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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives."--...
2) Flunked
Author
Series
Fairy Tale Reform School volume 1
Language
English
Description
When petty thief Gilly, who lives with five younger brothers and sisters in a run-down boot, gets caught stealing, she is sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale Reform School, where all of the teachers are former villains, including the Big Bad Wolf, the Evil Queen, and Cinderella's Wicked Stepmother.
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Language
English
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Description
"Madeleine d'Leon doesn't know where Edward, her novel's main character, came from. But as she writes, he becomes all she can think about. Edward McGinnity can't get Madeleine out of his mind. She will be the perfect heroine for his next book. But who is the author and who is the creation? And as the lines start to blur, who is affected when a killer finally takes flesh? CROSSING THE LINES is a wildly inventive twist on the murder mystery filled with...
4) Heartless
Author
Language
English
Description
In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.
Author
Series
Half upon a time series volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Jack, of the village of Giant's Hand, is now accompanied by a prince as he continues trying to help a reluctant princess find her family, while also attempting to save a city full of fairies from a nameless curse.
7) Inkdeath
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, asking for Bluejay's surrender or the children will be doomed to slavery in the silver mines.
Author
Series
Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about"--
Author
Series
Never after novels (McIntire) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His belly full of laughter, his life full of joy. Until one day, something changed; stripped his innocence away. The hole inside making space for the devil to come and play. His dreams gone forever, he grew up way too fast. An endless night of crocodiles, and watches made of glass. He grew into a villain, the taste of vengeance on his tongue. Craving to make his enemies pay for the misdeeds they had done....
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The hardest yet most essential element of writing great fiction is character - specifically, creating a central hero who is relatable, compelling, and worth the reader's precious time. In this entertaining and practical guide, popular blogger, writing coach and screenwriter Matt Bird breaks down what makes characters embraceable and unforgettable, and presents insider tips and tricks for writers of all levels and genres. Generously packed with examples...
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 7
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children's books.
12) Lost in a book
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Smart, bookish Belle, a captive in the Beast's castle, has become accustomed to her new home and has befriended its inhabitants. When she comes upon Nevermore, an enchanted book unlike anything else she has seen in the castle, Belle finds herself pulled into its pages and transported to a world of glamour and intrigue. The adventures Belle has always imagined, the dreams she was forced to give up when she became a prisoner, seem within reach again....
Author
Series
Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Conner learns that the only place to fight the Masked Man's literary army is inside his own short stories. When the twins and their friends enter worlds crafted from Conner's imagination, the race begins to put an end to the Masked Man's reign of terror. Can the twins finally restore peace in the fairy tale world?
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Language
English
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Description
"Story is a Promise explores the mechanics of how a story transports an audience. It offers advice about story structure to new authors and authors doing revisions. Deep Characterization explores what happens when story characters are an extension of authors. Any author who has been told their novel's minor characters were more interesting than a main character need to read this material. The Spirit of Storytelling suggests techniques for authors...
Author
Series
Never after novels (McIntire) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time, there was a king who passed. He left behind two sons, one beloved and one outcast. The older of the two was set to take the throne, but before he could, he had to find a queen to call his own. The younger one was known to be unruly and unhinged. The chosen queen was warned to keep far away from him. Beautiful and cunning, in the light is where she stayed. But late at night, it was the shadowed lands in which she played. Mistakes...
16) The Fae princes
Author
Series
Vicious lost boys volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
I thought Peter Pan was a myth and Neverland a fairytale. A story spun by my mother who had lost her mind a long time ago. But there was no denying the overwhelming shadow cast by Peter Pan when he was standing in my house. Pan took me captive to Neverland and I somehow found my place among him and the Lost Boys. I've never looked back. Now I'm entangled right alongside him in a war we can't seem to escape. We thought we had defeated our enemies....
17) NLP for writers
Author
Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Coach yourself to writing success with effective NLP techniques. Hill helps you to improve your narratives, and make your work resonate more deeply with your audience.
18) Inkheart
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
Author
Series
Tales of the wide-awake princess volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Annie, younger sister of the princess who would be known as Sleeping Beauty, is immune to magic and stays awake when the rest of the castle falls into an enchanted sleep, then sets out to find a way to break the spell.
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