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The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose exploring Hindu mythology and legend.Let her be a little less human, a little more divineGive her heart armor so it doesn't break as easily as mineMeet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart, and much to learn... -
![Interuptiing Chicken by David Ezra Stein, Andrew Watts]()
Interuptiing Chicken by David Ezra Stein, Andrew Watts
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAwarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor! A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken's habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head. It's time for the little red chicken's bedtime story—and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt... -
![The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint]()
The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt turns whimsical, dark, and mystical, this extraordinary collection of retold fairy tales and new, modern myths redefine the boundaries of magic. Compiling favored stories suggested by the author and his fans, this delightful treasury contains the most esteemed and beloved selections that de Lint has to offer...Categorized as:
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![The Gatekeeper's Staff: An Old Gods Story by Antoine Bandele]()
The Gatekeeper's Staff: An Old Gods Story by Antoine Bandele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTJ Young has been surrounded by magic his entire life, yet he has never tapped into it… until now.Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJ’s world... -
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![The Timeless One by James Riley]()
The Timeless One by James Riley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFort becomes entangled with legendary creatures and foes in this thrilling fourth novel in the fantastical series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves!The future has been saved, but at a cost: Fort Fitzgerald has been expelled from the Oppenheimer School, and some of Fort’s friends have been lost in time... -
![Queen of Ice and Snow by Bekah Harris]()
Queen of Ice and Snow by Bekah Harris
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Ivy Hawthorne of the human realm is dead. Her innocence was buried with Prince Ardan, who sacrificed his own life for hers. Now standing in her place is Ivy, Queen of the Winter Court--whose sole desire is to protect her Fae and avenge the death of her beloved prince... -
![Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman]()
Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEveryone loves the little girl who wears a red-hooded cloak, but no one more than her grandmother. One day, Grandmother gets sick, and Little Red Riding Hood sets out to visit her, carrying a basket of food as a present... -
![The Future King (The Revenge of Magic Series) by James Riley]()
The Future King (The Revenge of Magic Series) by James Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFort's continued adventures take more surprising twists and turns in this third novel in a thrilling series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves!Dealing with monster attacks and his missing father has been hard enough for Fort Fitzgerald in his first month at the Oppenheimer School...Categorized as:
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![Battle of Forces: Sera Toujours by Ali Vali]()
Battle of Forces: Sera Toujours by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn book two of the Forces series, Kendal and Piper return to New Orleans, both now immortal. The peace along the Mississippi River is short-lived with the arrival of Kendal’s old friends, Morgaine and Lenore. They come with an order from the Genesis Clan for Kendal to return with them to face judgment for mixing the elixir of the sun for Piper without their consent... -
![A Arma Escarlate by Renata Ventura]()
A Arma Escarlate by Renata Ventura
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsO ano é 1997. Em meio a um intenso tiroteio, durante uma das épocas mais sangrentas da favela Santa Marta, no Rio de Janeiro, um menino de 13 anos descobre que é bruxo.Jurado de morte pelos chefes do tráfico, Hugo foge com apenas um objetivo em mente: aprender magia o suficiente para voltar e enfrentar o bandido que ameaça sua família... -
![The Stone Child by David Alexander Robertson]()
The Stone Child by David Alexander Robertson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's a race against time to save Eli, in this third book in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. After discovering a near-lifeless Eli at the base of the Great Tree, Morgan knows she doesn't have much time to save him. And it will mean asking for help -- from friends old and new... -
![The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley]()
The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA rich odyssey of transformation in the tradition of "The Inferno" In "The Descent of Alette," Alice Notley presents a feminist epic, a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and people ride endlessly on subways, not allowed to live in the world above... -
![Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Kat Zhang, Charlene Chua]()
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Kat Zhang, Charlene Chua
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to share with her class at school in this unforgettable follow-up to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao.Amy loves craft time at school. But when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck... -
![The First Four Books Of Poems by Louise Glück]()
The First Four Books Of Poems by Louise Glück
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fierce, austerely beautiful voice that has become Glück's trademark speaks in these poems of a life lived in unflinching awareness. Includes "Firstborn", "The House on Marshland", "Descending Figure", and "The Triumph of Achilles"... -
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![The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy]()
The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsBe terrified. It's you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you'll go, betray me, stray from home. So better by far for me if you were stone. from "Medusa"Stunningly original and haunting, the voices of Mrs... -
![Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest]()
Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHold Your Own arises from the tale of the mythical prophet Tiresias. Though he was born and died a man, he also spent years as a woman. Though he was blind, he saw what others couldn't... -
![Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon]()
Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsInfatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tiny town of Gracie, Georgia. Known for being their peers’ queer awakening, Gem leans hard on charm to disguise the anxious mess they are beneath. The only person privy to their authentic self is another trans kid, Enzo, who’s a thousand long, painful miles away in Brooklyn... -
![Dear Peter Rabbit by Alma Flor Ada]()
Dear Peter Rabbit by Alma Flor Ada
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChildren and their parents will be delighted with this witty collection of letters written by famous storybook characters eagerly anticipating Goldilocks's birthday party and the Three Little Pigs' housewarming (which keeps getting postponed as the wicked wolves wreak havoc on first a straw and then a stick house)... -
![Ashes of Gold by J. Elle]()
Ashes of Gold by J. Elle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalf god and half human, Rue has made a vow to restore the magic that the Chancellor and the Grays have stolen from the Ghizoni and take back their land; she has more fully embraced her identity among the people of Yiyo Peak, but she is also from East Row in Houston, and girls from East Row do not give in to oppressors... -
![The Rise of Nazil by Aaron-Michael Hall]()
The Rise of Nazil by Aaron-Michael Hall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was the 75th year of Alberoth when the AsZar summoned the Guardians. There was an imbalance in the lands of Faélondul. The Zaxson, Draizeyn Vereux covered the lands in a pall of darkness. There was a plan to exterminate the infestation in Nazil and beyond, a plan to eradicate the humans... -
![Anaché by Maria Turtschaninoff]()
Anaché by Maria Turtschaninoff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOm nätterna vandrar nomadflickan Anaché med andarna. Om dagarna lär hennes älskade bror henne allt det en akkadekvinna inte får kunna: kasta kniv, jaga och rida som en man. Men i en värld där faror och förbud styr en flickas liv får hon inte visa sina förmågor för någon. Speciellt inte då hennes far är stammens ledare, en oberäknelig, våldsam man... -
![Immortal Stories: Eve by Gene Doucette]()
Immortal Stories: Eve by Gene Doucette
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the pages of the Immortal book series, it’s Eve.“…if your next question is, what could that possibly make me, if I’m not an angel or a god? The answer is the same as what I said before: many have considered me a god, and probably a few have thought of me as an angel. I’m neither, if those positions are defined by any kind of supernormal magical power... -
![Trapunzel by Tanzania Glover]()
Trapunzel by Tanzania Glover
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A reluctant princess who’d rather break balls than attend them.” Never seen with a hair out of place, Nicole Jones has a great life by anybody’s standards. She was adopted at birth and welcomed into the loving Jones Tailoring family of Atlanta and she’s now co-owner of a burgeoning fashion boutique with her best friend Tillar... -
![Darker by Four by June C.L. Tan]()
Darker by Four by June C.L. Tan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom Jade Fire Gold author June CL Tan, Darker by Four is the launch of an epic, sweeping contemporary fantasy duology that is the Shadowhunter Chronicles meets the Chinese underworld, drawing inspiration from diaspora folklore. A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god.Rui has one goal in mind—honing her magic to avenge her mother’s death. Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious family... -
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![The Lonely Book by Meg Grehan]()
The Lonely Book by Meg Grehan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA warm and loving story about how a non-binary person comes to understand and accept themselves by an award-winning queer author. Every morning, when Annie’s moms open up their bookshop, there’s a pile of books on the counter, waiting for the right reader to come and find them. But one day, there’s a book nobody comes for... -
![Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap]()
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Am I dead?”Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask.Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap’s debut collection jumps right off the page, from the joy in her new novella, 'A Spell for Foolish Hearts' to the terrifying tension of the urban legend 'Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez'... -
![Game of Shadows by Bekah Harris]()
Game of Shadows by Bekah Harris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill kingdoms fall in Faerie? Find out in the continuation of the bestselling faerie series. Following the rescue of Queen Lyric, Ivy and Jules recklessly abandon the Winter Court to rescue Bear and Nan from Alena, who is holding them captive in the human realm. While Ivy recovers her beloved Bear, he may never heal from what he's endured--and Ivy has fallen right into Alena's trap... -
![Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth]()
Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old... -
![Heir of Iron Hearts by Bekah Harris]()
Heir of Iron Hearts by Bekah Harris
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnly weeks after Ivy's return to her true home in the Winter Court, she finds herself thrown into life as a royal with a new fiance she can't stand. Even worse, the only person she loves, the one person she is forbidden to love, Barrett Forbes, is her personal guard, which makes getting to know Arden, her Unseelie fiance just a little bit awkward... -
![The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling]()
The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse.Nothing about Kess Pedrock’s life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family’s Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for megafauna fossils and skeletons), and not her best friend (a talking demon’s head in a jar named Shrunken Jim)... -
![The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza]()
The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe wolf loves to eat more than anything in the world and one day he has a terrible craving for chicken stew. He spots a chicken who seems just right, but then he thinks how much more stew there will be if he fattens her up before dining himself. So he goes home and begins to cook all kinds of scrumptious food for the chicken to eat... -
![Lover Birds by Leanne Egan]()
Lover Birds by Leanne Egan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA modern-day Queer retelling of Pride and Prejudice, a contemporary, inclusive, LGBT romance set in Liverpool.This is the story of Darci Williams and Eloise Byrne...Categorized as:
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![The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair]()
The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We should have seen this coming.I should have seen this coming."Calypso, a resilient Wind Siren, grapples with the aftermath of a devastating battle that thrusts her best friend, Rhea, into the clutches of their greatest enemy, Ares, the God of War... -
![Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson]()
Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKnock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural tale of fractured family bonds, the secrets we carry, and the veiled forces that guide Irish life.Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irish countryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse... -
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![Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron]()
Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNight of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible, exclusively featuring queer authors of color putting fresh spins on classic horror tropes and tales.No matter its name or occasion, Halloween is more than a Hallmark holiday, it’s a symbol of transformation... -
![The Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams]()
The Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.There is something about the boy. When he is angry, clouds darken. When he cries, rivers burst their banks. And when he touches a basketball, deities want courtside seats... -
![The Cat of Yule Cottage by Lili Hayward]()
The Cat of Yule Cottage by Lili Hayward
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's nearly Christmas, and Jessamine Pike needs a serious life overhaul.Jess moves into Enysyule, a centuries-old cottage in Cornwall, and begins the process of renovating the rundown house by day and finishing her novel by night, planning to have both finished in time for the holidays... -
![Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James]()
Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy, his African Game of Thrones.In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared... -
![Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan]()
Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last night of Claire Ryland's old life in the closet was pretty normal, aside from the alley fight with interdimensional monsters. Fortunately, the drummer of her favorite local band transformed into a magical girl and saved her.Then Claire became a magical girl as well. Things got a little complicated after that... -
![Wishing For Them by Ellabee Andrews]()
Wishing For Them by Ellabee Andrews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAs a fairy living in a small town, my goals are pretty simple: go to the community college, own a coffee shop, and live my life drama-free. But all that changes when my name is chosen to receive a full scholarship to Aradia, the most prestigious supernatural academy in the world. On a dare, I had entered, never expecting to be chosen, yet here I am... -
![Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Brook Tsai]()
Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Brook Tsai
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA tale of doom and ambition, loss and revenge, love and murder... -
![The Noble of Sperath by Siera Maley]()
The Noble of Sperath by Siera Maley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the emperor of Eveinia is murdered alongside his heir, the kingdom's twelve nations are thrown into chaos. A fortnight later, a young woman wakes up with no memories, having been unwittingly selected for an impossible mission—to track down the chosen successor from each nation and appoint one as the emperor. If she fails, she may never be able to return to her old life...Categorized as:
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![Darkthunder's Way by Tom Deitz]()
Darkthunder's Way by Tom Deitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFIRE IN THE OTHERWORLD There are circles within circles, lands of magic and wonder that touch upon our own. But now war is on the horizon in the mystical realm of the Sidhe-a brutal clash of Faery against Faery that threatens to cross secret boundaries into the unsuspecting world of mortal men... -
![The Bee-Man of Orn by Frank R. Stockton]()
The Bee-Man of Orn by Frank R. Stockton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Bee-Man lives humbly and contentedly until a Junior Sorcerer happens by with some disturbing news: the Bee-man, he says, has been transformed--he once was someone (or something) entirely different. But who? Or what? A giant or a prince? A dog or a dragon? The now restless Bee-man sets out on a quest to discover the answer...Categorized as:
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![Higher Mythology by Jody Lynn Nye]()
Higher Mythology by Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile seeking sprites in a hot air balloon, Keith Doyle gets word that Holl's baby daughter and the young faery Dola have been kidnapped, and he sets off to track down the abductors... -
![Letters From Medea by Salma Deera]()
Letters From Medea by Salma Deera
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of poems that reincarnates one of the most wicked women in classical literature into the modern day. It is a collection that celebrates and understands girlhood, loss, and love. These are Medea's letters to the modern girl... -
![Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack, Onawumi Jean Moss]()
Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack, Onawumi Jean Moss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Precious is left home alone with a stomachache, she's got nothing but a warning from Mama -- "Don't let nothing or nobody into this house" -- to keep her company. You see, "nothing or nobody" could turn out to be something awful: the Boo Hag! The Boo Hag's got a voice that rumbles like thunder and hair that shoots out like lightning. And she can disguise herself to look like anything... -
![Hunt by L.C. Mawson]()
Hunt by L.C. Mawson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the Earth is reduced to a smoking crater, the only thing left to do is turn back the clock.Lily Snow, granddaughter of Death and one of the most powerful magical beings on Earth, knows that her daughter most likely won’t survive in this timeline, so she gives her life to create another... -
![A Dignity of Dragons by Jacqueline K. Ogburn]()
A Dignity of Dragons by Jacqueline K. Ogburn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo catch a glimpse of one unicorn is lucky;to see a grace of unicorns is to witness a marvel.In this book, you will also find . . .a riddle of sphinx,a splash of mermaids,a dignity of dragons,and more.With inventive groupings, luminous artwork, and a fact-filled glossary, A Dignity of Dragons makes for a bestiary to treasure... -
![Lionheart by Fran Seen]()
Lionheart by Fran Seen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Arab-American soldier and a stargazing woman connect in the modern Beauty and the Beast retelling.In an attempt to pay off her family's debts, Lula answers a Craigslist ad for a job opening at the formerly vacant Bluegrass Manor. A stern and brooding man offers her the job, but there's a catch - Lula isn't allowed to look at him. Although, Mr...
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