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Thirteen-year-old Christa can't wait to spend Christmas abroad with her parents--until they tell her they are divorcing. On the trip with just her mom, Christa finds comfort in some unexpected packages from her dad and a friendship with a cute boy. Christa's complicated emotions about her changing family feel genuine; her adventures in Florence, Paris, and London will appeal to tweens with wanderlust.
391 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| October, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-229158-5$16.99
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Fiddler Wren reunites with Jack and Simon as she launches into a new adventure in this sequel to A Sliver of Stardust. Stranded in Nod, Wren works to unite factions inside and outside the city against the magician Boggen. Burt's mash-up draws on elements of fantasy, science fiction, nursery rhymes, and steampunk. The plotting is messy, but the action is fast-paced.
376 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| October, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-229155-4$16.99
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Shy, homeschooled Wren is delighted to discover she's a Fiddler--one of the magic-workers alluded to in nursery rhymes. Unfortunately, Crooked House is no Hogwarts. With no one to trust as her powers slowly develop, Wren feels unprepared to fight the Fiddlers' greatest enemy. A dark, exciting fantasy for young readers who enjoy parsing the similarities between story and source material.
358 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| April, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-202054-3$16.99
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In this sequel to Storybound, twelve-year-old normal-girl Una and friends search for the magical elements to save the character world of Story by defeating the Enemy and the Red Enchantress. Una's gang often finds their way out of sticky situations a bit too easily, but the many types of characters collide in playful moments that will delight fantasy fans.
406 pp.
| HarperCollins
| April, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-202052-9$16.99
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Una is "Written In" to the land of Story, where children train as characters. She and friends Peter and Sam (a cat) investigate her mysterious arrival and unearth the administration's lies about missing Muses and a king no one remembers. Storybook themes and a game heroine may win Inkheart fans.