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English
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"On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer's favorite area for long walks and it's on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads,...
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Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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"A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other"--
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back to life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four,...
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Series
Warriors (Erin Hunter). Omen of the stars volume 1
Warriors. Omen of the stars volume 1
Warriors omen of the stars volume 1
Warriors. Omen of the stars volume 1
Warriors omen of the stars volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jayfeather and Lionblaze are prophesied to be two of the three cats who hold the power of the stars in their paws. Now they must wait for a sign from StarClan to tell them which of their Clanmates will complete the prophesy. Soon a StarClan warrior will visit a new ThunderClan apprentice, and the lives of the three chosen cats will be forever linked.
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Series
Publisher
Harper
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the Big Growl that destroyed their city, Bella and the Leashed Dogs have finally settled in the forest where there is plenty of clean water and prey. But a fierce Pack of Wild Dogs has laid claim to the land, and their menacing Alpha will stop at nothing to ensure that it is his alone. Lucky has taught the Leashed Dogs much about survival since they lost their longpaws, and they refuse to back down. Bella hatches an intricate...
9) Jinx
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English
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A young boy named Jinx encounters magic and danger as he grows up in the deep, dark forest known as the Urwald and discovers that the world beyond--and within--the Urwald is more complex than he could imagine.
11) Nuts to you
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After surviving being carried off by a hawk, a young squirrel resolves to find his way home, as his best friends begin their search for him.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
"Big Witch said to Little Witch, "We must have Skeleton for dinner." But what does that mean? Skeleton's not sticking around to find out! And so begins a spooky, silly chase as all the creepy creatures in the haunted forest find out what's cooking. But there's one forest neighbor who can help save Skeleton--and dinner too!" -- Page [4] cover.
13) For the wolf
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Series
Publisher
Orbit
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose--to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in the hope he'll return the world's captured gods. Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous power she can't control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can't hurt those she loves. Again. But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn't learn how to use it,...
Author
Series
Land of Elyon volume 1
Publisher
Orchard Books
Language
English
Description
When she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish to explore the mysterious forests and mountains that lie beyond the wall.
18) Small spaces
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 1
Language
English
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"After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn't think--she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man," a sinister specter...
19) The forest
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A woman goes into Japan's suicide forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.
20) Bunnies!!!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A monster searches everywhere to find the things he loves: bunnies!!!"--
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