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The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch by Tom Fletcher
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe eagerly-anticipated sequel to Tom Fletcher's bestselling magical adventure, The Christmasaurus.'She is the best-kept Christmas secret of all,' whispered Santa Claus. 'Which is surprising, because she is so powerful that Christmas itself would not exist without her. She is older than time itself, yet still as young as tomorrow. She is known only as the Winter Witch...Categorized as:
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Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven. From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA brilliant, hilarious one-off novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy – now in paperback.This time, the bad guys take the stage...Categorized as:
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The Paleblood Hunt by Redgrave
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The Paleblood Hunt" is an in-depth exploration behind the lore of the popular FromSoftware video game Bloodborne. Redgrave first introduced this document on Reddit and it has since been revised, and finalized. He closely examines the information available to the player in order to build up the hidden story of the game... -
Frenzy by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTheir destiny is to fix history. Their dream is to get home.When you live in a house that's really a gateway between past and present, you have to be ready for "anything." It's a painful fact the Kings have faced since moving to Pinedale eight days ago... -
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Unfaithful by Elisa S. Amore
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDESPERATE DECISIONSA Secret that Should Never Have Been RevealedA dark reality lies hidden under our very eyes.Since their creation, the Màsala have enforced the destiny of humankind on Earth through the Subterraneans, Angels condemned to carry the weight of death on their shoulders in order to please Fate... -
Whirlwind by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBest-selling novelist Robert Liparulo is a former journalist, with over a thousand articles and multiple writing awards to his name. His first two critically acclaimed thrillers?Comes a Horseman and Germ?were optioned by Hollywood producers. Bestselling author Michael Palmer calls Deadfall, released in November, 2007, ?a brilliantly crafted thriller... -
One Little Dragon by Michael Yu
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis children's book feature Kindle Text Pop-Up for reading text over vivid, full-color images (double tap on the text).Drake just wants to play with all the other kids, but he has a bit of a problem: Drake is a dragon. How can he show them that he'd be a good friend? Or maybe he's just too scared to try. Poor Drake...Categorized as:
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Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron's empire, seeks solace in the glass butterfly house on her family's Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world...Categorized as:
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Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Every now and then we get a break from reality. A glimpse into the other world that is more real than the reality we live in 99 percent of our days. The Bible is about a world of demons and angels and great evil and even greater glory.”What if you could travel inside another person’s soul?To battle for them. To be part of Jesus healing their deepest wounds... -
Timescape by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the fourth installment of this stunning young adult series,the King family plummets into a nightmare of head-spinning action, as the house and the worlds that lay beyond grow increasingly dangerous.David, Xander, Dad, and Keal have discovered a terrible secret. Now,finding Mom is only a small part of their mission. And time is running out...Categorized as:
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Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe house talks. It breathes. And it's hungry. The Kings have been in the creepy old place, their new home, for only a few days, but they've experienced enough terror to last a lifetime. And the mystery is growing even more baffling... -
Playtime with Monster by Michael Yu
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEric hates taking a bath. Eric hates brushing his teeth. Eric hates putting on his pajamas. Let's face it, Eric hates getting ready for bed. Thankfully, Eric's mom and dad have the perfect plan to help their little boy. Find out what a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a monster has to do with it...Categorized as:
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DragonFire by Donita K. Paul
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThree years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladin's knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict with disappear... -
The Dark Tower Companion by Bev Vincent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAN ALL-NEW COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY CONSTRUCTED WORLDS IN ALL OF FICTION Stephen King’s bestselling multi-volume Dark Tower series is the author’s most inspired and imaginative creation... -
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Secrets in the Mist by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s lurking in the Mist is the least of their worries… In a world where humanity lives in the sky to escape a deadly mist below, Cass’s only goal is survival. That is, until she finds a job on the airship Daedalus as a diver. Now she explores ruined cities, looking for treasure and people’s lost heirlooms until a young man hires her to find the impossible: a way to eradicate the Mist... -
The Gift of Light by Jen Gentry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an ACE of ASIN:B0095BJQH8 The Gift of LightEmily and her Aunt Gemma are two very special women. They see into the spiritual realm and commune with angels. With this exciting tale, reminiscent of the great Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness, debut author Gentry portrays in realistic terms the angelic and demonic creatures who inhabit our world, and why... -
The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons by Laura Gallier
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOwen was a normal high school student with a great life. He had a beautiful girlfriend, played on the football team, and was surrounded by a group of great friends. That is, until he found a well on some abandoned land, and a man who offered him a drink of water that changed his life forever... -
Gus Was A Friendly Ghost by Jane Thayer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBack in print from Purple House Press!There was once a friendly ghost, by the name of Gus, who lived in an old house in the country. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and their twins, Susie and Sammy, lived there too during the summer. Then autumn came and the Scott family left. Which meant Gus had nothing to do but sit around. One day, during a walk, he met Mouse, who was cold and hungry... -
Deck the Halls, We're Off the Walls! by Dan Gutman, Jim Paillot
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Christmas, and you know what that means! Santa Claus is coming to town! Or at least to the local mall. But what happens when kid rapper Cray-Z gives a Christmas concert at the same mall and all his fans go bananas? One thing's for sure—if A.J. and his friends from Ella Mentry School want to save the day, they will need a Christmas miracle... -
Arena by Karen Hancock
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCallie Hayes is living a life of fear and disillusionment when she volunteers for a psychology experiment that promises to turn her life around. As her orientation proceeds, Callie becomes frightened by the secrecy and evasion she encounters. When she demands to be released from the program, she is suddenly dropped into a terrifying alien world and into a perilous battle between good and evil...Categorized as:
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Between by Mary Ting
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs the alkins head back to Crossroads, Claudia leads her normal life; but not for long. Having a special soul, Claudia attracts danger, and she soon finds out who Gamma asked to watch over her. The Twelve, known as Divine Elders on Earth, are very much involved when they find out that Aliah, one of the God's first angels, escaped from the Abyss when the gates were opened by Aden... -
Fing by David Walliams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe jaw-achingly funny children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams – a deliciously daft Tall Story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more. Illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross.Meet the Meeks!Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn’t enough...Categorized as:
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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life... -
Leviathan by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is August of 1704, and Matthew Corbett and his companions have narrowly escaped the island of Golgotha and are recuperating in the town of Alghero on the northwestern coast of Sardinia, currently under Spanish rule. Hudson Greathouse is at his limits, both mentally and physically, after their harrowing ordeal...Categorized as:
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Watcher in the Woods by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt's not just the house that's keeping secrets. Pretending everything's all right is harder than it sounds. But the Kings know that even if they told the truth about the bizarre things happening in their house, no one would believe them. They're hyper-focused on rescuing their lost family member before anyone finds out what's going on...Categorized as:
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The Portable Dante by Dante Alighieri
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. The Portable Dante contains complete verse translations of Dante's two masterworks, The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa... -
The Unholy Deception by L.A. Marzulli
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratings'The Cadre' claims to have Christ's body preserved and hidden in an ancient tomb.For journalist Art 'Mac' Mackenzie, the scenario smacks of an alien agenda. He determines to unearth the truth at any cost. But the Cadre doesn't surrender its secrets easily... -
Cyrus LongBones and the Curse of the Sea Zombie by Jeremy Mathiesen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStealing into forbidden territory, sixteen-year-old Cyrus LongBones discovers that his small island is in fact a giant, fossilized turtle shell. With his village’s obsession of working the earth, the skeleton collapses in on itself, killing Cyrus’ brother and destroying his village. Forced into action, Cyrus is the first of his kind to leave his land and sail out to sea in search of a new home... -
An Acorn Book- Mister Shivers #1: Beneath The Bed And Other Scary Stories by Max Brallier
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, and full-color artwork on every spread, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency... -
A Haunting on Bloodgood Row by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassidy Wright hunts ghosts with the Gulf Coast Paranormal team, but she may be in over her head when she's tasked with confronting a ghost who refuses to leave Bloodgood Row. With the power to paint scenes from the past, Cassidy dives into her art to find clues that will lead her to the truth about the life and death of Elizabeth Sabrina... -
Florida Fog Phantoms by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCreatures of the clouds are coming!After a mild hurricane passes through the Tampa Bay area of Florida, a mysterious, thick fog settles in.A murky, dark fog.A dangerous fog.Justin Martinez and his friend Caitlin McCalla are about to find out why. For there are creatures within the creamy haze. Bizarre creatures that roam the gray mist, searching for their next victim... -
There’s No Such Thing as Monsters by Michael Yu
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis fun and beautifully illustrated book is about a little boy who thinks there are monsters all over his bedroom and can’t go to sleep...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Dolls Of Delaware by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOld dolls unearthed after many years below ground slowly become alive! Brother and sister, Spencer and Serena, have become the keepers of their find... and must find a way to return the Dangerous Dolls .. -
Merciless by Robin Parrish
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvil has infiltrated our world. His name is Oblivion and his touch is death. He devastates the planet, turning it into a twisted, barren world. A dark world. And Grant Borrows, the one man powerful enough to oppose him, is dead.As Grant's remaining friends learn the ultimate truth behind the events that shaped their lives, they secretly gather for one last battle... -
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The Final Reckoning by Robin Jarvis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRobin Jarvis's thrilling finale to the Deptford Mice Trilogy is now available in paperback. Back from the dead, the spirit of Jupiter-the evil cat who was once Lord of the sewer rats-wreaks more destruction than ever. The Deptford Mice Feel his chilling grasp everywhere they turn and know they face the most desperate struggle of their lives... -
Mortal by Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCenturies have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace...and fear. A terrible secret was closely guarded for centuries: every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity... -
Sovereign by Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNine years after Rom Sebastian was thrust into the most unlikely of circumstances as hero and bearer of an unimaginable secret, the alliance of his followers is in disarray. An epic battle with The Order has left them scattered and deeply divided both in strategy and resolve in their struggle to become truly alive and free.Only 36 truly alive followers remain loyal to Rom... -
The Tombs of Anak by Frank E. Peretti
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Jay and Lila Cooper enter the cave-tombs of Anak with their archaeologist father, they hope to find a co-worker who has unaccountably disappeared. Instead, they stumble onto a frightening religion and new mysteries that soon put them all in incredible danger. The third book of the Cooper Kids Adventures...Categorized as:
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The Ishbane Conspiracy by Angela Alcorn, Karina Alcorn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJillian is picture-perfect on the outside, but terrified of getting hurt on the inside. Brittany is a tough girl who trusts almost no one. Ian is a successful athlete who dabbles in the occult. And Rob is a former gang-banger who struggles with guilt, pain, and a newfound faith in God. These four college students will face the ultimate battle between good and evil in a single year... -
Sinner by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSome say roll with the punches. Drift with the tide. Nothing can stop the inevitability of change. There was a time when 300 Spartans disagreed with such mindless thinking and stood in the gap.Now it's time for 3,000 to stand in the gap."Sinner" is the story of Marsuvees Black, a force of raw evil who speaks with wicked persuasion that is far more destructive than swords or guns...Categorized as:
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The Devil's Storybook by Natalie Babbitt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere are more ways than one to view the Devil and his works. In this collection of ten original stories, Natalie Babbitt offers us a middle-aged Old Scratch with a tender ego, proud of Hell and anxious for his reputation; a plotter at once pompous and naive who has a way of losing as often as he wins. Nothing metaphysical here--this devil, rather, has an all-too-human nature...Categorized as:
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God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia Rylant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA deeply compelling collection of poems about God and our everyday world from a Newbery medalist. Cynthia Rylant takes teens on an invigorating spiritual journey as she explores what God's life on Earth might be like. Rylant's reflective and often humorous verse follows God as he tries out human activities such as getting a dog, writing a fan letter, and making spaghetti... -
The Michigan Mega-monsters by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWHAT ONCE WAS A LEGEND... HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE! When Rick Owens arrives at Camp Willow, he's ready for a week of fun. He's met two new friends: Sandy Johnson and Leah Warner, and the three are ready for an exciting week. But when Rick spots strange tracks around his cabin, the campers realize they aren't the only ones at the small, lakeside summer camp... -
The Substitute Teacher from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA brand-new edition in the bestselling Black Lagoon series!THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON is a brand-new edition in the bestselling Black Lagoon series! Mrs. Green is out sick and Hubie's class is going to have a sub! The students are ready to party all day...until they meet Mr. Frank N... -
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Fearless by Robin Parrish
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world changed after that terrible day when the sky burned, and now every heart is gripped by fear Earthquakes, fire, disease, and floods pummel the earth, and its citizens watch in horror. But in the darkness there is hope--an anonymous but powerful hero whom the public dubs "Guardian" emerges from the wreckage... -
Lucifer's Flood by Linda Rios Brook
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“The sensation of falling was terrifying…we tumbled out of the realm of the heavenly light into perpetual darkness. We had not seen darkness before--not like this anyway... A strange man shows up at the office of language expert Samantha Yale with a mysterious scroll written in an even more mysterious language... -
The Spell by Bill Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Society is determined: Becka must pay for all she has done. And so they begin a scare campaign, complete with spells and curses. But the campaign quickly gets out of hand and before she knows what’s happening, Becka finds herself in grave danger... -
Night of the Giant Everything by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the Hall of Horrors, HorrorLand's Hall of Fame for the truly terrifying.When 11-year-old Steven Sweeney is tricked into drinking a strange mixture of chemicals by his classmates, things begin to get strange... -
The Deceived by Bill Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Ryan, Rebecca’s new friend, asks her to go with him to hear a speaker on reincarnation, she figures it’s no big deal. Then she agrees to be hypnotized—and her experiences are so eerie and powerful that she begins to doubt her faith in God.Soon she is caught in a dangerous deception that nearly strangles her faith and destroys her life... -
The Paper Grail by James P. Blaylock
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCurator Howard Barton goes to Mendocino, California, to get a 19th-century woodcut sketch for his museum back home. But other, rather strange, people want the sketch for their own dubious purposes. Now Howard's caught in the middle of a secret war that somehow involves a piece of paper that is much more than it seems...
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