Alice Hoffman
41) Green witch
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A year after her world was nearly destroyed, sixteen-year-old Green has become the one villagers turn to for aid, especially to record their stories, but Green will need the help of other women who, like herself, are believed to be witches if she is to find her best friend and her one true love.
43) Indigo
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When her mother dies, Martha is so unhappy living in the dried-up town of Oak Grove, that she convinces two unusual brothers who long to return to the ocean to run away with her.
44) Half magic
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Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes. Edward Eager's hilarious and heartwarming Half Magic has been working wizardry on young readers for fifty years. To celebrate the golden anniversary of this enduringly popular story, a deluxe edition of the book has been created....
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In this fascinating, moving autobiography, Lois Lowry explores her rich history through personal photographs, memories, and recollections of her childhood. Lowry's writing often transports readers into other worlds. Now, we have the rare opportunity to travel into a real world that is her own--her life. This new edition features a refreshed design, an introduction by New York Times best-selling author Alice Hoffman, and original material from Lois...
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"Twig vive en Sidwell, un pueblo donde la gente cree en la magia, en los cuentos de hadas y en los monstruos. Y un monstruo es precisamente lo que se sospecha que habita en el lugar. Hace doscientos años que la familia de Twig soporta la maldición de una bruja. Ahora ella quiere romper la maldición, pero deberá esperar al verano cuando aparezca la próxima luna roja"--Publisher's website.
47) Trzeci anioł
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Uparte kobiety i nieostrożne romanse dyskretnie owiane nutką magii. Przejmująca opowieść o życiu trzech kobiet, które obdarzyły miłością niewłaściwych mężczyzn.
48) Horsefly
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Jewel is afraid of everything until her grandfather gives her a special horse to raise, a small horse with the ability to fly.
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Nowa powieść jednej z najbardziej uwielbianych pisarek Ameryki, która podbiła serca czytelników na całym świecie. Osadzona w burzliwej epoce narodzin nowoczesnego Nowego Yorku (pierwsza dekada XX, Coney Island) urokliwa opowieść o miłości dziewczyny-syreny, żywego eksponatu z Muzeum Osobliwości i zafascynowanego fotografią wrażliwego młodego chłopaka, rosyjskiego Żyda.
51) Practical magic
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The wry, comic romantic tale follows the Owens sisters, Sally (Bullock) and Gillian (Kidman), as they struggle to use their hereditary gift for practical magic to overcome the obstacles in discovering true love.
52) Aquamarine
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Two twelve year old girls are in love with a dilapidated beach club near their home. After a huge storm they check to see how the club held up and discover Aquamarine, a mermaid, in the pool of the club. Aquamarine falls in love with the cute, young boy who runs the food bar and begs the girls to help her set up a date with him. Aquamarine offers to grant them a wish in exchange for help in finding the man of her dreams.
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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847, the year before the author's death at the age of thirty, endures today as perhaps the most powerful and intensely original novel in the English language. “Only Emily Brontë,” V.S. Pritchett said about the author and her contemporaries, “exposes her imagination...
Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847, the year before the author's death at the age of thirty, endures today as perhaps the most powerful and intensely original novel in the English language. “Only Emily Brontë,” V.S. Pritchett said about the author and her contemporaries, “exposes her imagination...
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In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump Inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. This work features...
56) The dovekeepers
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Based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced out of their home in Jerusalem by the Romans, 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Besieged at Masada, the Jews held out for months against the vast Roman armies. The series recounts the events from the perspective of a few extraordinary women who arrive at Masada with unique back stories, but a common bond for survival.
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"Ray Bradbury-peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors-is a literary giant whose remarkable career has spanned seven decades. Now twenty-six of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists."--P. [4] of cover.
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With his beloved Gothic tales, Washington Irving is said to have created the genre of the short story in America. Though Irving crafted many of the most memorable characters in fiction, from Rip Van Winkle to Ichabod Crane, his gifts were not confined to the short story alone. He was also a master of satire, essay, travelogue, and folktale, as evidenced in this classic collection.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, "Every reader has a first book.......
60) Practical magic
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Practical magic: Two sisters hexed by a centuries-old curse resume age-old witchcraft taught by two doting aunts.
The witches of Eastwick: Three more witches yearn for Mr. Right in a New England town.