Author: Sage Blackwood
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062129929
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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The highly acclaimed first book of a fantasy adventure series set in a mysterious forest, starring a daring new hero. "Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx" (SLJ, starred review), a wizard's apprentice, as he sets off on a quest through the dangerous Urwald, a magical forest full of wizards and were-creatures, and discovers that it is more complex than he could imagine, and that it needs him more than he could ever guess. This humorous and smart tween fantasy adventure is perfect for fans of Septimus Heap, The Sisters Grimm, and Fablehaven. Supports the Common Core State Standards
Author: Sage Blackwood
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062129953
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Jinx's Magic is the second book in Sage Blackwood's highly acclaimed fantasy-adventure series, Jinx. This humorous and smart tween trilogy set in a magical forest is perfect for fans of Angie Sage's Septimus Heap, Michael Buckley's the Sisters Grimm, and Brandon Mull's Fablehaven. "Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx" (Jinx, School Library Journal, starred review), a daring young wizard's apprentice, as he travels from his home in the Urwald to an unfamiliar desert land in search of ancient magic. He needs that magic badly—there are forces threatening the Urwald from all sides. The more he learns, however, the clearer it becomes that this quest will require more than the magic of a solitary wizard's apprentice, and soon he'll have to call upon all of the Urwald—witches, werewolves, wizards, and trees—for help.
Author: Nova Spinks
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 148090130X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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The Spinks Jinx By Nova Malikah Spinks This book tells of the trials, tribulations and heartbreak from loving a man with all her being, a man who didn’t deserve the love that she offered so freely and deeply only to be disrespected, abused and totally abandoned. This book chronicles Nova’s life as heavy weight champion Leon Spinks’ wife and her dealings with the downs, the lies and the devastation from the many women he cheated on her with, being treated worse than a second-class citizen by his mother, brother, managers and attorneys and her triumph over all.
Author: Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506730329
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Brian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, Peabody and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, Jessica Jones, and POWERS tells a modern noir tale of crime, greed, and double cross. A female bail agent, a low-level confidence man and his loose-cannon sidekick form an unlikely alliance to track down the ultimate score—a hidden stash of life-altering, untraceable mob cash. For this hard-luck trio, however, the old saying "more money, more problems" will prove to be disturbingly prophetic. This innovative crime story is part of a remarkable run of groundbreaking black-and-white graphic novels that launched Bendis’ legendary career. Collecting all of the original Jinx issues published by Caliber Press and Image Comics, this comprehensive trade paperback edition features an introduction by acclaimed comics creator David Mack and includes more than 60 pages of behind-the-scenes bonus material!
Author: Brett A. Cramer
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525528831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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A 5,000-year-old prophecy has thrown thirteen-year-old Alex Conner's life into a whirlwind of events. Things he knew to be absolutes are no more. His friends treat him differently, his parents treat him differently, the world treats him differently. Even worse, the black wizard sees him as a bigger threat than before. Two weeks before Alex turns thirteen, Zero the Black Wizard travels back in time to kill him. In an effort to maintain balance in Alex’s world, a foretold prophecy is awaken. Unbeknowst to Alex, he is the yin to Zero's yang. Alex must fight to save his family, friends, and his beloved city from the maniac known simply as Zero the Black Wizard all while mastering his new abilities and trying to stay alive.
Author: J. Torres
Publisher: Archie Comic Publications (Trade)
ISBN: 1627388591
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Archie Comics proudly introduces the first book of the new graphic novel series: Jinx. Written and drawn by the award-winning team of J. Torres (writer), Rick Burchett, and Terry Austin, Li’l Jinx has now grown up and is headed for high school! Real, not ideal... Jinx has just finished her last summer of middle school and is getting ready for her first day of high school. She can’t wait to see her friends—all of the friends she’s hung out with since she was a little girl. There’s no reason for any of them to start acting weird, like, not want to sit with her at lunch, or want to date her or anything...right? It’s not like everything changes in high school...is it?
Author: Sage Blackwood
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062129988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The young wizard Jinx concludes his suspenseful and dryly humorous adventures in the magical forest of the Urwald with this third installment in the series that ALA Booklist says “deserves a permanent place in the children’s fantasy pantheon, with Narnia and Earthsea” (Jinx's Magic, starred review). This action-packed conclusion is perfect for readers of fantasy adventure series such as Septimus Heap, the Sisters Grimm, and Fablehaven. The forest is under attack and its magic is fading. Can Jinx summon enough of his magic—the bright fire within him—to rescue Simon, defeat the Bonemaster, unite the Urwald, and fight off the invaders? He is the Urwald's only hope. . . .
Author: L.B. Deyo
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307421104
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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In the shadows of the city waits an invisible frontier—a wilderness thriving in the deep places, woven through dead storm drains and live subway tunnels, coursing over third rails. This frontier waits in the walls of abandoned tenements, hides on the rooftops, infiltrates the bridges’ steel. It’s a no-man’s-land, fenced off with razor wire, marked by warning signs, persisting in shadow, hidden everywhere as a parallel dimension. Crowds hurry through the bright streets, insulated by pavement, never reflecting that beneath their feet or above their heads lurks a universe. Led by its two founding agents, L. B. Deyo and David “Lefty” Leibowitz, Jinx is a stylish urban adventure out?t known for its daring—if sometimes ridiculous—forays into the hidden wonders that lurk above and beneath America’s greatest city, New York. In Invisible Frontier L. B. and Lefty chronicle Jinx’s dramatic—if sometimes absurd—exploration of a Dante-esque New York, from the depths of the city’s underground Hell (abandoned aqueducts and subway tunnels) to the pinnacles of its Paradise (rooftops and bridges) and everything in between, capturing the genius of the city’s engineering, the vibrancy of its found art, and the elegiac beauty of its ruins. Here is a true series of wittily narrated adventures into the hidden world beneath a great civilization.
Author: Nancy Reddy
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 1571319387
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 97
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“Dark narratives about femininity . . . Reddy channels the vibe and energy of Plath and Sexton, but it’s her arresting language that’s the real draw here.” —Publishers Weekly Double Jinx follows the multiple transformations—both figurative and literal—that accompany adolescence and adulthood, particularly for young women. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the rewritten fairy tales in Anne Sexton’s Transformations, and the wild and shifting dreamscapes of Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s work, these poems track speakers attempting to construct identity. A series of poems depict the character of Nancy Drew as she delves into an obsession with a doppelgänger. Cinderella wakes up to a pumpkin and a tattered dress after her prince grows tired of her. A young girl obsessed with fairy tales becomes fascinated with a copy of Grey’s Anatomy in which she finds a “pink girl pinned to the page as if in vivisection. Could she / be pink inside like that? No decent girl / would go around the world like that, uncooked.” The collection culminates in an understanding of the ways we construct ourselves, whether it be by way of imitation, performance, and/or transformation. And it looks forward as well, for in coming to understand our identities as essentially malleable, we are liberated. Or as the author writes, “we’ll be our own gods now.” “Exquisitely crafted poems . . . an exploration of woman’s manifold selves.” —Rebecca Dunham, author of Cold Pastoral
Author: Katherine Applegate
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380767281
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Jinx McGee used to be the best runner in second grade until Penny moved into the neighborhood. Jinx doesn't want to be second best, so she must find something else that she can be the best at.
