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All The Broken Places

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  By: John Boyne Location: FIC BOY Genre: Historical Fiction, Boy in Striped Pyjamas Number 2!!! ā€œI told myself that none of it had been my fault, that I had been just a child, but there was that small part of my brain that asked me, if I was entirely innocent, then why was I living under an assumed name?ā€ 1946. Three years after a cataclysmic event which tore their lives apart, a mother and daughter flee Poland for Paris, shame, and fear at their heels, not knowing how hard it is to escape your past. Nearly eighty years later, Gretel Fernsby lives a life that is a far cry from her traumatic childhood. When a couple moves into the flat below her in her London mansion block, it should be nothing more than a momentary inconvenience. However, the appearance of their nine-year-old son Henry brings back memories she would rather forget. Faced with a choice between her own safety and his, Gretel is taken back to a similar crossroads she encountered long ago. Back then, her complicity dis...

Fairy Tale

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 By: Stephen King Location: FIC KIN Genre: Fantasy - Stephen King- he is his own genre ā€œgood people shine brighter in dark times.ā€ ā€•  Stephen King,  Fairy Tale ā€œYou never know where the trapdoors are in your life, do you?ā€ Elysse said this... Once Upon a Time ā€¦.. WONDERFUL!!!!! A 17 year old High School smart athletic great kid - a dog to love wholeheartedly - a purpose - moral integrity- growth - coming of age insights - adventures- the scary creepy willies - (arms distance) - a tribute to classic fairytales ā€” Hansel and Gretel Rumpelstiltskin The Little Mermaid The Wizard of Oz Little Red Riding Hood Grimmsā€™ Fairy Tales The Never Ending Story Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higherā€”for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at ba...

Witchland Series

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 By: Alexandra Bracken Location FIC BRA Genre: Fantasy On a continent ruled by three empires, everyone is born with a "witchery," a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well, as the Twenty Year Truce in a centuries-long war is about to end. In a continent on the edge of war, two witches hold its fate in their hands. Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, the friends are forced to flee their home. Safi must avoid capture at all costs as she's a rare Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lies. Many would kill for her magic, so Safi must keep it hidden - lest she be used in the struggle between empires. And Iseult's true powers are hidden even from herself. In a chance encounter at Court, Safi meets Prince Merik and m...