Julie Berry
1) Lovely war
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates -- and the hearts -- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is...
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Series
Language
English
Description
In mid-thirteenth century Provence, Dolssa de Stigata is a fervently religious girl who feels the call to preach, condemned by the Inquisition as an "unnatural woman," and hunted by the Dominican Friar Lucien who fears a resurgence of the Albigensian heresy; Botille is a matchmaker trying to protect her sisters from being branded as gypsies or witches--but when she finds the hunted Dolssa dying on a hillside, she feels compelled to protect her, a...
Author
Language
English
Description
Orphaned at age five, Lucinda, now fifteen, stands with courage against the man who took everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the prince she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that he, too, is in danger.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Young dairymaid Begonia has lost her cow, Alfalfa. So she has set off on a search across the countryside even though she has nothing but a magical map to guide her. Meanwhile, the Emperor has gone missing from the royal palace in a most mysterious manner. Was it murder? Was it magic? It will take all of Begonia's wits to save the empire and get Alfalfa home safely"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Now that Maeve Merrit has surrendered Mermeros the djinni she found in a sardine can, she expects her life in London will be dull as dirt. But villains from Maeve's previous escapades are still searching for the djinni, now in the hands of Mr. Poindexter, the adoptive father of Maeve's friend Tommy. When Mr. Poindexter tries to use one of the three wishes, he and Mermeros go missing--and without a guardian, Tom will be forced back to the orphanage....
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Maeve Merritt knows all about magic. After all, she found Mermeros the djinni in a sardine can! But not even magic can give her the freedom to do the daring things she wants to do in her life--things not allowed for girls in 1897. When Maeve and her friend Alice take a summer field trip to Oxford, though, they're amazed to see women as college students and even playing sports! But just when it seems like her dreams might one day come true, thieves...
11) Happy right now
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Describe how it feels to be happy and what can cause it.
12) The night frolic
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Before they go to sleep, children travel on a dreamy, whimsical journey to visit the Night Tiger, the Night Walrus, the Night Elephant, and others"--
16) Secondhand charm
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
On her journey to the royal university to become a doctor, fifteen-year-old Evie, wearing potent gypsy charms, learns of her monstrous inheritance.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Cody Mack and the boys uncover an old, forgotten swimming pool hidden below the floor of Splurch Academy's gymnasium they think it may provide them with an escape route, but the pool is overflowing with evil, monstrous squids.
