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Author
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
""If you control our sleep, then you can own our dreams . . . And from there, it's easy to control our entire lives." The bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky returns with a strange, haunting, and deeply human tale. Sophie serves coffee at an underground cafe. She stays in the shadows and listens to the troubles of the parlor guests, but does not draw attention to herself for one simple reason: Sophie is supposed to be dead. When a nationalistic...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jo stumbles into a fantastical world full of tiny elves, talking foxes, and mischievous, multicolored ponies known as the Wondrous Wonders. Her new friends are on a mission: rise up against Emperor Tomcat, the tyrannical leader who rules the enchanted forest they call home. Can Jo find the courage to vanquish an evil empire and get back to her family before dinnertime?"--
Author
Series
Pip Bartlett volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pip is spending the summer with her aunt. At first it's all fun, games, and chatting until Fuzzles appear and start bursting into flames.
"From bestselling authors Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pearce comes an exciting new series full of magical creatures, whimsical adventures, and quirky illustrations. Here's a list of things Pip Bartlett can talk to: Unicorns, Miniature Silky Griffins, Bitterflunks. Basically, all magical creatures. Here's a list...
5) Bob
Author
Language
English
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Abi moves with her father and new stepfamily into an eerie old house, something magical makes her books more real and brings a not-so-imaginary friend to stepbrother Louis.
7) Ecko Rising
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st. U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
524 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After awakening in a dimension-jumping inn to find himself immersed in his own sardonic fantasy world, Ecko strives to conquer his deepest fears and save the world from extinction.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First HarperCollins Children's Books edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The octicorn-- half octopus and half unicorn-- introduces himself and tells readers why, though strange and unique, octicorns make great friends.
10) Quintessence
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Imagine an Age of Exploration full of alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. In Europe, the magic is thin, but at the edge of the world, where the stars reach down close to the Earth, wonders abound. This drives the bravest explorers to the alluring Western Ocean. Christopher Sinclair is an alchemist who cares only about one thing: quintessence, a substance he believes will grant magical powers...
11) Melmoth: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she...
Author
Series
Books of Umber volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Crusty dragon Miss Drake's new pet human, precocious ten-year-old Winnie, not only thinks Miss Drake is her pet, she accidentally brings to life her "sketchlings" of mysterious and fantastic creatures hidden in San Francisco, causing mayhem among its residents.
14) Clover's luck
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Clover, who wants to change her bad luck, accepts a position at a pet adoption agency unlike any other and soon finds herself in a world of fairy horses, dragons with temperamental snouts, wizards, princesses, and, unfortunately, witches.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
87 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As an employee in the Fabled Stables, young Auggie must protect all fantastical creatures, even the irritatingly talkative furry tails that have attached themselves to the human residents of Rainbow's End.
16) Willa the wisp
Author
Series
Fabled Stables volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
85 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
One day eight-year-old Auggie Pound, the caretaker of the rare animals in the Fabled Stables, ventures into the swamp to save a new rare creature, the wisp.
Author
Publisher
Enfant
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First English edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the vibrant and playful If Found ... Elise Gravel invites readers to sneak a peek into her sketchbook where imaginary creatures run wild. There's Donald, who sings off-key; Francine, who likes to eat stones; and Wilson, who only wants to grow a nice long beard. And that's just the beginning ... there are also vampire boogers, bizarre plants that smell like bacon, and a whole page dedicated to monster farts-you'll never guess who the loudest! Filled...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Language
English
Description
Frank doesn't know how to feel when Nick Underbridge rescues her from bullies one afternoon. No one likes Nick. He's big, he's weird and he smells - or so everyone in Frank's class thinks. And yet, there's something nice about Nick's house. There's strange music playing there, and it feels light and good and makes Frank feel happy for the first time in forever. But there's more to Nick, and to his house, than meets the eye, and soon Frank realises...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ronan, fifteen, the youngest and lowliest recruit to Ireland's secret Garda, faces untold danger from the wee people while trying to prove his imprisoned parents were framed.
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