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A Semi-Charming Kind of Life

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A Wonderlandiful World

Shannon Hale Β· 320 pages

At Ever After High, everyone is expected to sign the Storybook of Legends, pledging to follow in their fairytale parent's footsteps. But when Raven Queen came along, things became fairy, fairy confusing. Now no one's destiny is certain, not even for the most royal of them all, Apple White.When a mysterious being from Wonderland begins to infect Ever After High with a strange magic, everything goes

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The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani Β· 496 pages

**A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist. The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series.** Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains. With her

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Flunked

Jen Calonita Β· 256 pages

Tossed into Cinderella's stepmother's reform school for fairy-tale villains after stealing a hair clip, twelve-year-old petty thief Gilly meets fellow students Jax and Kayla, who reveal the school's true evil purpose. Book #1 When petty thief Gilly, who lives with five younger brothers and sisters in a run-down boot, gets caught stealing, she is sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale Reform Scho

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Who's The Fairest?

Jane B. Mason, Sarah Hines Stephens Β· 134 pages

Terrified to compete in the Maiden Games against the mean witches from the neighboring Grimm school because her nasty stepmother Malodora, a powerful witch, is a judge, Snow White calls upon her best friends Rapunzel, Ella, and Rose for much needed support. The Maiden Games are fast approaching and Snow White is frozen with fear. It's bad enough that Princess School will be facing off against the

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Between the Lines

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer Β· 368 pages

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Princess in Disguise

E.D. Baker Β· 232 pages

With the help of family and friends, Annie and Liam's wedding day looks as if it's going to be perfect until everything starts to go wrong. Liam's father doesn't show up, nor do the magic-wielding guests. Members of the wedding party come down with strange afflictions, Annie's gown is ruined, a storm floods the castle grounds, and an unknown king lays seige to the castle. Queen Karolina decides th

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The Fairy-Tale Detectives

Michael Buckley Β· 284 pages

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The Fairy's Mistake

Gail Carson Levine Β· 87 pages

In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.

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Of Mice and Magic

Ursula Vernon

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The Lives of Christopher Chant

Diana Wynne Jones Β· 252 pages

PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: "Diana Wynne Jones's The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Nine Notes"; and our exclusive interview with Diana Wynne Jones.His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the A

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The Enchantress Returns

Chris Colfer Β· 448 pages

Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother! Against the will of their grandmother, the twins must find their own way into. The Land of Stories is no longer the joyful world Alex and Conner Bailey remember from their Wishing Spell adventure: The

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The Isle of the Lost

Melissa de la Cruz

Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, the teenaged children of Disney's most evil villains search for a dragon's eye, the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape.

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Twice Upon a Marigold

Jean Ferris Β· 304 pages

After a quiet happy year in a small town, Queen Olympia regains her memory and initiates new plots and manipulations, as the residents of Zandelphia and Beaurivage, now ruled by Christian and Marigold, feel the effects of her bad energy.

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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Terry Pratchett Β· 270 pages

Winner of the 2001 Carnegie MedalOne rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe. And they were amazing when the rats followed hint out of town.They'd have been really amazed if they'd ever found out that the rats and the pip

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The Worst Witch

Jill Murphy Β· 106 pages

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The Ordinary Princess

M.M. Kaye Β· 112 pages

Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy christening gift: Ordinariness. Unlike her six beautiful sisters, she has brown hair and freckles, and would rather have adventures than play the harp, embroider tapestries . . . or become a Queen. When her royal parents try to marry her off, Amy runs away and, because she's so ordinary, easily beco

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Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

Liesl Shurtliff Β· 320 pages

Relates the tale of Jack who, after trading his mother's milk cow for magic beans, climbs a beanstalk to seek his missing father in the land of giants. This tale relates the story of Jack, who, after trading his mother's milk cow for magic beans, climbs a beanstalk to search for his missing father in the land of giants.

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Ralph S. Mouse

Beverly Cleary Β· 160 pages

Ralph S. Mouse is the third in a children's novel trilogy by Beverly Cleary. It features Ralph, a mouse with the ability to speak, but only with certain people, who tend to be loners. It was first published in 1982, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky.

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Once Upon a Toad

Heather Vogel Frederick

When her mother goes on a NASA mission, Cat Starr is sent to live with her father, stepsister Olivia, and younger brother Geoffrey, but interference by her inept fairy godmother causes toads to appear when Cat speaks and gems to fall from Olivia's mouth, bringing one to the attention of jewel thieves and the other to a secret government laboratory.

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Tales of the Peculiar

Ransom Riggs Β· 165 pages

Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.

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Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

Jenny Nimmo Β· 368 pages

Charlie Bone awakes one morning to find the city covered with snow and all the animals gone. Where have they gone - and why? Blessed the dog tells Billy there was a terrible shuddering of the earth and immediately after, he saw a witch with two shadows crossing the hall in the Bloor's Academy.

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The Princess and Curdie

George MacDonald Β· 172 pages

With the help of a mysterious fairy queen who provides monstrous but gentle creatures to aid him, a miner's son takes on the dangerous task of helping the king and princess confound their enemies and save the kingdom.

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