Anthea Bell

Mysteries surround a time-traveling heroine. (Ages 12 to 18)

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The internationally best-selling romantasy series! Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.

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Since learning she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, nothing has gone right for Gwen and she holds suspicions about both Count Saint-German and Gideon, but as she uncovers the Circle's secrets she finally learns her own destiny. Since learning she is the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, Gwen has become suspicious of both Count Saint-Germain and Gideon. As she uncovers the Circle's secrets, she finally learns her destiny. The plot contains violence. Book #3

Meggie absolutely loves stories, but her father, Mo, has not read aloud to her since the day her mother mysteriously disappeared. One cruel, rainy night, a stranger knocks at their door, forcing Mo to reveal an extraordinary and terrifying secret. When Mo reads books aloud, the words actually come alive, and dangerous characters can step right out of the pages and into the real world. Suddenly, an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of his fiction and lands right in their living room. Meggie is thrust smack into the middle of the kind of epic adventure she has only ever read about. You will travel alongside Meggie as she must learn to harness the very magic that conjured this nightmare. Discover a timeless tale about books, imagination, and the power of words as Meggie fights to change the course of the story that has changed her life forever.

In this highly inventive and splendid rendering of a favorite Grimm fairy tale, award-winning storyteller and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky evokes a world of Medieval magic. "Zelinsky's smooth retelling and glowing pictures cast the story in a new and beautiful light".--School Library Journal. A 1987 Caldecott Honor Book. An ALA Notable Book. Full color.

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In this highly inventive and splendid rendering of a favorite Grimm fairy tale, award-winning storyteller and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky evokes a world of Medieval magic. "Zelinsky's smooth retelling and glowing pictures cast the story in a new and beautiful light".--School Library Journal. A 1987 Caldecott Honor Book. An ALA Notable Book. Full color.

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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king, on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.