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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...
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That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped. So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's...
6) Speculation
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In 1962, ten-year-old Winna Cole discovers a pair of magical spectacles that reveal both the friendly ghosts of her African American ancestors and a dangerous family curse.
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Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
10) Mummies
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"Describes the history and myths of mummies, their features, and their place in popular culture"--Provided by publisher.
11) Reading Beauty
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In this version of Sleeping Beauty, told in verse, the Princess is threatened with a curse which will start with a paper cut; devastated that all her books have been taken away, she sets out with her dog, Prince, to find the fairy who cast the curse and make her reverse it.
13) Ogre enchanted
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Evie loves healing people, and her medical work takes up so much time she never thinks about marrying anyone--so when Wormy, her friend and often test subject, suddenly proposes to her, Evie turns him down, not being in love with him in that way. Lucinda, though, doesn't approve of her rejection, and curses Evie to be a hideous ogre. If she does not find another suitor within sixty-two days she will be stuck as an ogre forever.
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"Of all the gifts under the tree on Christmas Eve, only one captures Marie Stahlbaum's heart: a humble nutcracker ... As midnight nears, he comes to life, revealing a fairy-tale world of magic and wonder, wicked princesses, and fierce battles--and an ancient curse that can only be broken with the help of a true friend. With the evil Mouse King looming and her dream world threatened, Marie will have to find the strength to stand up for her nutcracker--no...
16) Mothman's curse
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Josie and her brothers investigate mysterious happenings in their haunted hometown, including a Polaroid camera that prints pictures of a ghost, cursed jewelry, the specter of Mothman, and a century-old mystery.