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1) Lark rising
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Sixteen-year-old Lark sets out on a journey to help her village fight off monsters called Troths and learns she is the Guardian of Life, fated to recover a powerful amulet from the Breeders of Chaos.
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A magic man of ancient Dartmoor creates an enchanted charm, the Flint Heart, that has the power to change the wearer's tenderness and compassion into cruelty and evil. When it is found thousands of years later by a kindly farmer, Billy Jago, who is transformed into a cruel and merciless person, two of his children, Charles and Unity, and their dog venture into the world of enchantment where the magical power of the Flint Heart can be resolved and...
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"Navin and his classmates journey to Lucien, a city ravaged by war and plagued by mysterious creatures, where they search for a beacon essential to their fight against the Elf King. Meanwhile, Emily heads back into the Void with Max, one of the Elf King's loyal followers, where she learns his darkest secrets. The stakes, for both Emily and Navin, are higher than ever" --
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"Freddie Ruiz is cursed. While other people may have bad days, Freddie and his family have had bad generations: from bird poop splatting on him during picture day to the many tumbles and trips that earned him the nickname Faceplant Freddie. He's learned to lay low and keep himself out of trouble--which means no fun, no friends, and definitely no risks. But when he discovers a family heirloom, a century-old amulet from the Philippines that's supposed...
6) Final cut
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Wolfenscreem and the rest of the studio's creatures wreak havoc on the movie set and a battle to gain control of the amulet and the monsters ensue. In graphic novel format.
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In the year 2055, in Cape Town, South Africa, sixteen-year-old Ebba finds that what she has believed about the surface world--that it is uninhabitable--is entirely wrong. It seems she has inherited a massive fortune from the goddess, being her direct descendant, and also a mission: she must bring together four sacred amulets and save the world from a dark fate.
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Ruthie and Ezra take the new studio manager on a spooky tour around the movie studio; their uncle discovers the amulet that controls Wolfenscreem and the studio's other infamous creatures; everything seems to go wrong on the first day of filming. In graphic novel format.
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Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.
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Lord Thomas asks Amanda Black's family to return, for the good of the city, an amulet that their ancestors stole long ago, or else--but the thief family no longer owns it. Aunt Paula confesses that her great-grandmother gave it away years ago, prompting Amanda and Eric to scheme with her on how to get it back and stop Lord Thomas from discovering the truth.
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Nadia, an Egyptian American middle schooler, is excited to submit an idea for her school's new mascot, and write for the school newspaper. However, things don't go as planned and in the middle of the chaos, Nadia and Titi learn that the hippo amulet has another secret that's powerful--and scary.
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"Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse. . . . Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts. That is to say-although it must never be said-witchcraft. The Wicken League strives to improve the world in small ways. Using magic, they tidy, correct, and manipulate according to their notions of what is proper, entirely unlike those reprobates in the Wisteria Society. When the long-lost amulet...