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1) Cursed
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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Description
"Be still now, and I will tell you a tale. Adalheid Castle is in chaos. Following a shocking turn of events, Serilda finds herself ensnared in a deadly game of make-believe with the Erlking, who is determined to propel her deeper into the castle’s lies. Meanwhile, Serilda is determined to work with Gild to help him solve the mystery of his forgotten name and past. But soon it becomes clear that the Erlking doesn’t only want to use...
2) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to...
Author
Series
Tales of Tremaine volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"All legends are borne of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge me for what you will. But you will hear my story first. I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed their god. I've stolen old magics and been cursed for it. I started a war with those that walked before mankind and lost the princess I loved, and wanted to save. I've called lightning and bound fire. I am legend. And I am a monster. My name...
Author
Series
Dragon's Bard volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When a traveling bard stumbles into a dragon's den, he is forced to tell it stories or be eaten. When he runs out of stories to tell, he makes a deal: if allowed to leave, he promises to return with more tales of adventure, romance, and bravery.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Description
This unforgettable "tour de force" marries the intimate, passionate texture of the Irish spirit with a sweeping, epic historical scope, to tell the story of how the character of the land and its people were shaped by history, neighboring England, and the Irish themselves.
6) My abuelita
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
One day. . . I went to school. I came home. The end,” says our storyteller a girl with a busy imagination and a thirst for adventure. The art tells a fuller tale of calamity on the way to school and an unpredictably happy ending. The genius of this picture book is that each illustration captures multiple, unexpected, and funny storylines as the narrator tells her shorter-than-ever stories, ending with One day. . . I wanted to write a book.” An...
Author
Language
English
Description
Storyteller Joel ben Izzy tells about his experiences trying to regain his voice after a vocal chord was paralyzed during cancer surgery, and weaves the tale of his experiences with relevant fables from around the world
Each chapter begins with a tale that bears wisdom, from as far away as China, India, the Middle East, and even the mystical land of Chelm. And each reflects questions we face in our own lives, from the search for truth to ways of...
9) Clockwork
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.
10) Eva Luna
Author
Language
Español
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Description
Born in the back room of the mansion where her mother toils, and herself in service from an early age, the enchanting and ever-enchanted Eva Luna escapes oppression through story telling. Rolf Carle flees Germany for South America, and ultimately works as a documentary film maker, to escape childhood memories of burying the concentration camp dead.
Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter...
11) The hakawati
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
An interweaving of five separate narratives: the story of a Lebanese American returning to Beirut to attend to his dying father; the al-Kharrat family’s rise to prominence; the Mameluk warrior Baybars; the mythic Fatima, who became the consort of the jinni Afrit-Jehanam; and, the disintegration of a tolerant, civilized Lebanon into a battleground for competing religions, ethnicities, and ideologies. Each story is further enhanced by smaller ones...
13) The story girl
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
19
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old orphan spins irresistible tales for both young and old in the town of Carlisle on Prince Edward Island.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Armed with a pair of knitting needles and her trusty ball of yarn, mysterious hero Iron Purl must use her knitting superpowers to defeat her nemesis, Bandit Bob, who causes mischief and mayhem wherever he goes.
16) Hugo Pepper
Author
Series
Far-flung adventures volume 3
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A boy, orphaned and raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders, boards his birth parents' sled and sets its special compass to "Home," where he uncovers a plot that threatens his mermaid godmothers and other friends of his family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
While attending the Coastal Carolina Crime Festival where Silas Black, a celebrity screenwriter and television producer is speaking, newlyweds Olivia and Chief Rawlings, along with the rest of the Bayside Book Writers, are faced with strange occurrences and a real-life murder.
19) Tiger moon
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
Author
Series
Starry River of the Sky volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Pinmei, a storyteller's granddaughter, must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother, who has been kidnapped by the Tiger Emperor"--
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