, a touch evil and totally charming, Irena Brignull's tale of magic in our time is as rich and complicated as sisterhood. From the first page, I felt drawn into a modern classic. - Anna Godbersen, author of The Luxe and Bright Young Things series The second captivating book from rising star Irena Brignull, The Hawkweed Legacy is a spellbinding book about friendship, loss, magic and love. Poppy is meant to be queen of the witches, but she'd throw it all away for Leo. As Leo discovers his own heritage and powers, is there a way they can be together, or will their story echo that of Leo's parents - and end in disaster? Love or Destiny - what would you choose?



White is for Witching

Author : Helen Oyeyemi

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 231 pages

File Size : 40,17 MB

Release : 2014-02-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 069815729X

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Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award One of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists From the acclaimed author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and Peaces There’s something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secrets, it’s been home to four generations of Silver women—Anna, Jennifer, Lily, and now Miranda, who has lived in the house with her twin brother, Eliot, ever since their father converted it to a bed-and-breakfast. The Silver women have always had a strong connection, a pull over one another that reaches across time and space, and when Lily, Miranda’s mother, passes away suddenly while on a trip abroad, Miranda begins suffering strange ailments. An eating disorder starves her. She begins hearing voices. When she brings a friend home, Dover’s hostility toward outsiders physically manifests within the four walls of the Silver house, and the lives of everyone inside are irrevocably changed. At once an unforgettable mystery and a meditation on race, nationality, and family legacies, White is for Witching is a boldly original, terrifying, and elegant novel by a prodigious talent.



Get Dirty

Author : Gretchen McNeil

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 32,56 MB

Release : 2015-06-16

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 006226088X

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Now streaming on Netflix and BBC iPlayer! The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in Gretchen McNeil's sharp and thrilling sequel to Get Even. Perfect for fans of E. Lockhart, Karen M. McManus, and Maureen Johnson. The members of Don't Get Mad aren't just mad anymore . . . they're afraid. And with Margot in a coma and Bree under house arrest, it's up to Olivia and Kitty to try to catch their deadly tormentor. But just as the girls are about to go on the offensive, Ed the Head reveals a shocking secret that turns all their theories upside down. The killer could be anyone, and this time he—or she—is out for more than just revenge. The girls desperately try to discover the killer's identity as their own lives are falling apart: Donté is pulling away from Kitty and seems to be hiding a secret of his own, Bree is sequestered under the watchful eye of her mom’s bodyguard, and Olivia's mother is on an emotional downward spiral. The killer is closing in, the threats are becoming more personal, and when the police refuse to listen, the girls have no choice but to confront their anonymous “friend” . . . or die trying.