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202) Echoes of the Past
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What happens to a wolf who's hungry and alone? They become desperate. Echo knew it was the time to find his true home outside his pack. He just didn't realise how difficult the decision would be. After being chased out of every territory he entered, Echo is almost out of options. Then he finds a land beyond the mountains, untouched by wolves. Is this too good to be true? Surely there's nothing scarier than the big bad wolf? Find out in this prequel...
203) The Green Man Falls
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What happens when a God grows ill?
He goes in search of a cure.
Cernunnos, Lord of All Wild Things, has lived in joy with his wife, Danu, for centuries in their world. But all of that changed on the day of the Spring Equinox.
The creatures of his world, from the ants in the grass to the birds in the sky, have disappeared. What's more, Cernunnos himself feels as if he is too. Something is draining him and the land of Ar Dachaidh, and he doesn't know...
208) Second Chances
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Jordan, Florence, Zoe and Madelyn's friendship is put to the ultimate test when a terrible tragedy is revealed. How far will these women go to prove their loyalty? And will they take matters into their own hands? Each one of them is on a journey of their own, hiding secrets they believed had been firmly left in the past. But all is uprooted again when they decide that helping a friend in need is the right thing to do. In the end, they must face their...
209) Dogfin
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Dogfin is an extraordinarily entertaining tale about a unique creature who Evie meets when she is allowed to roam free alone for the first time during the Easter holidays. Together they have a fantastic adventure when he introduces her to his amazing magical world. This colourful, vivid story will captivate and grip the attention of every reader as it unfolds, holding them there till the very last word.
210) ARISE
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ARISE is a gripping tapestry of transparently shared stories woven with empowering Biblical insights.
If you're looking for a great read that's truly inspiring, this book is for you. These wisdom-packed chapters will touch your heart, shift your perspective, and become your roadmap for lasting transformation.
The potential for greatness lies within you. Now is the time to discover it, acknowledge it, and live in it. If ever there was a time to arise,...
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From a star YA author Francesca Lia Block-an adult novel about a student, haunted by the disappearance of a friend, who must face the truth
The Elementals is on one level an intriguing coming-of-age novel about a young woman, Ariel Silverman, facing the challenges of her first years away at college in Berkeley, California, while her mother battles cancer at home in Los Angeles. But the book takes on deeper, stranger meanings when we realize that...
212) Bite Your Tongue
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Mrs Angel Rendle-Short said that a book given to her daughter, Francesca, as an English textbook at school would teach her to be a permissive rebel. (Courier Mail, 1975)There are some things you should never speak about.In Francesca Rendle-Short's family, silence was golden. So to break ranks and tell stories about her peculiar family life and her mother's moral crusading should send this daughter straight to hell in a ball of smoke and flame along...
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Tijaran Tales - The Complete Series
Set in a distant future, Tijaran Tales follows Scottish teen Julius McCoy during his years on the Moon at the ZED Lunar Academy.
Between spaceship piloting, engineering and mind control classes, Julius and his friends will find themselves at the front line of a desperate battle with the Arneshians, a banished sect of humanity seeking to seize control of Earth.
Tijaran Tales is a popular SF series for teens of...
214) The Nuarn Rift
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Fourteen-year-old Julius McCoy is about to start his third year at the Zed Lunar Academy. He's in for a major surprise too, as Earth's old enemies, the Arneshians, make a sudden reappearance, this time carrying a banner of peace and reconciliation.
But, there's an even bigger shock in store for him, with a startling revelation much closer to home.
215) White Child
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When 12 year old Julius McCoy is told that he has been selected to join the elite Zed Lunar Academy, he is over the moon...literally. It promises to be a year of neck-breaking races in The Hologram Palace, spaceship-pilot training and of course, developing his own very special mind-skills.
Yet even as he begins to get a grip on his fantastic abilities, strange things start to happen around him. Who are the three mysterious men hanging about in...
216) The Oracle Of Life
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13 year old Julius McCoy is about to start his second year at Tijara Academy, in the Zed Lunar Perimeter. With the threat of the Arneshians averted for the moment, he can get on with the important part of his school life: developing his rare mind-skills.
Of course, what any student on Zed looks forward to most, is gaming in the Hologram Palace. But who is the mysterious lady hidden in one of the games? This encounter will set in motion an exciting...
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A Greenpeace activist, Wiccan High Priestess, and proud Soccer Mom, Francesca Howell has been involved in magical traditions and wildlife preservation since childhood. In this one-of-a-kind book, she shares her everyday suggestions for spiritual renewal through connecting with nature. The meditations, ceremonies, and spell craft in Making Magic with Gaia spring from an ancient Pagan tradition of Earth stewardship, which blends deep ecology, magic,...
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A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago's North and South Sides.
As a multiracial household in Chicago's North Side community of Rogers Park, race is at the core of Francesca Royster and her family's world, influencing everyday acts of parenting and the conception of what family truly means. Like Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts, this lyrical and affecting memoir focuses on a unit of three:...
219) Witch Baby
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Once upon a time in the city of Shangri-L. A. , someone left a baby on a doorstep. She had wild, dark hair and purple eyes and looked at the world in a special way. The family that took her in called her Witch Baby and raised her as their own. But even though she tried to fit in, Witch Baby never felt as though she truly belonged. So one day she packed her bat-shaped backpack, put her black cowboy-boot roller skates, and went out into the real world...
220) Lucina's Letters
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"They did not mean to hurt the boy, much less kill him. They only wanted to teach him a lesson."
A stunning family saga set in Ireland and Italy, Lucina's Letters is a gripping character study that explores the deep, dark repercussions of one long-ago deed.
Family has always been of the utmost importance to Lucina, but when she learns the truth about an event that almost ripped the family apart, she sets about mending the familial bond even if her...