![]() ![]() But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and soon Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect the found family she didn't know she was looking for. and Jamie, the handsome, prickly librarian who would do anything to protect his charges, and who sees Mika's arrival as a threat.Īs Mika finds her feet, the thought of belonging somewhere starts to feel like a real possibility. THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES by Sangu Mandanna Chapter One The Very Secret Society of Witches met on the third Thursday of every third month, but that was just about the only thing that never changed. ![]() ![]() Nowhere House is nothing like she expects, and she's quickly tangled up in the lives and secrets of its quirky, caring inhabitants. mostly.īut then an unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches, and Mika jumps at the chance for a different life. ![]() The House in the Cerulean Sea meets Practical Magic in this cosy, heartwarming, and uplifting magical romance about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family – and a new love – changes the course of her life.Īs one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon has lived her life by three rules: hide your magic, keep your head down, and stay away from other witches.Īn orphan raised by strangers from a young age, Mika is good at being alone, and she doesn't mind it. She found magic in the most unlikely of places. ![]()
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Lewis was an Irish author and scholar, known for his non-fiction work on Christianity, and famously for his fantasy series " The Chronicles of Narnia". ![]() ![]() Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. And one day he discovers the family secret-a mystery that begins to stir once more, not only in the minds and hearts of these veteran troopers, but out in the shed as well, for there’s more power under the hood than anyone can handle… About The Author ![]() ![]() Now, more than twenty years later, Curt’s son Ned starts hanging around the barracks and is allowed into the Troop D family. As it turned out, the Buick 8 was worse than dangerous-and the members of Troop D decided that it would be better if the public never found out about it. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and this one was…just wrong. Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox had answered a strange call just down the road and came back with an abandoned 1953 Buick Roadmaster. Since 1979, the state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in the shed out behind the barracks. The #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King-a novel about the fascination deadly things have for us and about our insistence on answers when there are none… ![]() ![]() The circus/carnival feel is evident in the typeface, photos and colors, and this is a great looking package on the shelf. Except McToys continues to show just how to use graphics and style to set the mood. I have some on-lineĬlamshell, insert, not much different. Retailers like Gamestop and Sam Goody soon. 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That type of metaphor provided the nation with the distinctive elements it was looking for and contributed to the creation of a sense of tradition that has survived to the present. It takes as its starting point the nationalist movement of the 1960s and 70s, when the supposed absence or weakness of a national sense became the touchstone for official discourses on the cultural identity of the country. This collection of essays studies the cultural and literary contexts of narrative texts produced in English Canada over the last forty years. ![]() ![]() Three Past Midnight: ‘The Library Policeman’ is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. ![]() Two Past Midnight: ‘Secret Window, Secret Garden’ enters the suddenly strange life of writer, alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. 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