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Marie-Ange Hawkins enjoyed the luxury of an idyllic childhood, living in a beautiful old French chateau with loving parents and an older brother ... until a tragic accident left her orphaned and alone at the tender age of 11. She is sent to America, to live with her great-aunt on a farm in Iowa. Bitterly resented by the old woman, cut off from everything she has known and loved, Marie-Ange is forced to work tirelessly on the farm, dreaming only of...
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Castle Glower volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways most every Tuesday, and when the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, it is up to Celie--the castle's favorite--with her secret knowledge of its never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.
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Castle Glower volume 3
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"Castle Glower's towers have transported Princess Celie, her siblings, and her pet griffin, Rufus, to an unknown land. As they set out on a dangerous adventure to discover their whereabouts, they find an entire lost people, divided by the wishes of two wizards in a centuries-old quarrel over their beloved home--Castle Glower"--
4) The castle
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In THE CASTLE, a protagonist, known only as K., struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities of a castle who govern the village where he wants to work as a land surveyor. Kafka died before finishing the work, but suggested it would end with the Land Surveyor dying in the village; the castle notifying him on his death bed that his legal claim to live in the village was not valid, yet, taking certain auxiliary circumstances into account, he...
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Castle Glower volume 2
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After discovering a giant egg in the magical Castle Glower, Princess Celie agrees to care for the egg and what creature it hatches.
8) Castle
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Discover the medieval world of castles -- how they were built and what life was like inside them--Cover.
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"Twelve-year-old Olia knows a thing or two about secrets. Her parents are the caretakers of Castle Mila, a soaring palace with golden domes, lush gardens, and countless rooms. Literally countless rooms. There are rooms that appear and disappear, and rooms that have been hiding themselves for centuries. The only person who can access them is Olia. She has a special bond with the castle, and it seems to trust her with its secrets. But then a violent...
10) Franken creepy
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Velma's great-uncle has left her a creepy old castle...and the famous Frankencreep monster! The girl detective has spent her life proving ghosts and ghoulies are fake. Could her family's monster be the end of everything she believes in?
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 22
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Geronimo is invited by his friend Creepella von Cacklefur to her family's spooky castle, and he is surrounded by the gloom of the castle as well as by Creepella's creepy family!
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Ann Radcliffe's orphaned heroine Emily St. Aubert finds herself imprisoned in her evil guardian Count Montoni's gloomy medieval fortress in the remote Apennines. Terror is the order of the day inside the walls of Udolpho, as Emily struggles against Montoni's rapacious schemes and the threat of her own psychological disintegration. A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century...
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"Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up castle--she and the rest of its inhabitants safe from the bloody mori roja plague that's ravaged the kingdom. But Princess Imogen has a secret, and as King Stuart descends further into madness, it's at great risk of being revealed. Rations dwindle each day, and unhappy murmurings threaten to crack the facade of the years-long charade being played within the castle...
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First in the series that's "a winning blend of mystery and the paranormal, with a little humor and romance thrown in for good measure" (Juliet Blackwell, New York Times bestselling author).
When something goes bump in the night . . . it's most likely a plumbing problem. But fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee. Hey, it's a living . . .
Ellie has...
When something goes bump in the night . . . it's most likely a plumbing problem. But fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee. Hey, it's a living . . .
Ellie has...
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Dragonsitter volume 3
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"Dragonsitting isn't getting any easier for Eddie. When he has to take Uncle Morton's dragons, Ziggy and baby Arthur, away with him on a trip to his dad's place -- a real castle! -- it's not long before they're causing all sorts of mischeif again. A castle, a sneezing dragon, and a big box of fireworks. Looks like this story is going to end with a bang!"--Dustjacket.
20) Saturdays at sea
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Castle Glower volume 5
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"After traveling to the seaside kingdom of Lilah's betrothed prince, Lulath, Celie and her companions are busy training griffins, enjoying wedding festivities, and finishing construction of a grand ship built from parts of the Castle. But on their maiden voyage, the Ship steers them far off course into uncharted waters"--
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