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The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics)

The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics)

by Jane Yolen

Hannah thinks tonight’s Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past where only she knows the horrors that await.

The Fairy Tale Series

A powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty that is “heartbreaking and heartwarming.” An American Library Association “100 Best Books for Teens” An American Library Association “Best Books for Young Adults” Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma’s stories about Briar Rose. But a promise Rebecca makes to her dying grandmother will lead her on a remarkable journey to uncover... (more)

Owl Moon

by John Schoenherr, Jane Yolen

"As expansive as the broad sweep of the great owl's wings and as close and comforting as a small hand held on a wintry night . . . The visual images have a sense of depth and seem to invite readers into this special nighttime world."--School Library Journal, starred review. Full color. 1988 Caldecott Medal Book.

Dragon's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volume One (Pit Dragon Chronicles)

Pit Dragon Chronicles: Book 1

Dragon's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volume One (Pit Dragon Chronicles)

by Jane Yolen

Dragons are trained to fight to the death, and two determined teens help free them in this spellbinding saga. Training a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for fifteen-year-old Jakkin.

Heart's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volume Two (Pit Dragon Chronicles)

Pit Dragon Chronicles: Book 2

Heart's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volume Two (Pit Dragon Chronicles)

by Jane Yolen

Jakkin risks everything--his freedom, his dragon, even his life--to rescue his beloved in this stirring sequel to Dragon's Blood.

A Sending of Dragons: The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Volume Three

Pit Dragon Chronicles: Book 3

A Sending of Dragons: The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Volume Three

by Jane Yolen

Jakkin and his girlfriend, Akki, discover a primitive cult that sacrifices dragons. “A riveting saga . . . superb storytelling.”--Publishers Weekly

Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale

Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale

by Jane Yolen

A rock ‘n’ roll band to die for…. When fourteen year old Callie McCallan scores a backstage pass to interview the lead singer of the famous band Brass Rat, she’s thrilled. Peter Gringras is so cool. When he plays his flute, it’s as if he has some kind of hypnotic power. But there is something strange about him, something Callie can’t quite put her finger on. Then, on Halloween night, Callie’s little brother Nicky... (more)

Wizard's Hall

by Jane Yolen

Poor Henry. It’s not enough that his mother has sent him away from home to learn magic. It’s not enough that everyone at his new school calls him Thornmallow because he’s “prickly on the outside, squishy within.” It’s not enough that the only talent he shows at Wizard’s Hall is an ability to make messes of even the simplest spells. Now, when Wizard’s Hall is threatened by a cruel sorcerer’s fearsome beast, it is... (more)

Black Heart, Ivory Bones

by Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow

Hair bright as gold...Lips red as blood...Heart black as sin...Truth sharp as bone... As in their previous critically acclaimed volumes of reconsidered fairy tales, award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have gathered together remarkable stories that illuminate the more sinister, sensual, and sophisticated aspects of the tales we cherished in childhood; the fables of witches and princes and lost... (more)

Black Swan, White Raven

by Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow

A stellar assymbly of many of today's most creative and accomplished storytellers has gathered around the tribal fire to embroider well-worn yearns with new golden thread. BLACK SWAN, WHITE RAVEN revisits the tales that charmed, enthralled and terrified us in our early youth--carrying us aloft into the healthy, beating heart of cherished myth to tell once again the stories of Rumpelstiltskins and sleeping... (more)

Black Thorn, White Rose

by Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow

Once Upon A Time . . . A seduced prince willingly fell prey to a sensuous usurper's erotic treacheries . . . a flesh-eating ogre gamboled in the footlights . . . a gingerbread man fled in terror from the baking pan to the fire . . . The award-winning editors of Snow White, Blood Red return us to distinctly adult realms of myth and the fantastic -- with eighteen wondorous works that cloak the magical... (more)

Touch Magic

by Jane Yolen

Our children are growing up without their birthright: the myths, fairy tales, fantasies and folklore that are their proper legacy.

Stuart Quartet Series: Book 2

Girl in a Cage

by Jane Yolen

When her father, Robert the Bruce, becomes King of Scotland, Marjorie Bruce becomes a princess. But Edward Longshanks, the ruthless King of England, has set his sights on Robert and his family. Marjorie is captured and imprisoned in a wooden cage in the center of a town square, exposed to wind, rain, the taunts of the townspeople, and the scorn of Longshanks himself. Marjorie knows that despite her suffering and... (more)

Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy

Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy

by Jacqueline Carey, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Andrew M. Greeley, Jane Lindskold

From New York Times bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley, a collection of all new Irish tales to treasure and enjoy hough the Emerald Isle is no stranger to tales of the fantastic (everything from the Hound Cuchlain to Darby O'Gill and his leprechaun friends), most of the fantasy works dealing with Ireland have limited themselves to either ancient history/Celtic legends and lore, sentimental tales of wee folk, or... (more)

CARDS OF GRIEF

by Jane Yolen

Armageddon Summer

by Jane Yolen

The world will end on Thursday, July 27, 2000. At least, that’s what Reverend Beelson has told his congregation. That’s why Marina and Jed and their parents have joined the rest of the Reverend’s flock at a mountain retreat to await the end of the world. But this world has only just begun for Jed and Marina, two teenagers with more attitude than faith. Why should the world end now, when they’ve just fallen in love... (more)

Sister Light, Sister Dark: Book One In The Great Alta Saga (Books of Great Alta)

Sister Light, Sister Dark: Book One In The Great Alta Saga (Books of Great Alta)

by Jane Yolen

"Lovers of fantasy will appreciate this title," raved Library Journal , and Publishers Weekly called it a "fine novel." It is the story of Jenna. Raised on a mountainside, she learned the arts of the warrior, and from the mountain women the magic of the ancient lore. But the greatest magic of all was her ability to call forth her dark sister from the depths of the mirror of the land of light and shadow. Skada... (more)

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

by Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow

"Once upon a time ..." So begin the classic fairy tales that enthralled and terrified us as children. Now, in their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling bring us twenty-one new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Joyce Carol Oates, Gahan Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman -- these... (more)

Tam Lin

by Jane Yolen

A young girl triumphs over the Queen of Faeries to reclaim her ancestral home and free her true love in this haunting retelling of an old Scottish ballad. “Mikolaycak’s illustrations...attract attention yet do not overpower the story, making the book one that could be easily used as a picture story book presentation for middle- and upper-grade or even adult audiences.”-The Horn Book

Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World

Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World

One hundred great folk tales and fairy tales from all over the world about strong, smart, brave heroines. A definitive sourcebook of folktales and fairytales and the first of its kind to feature a variety of multicultural heroines. Dismayed by the predominance of male protagonists in her daughters' books, Kathleen Ragan set out to collect the stories of our forgotten heroines: courageous mothers, clever young... (more)

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