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As she finds her way home out of the woods, Betsy Griffin takes us on a journey through the darkest of forests to find the light.
With wise advice from woodland creatures along the way, Betsy takes it upon herself to change her outlook on the world.
In this deeply moving and inspirational fable, she teaches us how to face our struggles with courage and determination, and shares powerful lessons about positivity, kindness and hope.
Despite her young...
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Stay Out of the Woods: Volumes 6-10 exposes the hidden terrors of America's forests through real encounters with the unexplained. From eerie whispers to unseen predators, these volumes collect firsthand reports of strange entities and creatures lurking in the wilderness. Each story is a chilling reminder of the mysteries that lie beyond the trails, told by those who barely escaped. Dare to explore these pages, but be warned: the fear is real, and...
3) Off Road
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Wyatt has spent most of the summer mountain biking with his best friend Tanka. But when the friends decide to test out a new trail, they face potentially deadly challenges. After a crash leaves them with only one working bike far from the marked trail, they must think quickly to find their way out of the woods before nightfall. How will they make it?
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Jeez, some guys just can't take "drop dead" for an answer! Here I am, beating up bandits and minding my own business, when all of a sudden my least favorite assassin jumps out of the woods. "Come to Vezendi. If you don't... someone will die," he says! Zuma's one blast from the past I really didn't need... But with a threat like that, I don't have much of a choice about playing along for now. Good thing the whole group's on board for this fun-filled,...
5) Bread Crumbs
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With their band on the brink of stardom, Johnny Gehrings is cast out by his stepmother and half brothers because he's not pretty enough for social media. He takes some solace when Zimri Hayes quits the band too-beautiful Zimri, who is Johnny's secret heart's desire.A job at a grocery store and a part-time music gig at a drag club pay the bills, but Johnny is still emotionally adrift, a wanderer abandoned in the forest. And when Zimri is offered a...
6) Woodlore
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"Here comes the songs of the Mother, earthbound melodies woven
together like a storm in spring.
Hear them-the storytelling trees, the struggling soil of old, the
loving leaves above the breaking branches, and the wailing creeks
that dried its throat out of grief.
See them, in this parade they made for you.
The folklores they whispered, and the feet that they welcomed.
The love they proclaimed, and the fall that tormented them. The
mourning...
7) The Way Home
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Dear God, what had she done?The anger had gotten away from Amelia. She'd fought all her life to control this strange simmering aggression she felt bubbling just beneath the skin. She'd always won that battle - until that Sunday afternoon when the beast within took hold, leaving her mother's face scarred by claws - Amelia's claws. She'd turned into a bear.Freedom doesn't bring peace.Darrell Holden is a free man, no longer interred in a camp with his...
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Juniper and Hadley have a good thing going in Larkspur, spending their respective days apprenticing at a little bakery and performing at the local inn. But when a stranger makes an unusual order at the bakery, the two friends (and Hadley's pet snake, Fern) set out on a journey to forage the magical mushrooms needed to make the requested galette pastries. Along the way, Juniper and Hadley stumble across a mystery too compelling to ignore: Something...
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"The police call him Merkury. He's a killer who chooses his victims seemingly at random. He leaves no evidence behind, and no witnesses. Except for one. When Kate Summerlin was eleven years old, she climbed out her bedroom window on a spring night, looking for a taste of freedom in the small college town where she was living with her parents. But what she found as she wandered in the woods near her house was something else: the body of a beautiful...
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"Since her mother died when she was five years old, it's always just been Ronnie Miller and her dad. Two Korean Americans who, thanks to Ronnie's dad's adoption by white parents, have never felt all that Korean. But Ronnie is okay with that--as long as she has her dad and her best friend Jack, Ronnie is 99% certain she can get through anything. But as much as she wants everything to stay the same, the world--and her dad--has other plans. Now, Ronnie...
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Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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This delightfully rhythmic story follows two children as they grow a garden from seeds. Author and poet JaNay Brown-Wood's cumulative tale, similar to "The House That Jack Built," starts promisingly: "Here are the seeds that we will sow to help our garden grow." But as time passes, the children quickly learn that things rarely go as planned in the garden. Plants will droop without enough sun and wilt without enough water. Suddenly, "OH NO!" becomes...
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Art of murder volume 2
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"When an offer to paint a beautiful Georgian house in the Peak District falls into Nick Morris' lap he jumps at the commission. Businessman Derek Swann is selling up and wants a landscape to remember. But Nick's plans for a quiet stay in the countryside are scuppered when he and his chalet neighbour Megan Lamplighter find a body in the woods surrounding the holiday park. Rick Parrow seemed to be a troubled young adult, with a dark cloud following...
13) The alone time
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Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Fiona and Violet Seng were just children when their family's Cessna crash-landed in the Washington wilderness, claiming the lives of their parents. For twelve harrowing weeks, the girls fended for themselves before being rescued. Twenty-five years later, they're still trying to move on from the trauma. Fiona repurposes it into controversial works of art. Violet has battled addiction and failed relationships to finally progress toward normalcy as...
14) Acampada
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Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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"Uncle Alex ha llevado a los gemelos en una excursión de acampada en el bosque. Todo va muy bien hasta que descubren que su campamento perfecto ha side arruinado por la vida silvestre"--
"Tío Alex has taken the twins on a camping trip in the woods. Everything is going great until they discover their perfect campsite has been ruined by wildlife. But, the twins and their uncle don't let that take any of the sparkle out of the campout"--
15) Call forth a fox
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Page Street YA
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"The western wood is where Ro's father built their garden, taught her to forage, and told her tales of the faeries who live there how to summon them, how to protect herself, and warnings of what they are capable of. Now, her father is gone, the garden has withered, and their family is struggling. Her mother and sister want to move into town, but Ro doesn't want to give up the memories of her father and his stories or the charming village girl who...