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1) The familiar
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In need of power beyond her wildest dreams to get back what she's lost, hedgewitch Ffion agrees to help Prince Taliesin while secretly striking a bargain with his brother Dafydd, and soon the fate of Wales depends on their quest - and so might the fate of her heart.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
219 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Dropping a penny in the wishing fountain at the center of town, ten-year-old Felix meets a strange old man who is a Wishkeeper and becomes his apprentice to help stop a threat to every wish that has ever been granted in the town of Whittlestone.
Author
Language
English
Description
Jane is incredibly plain. Everyone says so: her parents, the villagers, and her horrible cousin, who kicks her out of her own house. Determined to get some semblance of independence, Jane prepares to propose to the princely Peter, who might just say yes to get away from his father! It's a good plan!
Or it would've been, if he wasn't kidnapped by a mermaid!
With her last shot at happiness lost in the deep blue sea, Jane must venture into the world...