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Dream spinner
Par Joanne Hoppe. 1992
When Mary Barrone's widowed father remarries, the new family moves into an old Victorian house. For a high school project,…
Mary decides to experiment with lucid dreaming--willing herself to fly in her dreams. She succeeds, and night after night finds herself flying around her house but during an earlier time in history. She becomes involved with former residents of the house and tries to alter history. For junior and senior high readersUnder the healing sign
Par Nick O'Donohoe. 1995
In this sequel to The Magic and the Healing (BR 10524), B.J. Vaughn, a young veterinarian, practices her work in…
Crossroads, an alternate world inhabited by imaginary creatures. When evil Morgan obtains the secret map to Crossroads, B.J. must battle Morgan's army to save the land. For senior high and older readersThe magic and the healing
Par Nick O'Donohoe. 1994
B.J. Vaughan's dreams of becoming a veterinarian are shattered when she discovers she has Huntington's chorea. However before she leaves…
school, B.J. travels to Crossroads, a world where imaginary creatures live and where a unicorn needs her help. Prequel to Under the Healing Sign (BR 10525). For senior high and older readersCoffey's hands
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the third installment of a serial novel, inmate John Coffey heals death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's vicious urinary infection…
just by touching him. This and Coffey's gentle nature make Edgecombe question his guilt. Sequel to The Mouse on the Mile (BR 10649). Strong language and violence. BestsellerNight journey
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the fifth installment of a serial novel, death-row supervisor Paul Edgecombe sneaks inmate John Coffey out of prison to…
test his healing powers on the warden's ill wife. Sequel to The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (BR 10651). Strong language and violence. BestsellerThe mouse on the mile
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the second installment of a serial novel, elderly Paul Edgecombe continues his tale of death row in 1932. A…
mouse that has befriended a condemned man angers a hard-nosed guard, and a new inmate stirs up trouble from day one. Strong language and violence. Sequel to The Two Dead Girls (BR 10648). BestsellerThe bad death of Eduard Delacroix
Par Stephen King. 1996
In the fourth installment of a serial novel, inmate John Coffey again proves his miraculous healing powers to death-row supervisor…
Paul Edgecombe, this time by coming to the rescue of Mr. Jingles, the mouse. Meanwhile, Edgecombe plots to get rid of a cruel guard. Sequel to Coffey's Hands (BR 10650). Strong language and violence. BestsellerCoffey on the mile
Par Stephen King. 1996
The final installment of a serial novel. At 104, former death-row supervisor Paul Edgecombe finishes telling the story of huge…
inmate John Coffey, little mouse Mr. Jingles, and the other characters introduced in the first five parts. Sequel to Night Journey (BR 10652). Violence and strong language. BestsellerThe two dead girls
Par Stephen King. 1996
In this first installment of a serial novel, death-row supervisor Paul Edgecombe thinks back to 1932 when John Coffey was…
brought in for the rape and murder of nine-year-old twin girls. Prequel to The Mouse on the Mile (BR 10649). Strong language and violence. BestsellerGhost of chance
Par William Burroughs. 1991
A cautionary fantasy tale about humankind, religion, and the environment. In the 1700s, Captain Mission founds a settlement on the…
coast of Madagascar. His strict laws to protect nature classify the killing of lemurs as a capital crime. But the destruction of a mysterious stone temple discovered by Mission wrecks the future of the gentle beasts and leaves a horrible legacy. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sexThe dragon and the djinn
Par Gordon Dickson. 1996
In this sequel to The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll, (BR 10530), the Dragon Knight and his friend, Sir…
Brian, venture to the Holy Land in search of the father of Brian's betrothed. But the quest becomes a dangerous odyssey as they encounter pirates, sea giants, and the wizardly DjinnMurtagh: The world of eragon (Inheritance Cycle #5)
Par Christopher Paolini. 2023
Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set…
a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider—and fan favorite—Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy! "Christopher Paolini is a true rarity." — The Washington Post The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror . Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air—and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch. A witch who is much more than she seems. In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini’s blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time . . . or to joyfully return. Praise for Christopher Paolini: "A spellbinding fantasy writer." —The Boston Globe "A breathtaking and unheard-of success." —USA Today "Make[s] literary magic." —People * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains images from the book and Addendum materialBoth sides of time
Par Caroline Cooney. 1995
Annie wants romance from her boyfriend, Sean, but he's only interested in cars. While visiting his apartment at the crumbling…
Stratton mansion, Annie wanders through the building, sad that it is to be demolished. Suddenly, she is pulled back a century to 1895 and meets Strat, young heir to the mansion. The period is romantic but not kind to women or immigrant groups, and a murder threatens Annie and her new friends. For junior and senior high readersThe last unicorn
Par Peter Beagle. 1968
A beautiful white unicorn worries that she is the last of her species, and so sets out in search of…
any surviving relatives. Accompanied by a second-rate magician and a sad, thin woman, the unicorn has fairy-tale adventures and finds her family enslaved by a wicked kingThe return of the king: being the third part of The lord of the rings
Par J. Tolkien. 1965
In this third volume of the Ring trilogy, Frodo and Sam bear the ring to Mount Doom. The War of…
the Rings, fought between the forces for good and the Dark Lord of evil, is ended. Sequel to The Two Towers (BR 9747)The Catswold portal
Par Shirley Murphy. 1992
A fantasy set in 1957 Earth and in the Netherworld or world of faerie. Queen Siddonie, pretender to the throne…
of faerie, plans to conquer the Netherworld--an act that would profoundly affect the upper world. The true queen, seventeen-year-old Melissa, has been transformed into a calico cat and has taken up residence with artist Braden West, who lives near the portal between the two worlds. For high school and older readersThe two towers: being the second part of The lord of the rings
Par J. Tolkien. 1954
In this second volume of The Lord of the Rings, the now-separated companions of the Ring meet Saruman the wizard,…
cross the Dead Marshes, and prepare for the Great War in which the power of the Ring will be undone. Sequel to The Fellowship of the Ring (BR 9745)Love & sleep
Par John Crowley. 1994
Pierce Moffett delves deeper into Renaissance metaphysics in an attempt to come to grips with the modern world where he…
has always felt out of place. Memories of his childhood, coupled with his studies of Renaissance mystics, now seem to reach out of the past, intertwining with his present, and he perceives that he is on the threshold of a magical change in his life, and perhaps in the universe itself. Sequel to Aegypt (RC 26602; BR 9605)Into the green
Par Charles Lint. 1993
Traveling with her father's band of tinkers, fifteen-year-old Angharad learns that she has the sight when she meets a witch…
and his grandson Garrow. Shortly after she and Garrow marry, a plague kills him and everyone Angharad knows. Accepting the life of a witch, Angharad obtains the gift of harping and meets a tree wizard. Soon, the wizard has a dangerous mission into the green that only Angharad can accomplish. Strong language and violenceWilderness
Par Dennis Danvers. 1991
Alice White's secret has prevented her from getting close to people, because either they would think she is insane or…
they would believe her and be horrified. When Alice falls in love with biology professor Erik Summers, she decides to risk everything and tell him the truth: ever since puberty, Alice has changed into a wolf during each full moon. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence