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1) Messenger
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"Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village's closing and try to convince Seer's daughter Kira to return with him before it's too late. But Forest is now hostile to Matty as well. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only...
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Tomie de Paola's first story featuring his beloved Strega Nona character, who began life in the 1970s as a doodle, and was the perfect creation for his Italianized retelling of Der süße Brei, Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 103. Der süße Brei, or The sweet porridge, is better known in English as The magic porridge pot.
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
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2022.
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"Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their French village at the end of the Middle Ages, though some whisper that fifteen-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mère deal in more than herbs and medicines. Perhaps they're a bit . . . witchy? After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use her untrained magic to heal her mother's grief yields tragic consequences, Sylvie leaves in search of a teacher. Accompanied by Martin,...
7) The healer
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HarperTeen
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[2018]
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"Marlena Oliveira has been given an extraordinary gift. She has been given the power to heal. She can cure paralysis, mental illness, even a broken heart. People with all kinds of ailments come from around the world seeking audiences with her, believing her to be a saint. But her power comes at a price. Marlena can't have friends or go to school. She can't date. She can't even touch anyone. The older she gets, the more trapped she feels." -- From...
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Delacorte Press
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2024.
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"Hazel, a young healer navigating a ruthless court to save the life of the king, grapples with a pantheon of gods with questionable agendas as she fights for agency and true love in her own life as the goddaughter of none other than Death himself"--
9) On the run
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Elijah project volume 1
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Zonderkidz
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[2009], ©2009
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Separated from their parents, sixteen-year-old Zach and his thirteen-year-old sister Piper, with help from two school friends and some divine intervention, try to protect their six-year-old brother from dark forces who know of his supernatural gifts.
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Elijah project volume 2
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Zonderkidz
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[2009], ©2009
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Zach and Piper, with divine assistance, continue to seek their kidnapped parents and protect their little brother, Elijah, from the evil Shadow Man, who places temptation in their path in the form of a beautiful runaway.
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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[2013]
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"Follow a brave hare with big dreams through her journey of courage, self-discovery and healing. This one-of-a-kind story was written to inspire children and families going through chemotherapy or any major struggle. Readers and young listeners will treasure the beautiful symbolist and endearing message about hope, determination and living for the moment."--Page 4 of cover.
13) 80 days or die
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Max Tilt series volume 2
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2018]
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When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt stumbled across his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures, he thought he had the answer to all his problems, but nothing in life is ever that easy. With his mom's illness getting worse again, Max needs to figure out a way to save his family--now more than ever. So Max and his cousin Alex revisit The Lost Treasures, and they find a clue that just might be the...
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