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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people...
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League of beastly dreadfuls volume 1
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Random House
Edition
First Edition.
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English
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Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.
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Branches, Scholastic Inc
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English
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The latest monsters threatening Stermont Elementary are shadowy shapeshifters that attach themselves to people, eat their shadows, and block out all light--but before he can think of a way to deal with them, Alexander has to deal with a startling revelation from his friend Nikki.
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Shadow weaver volume 1
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Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
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English
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Emmeline's gift to control and manipulate shadows makes her the subject of mockery and fear. Forbidden to leave home by her parents, Emmeline's closest confidant is her own shadow, Dar. When a noble stranger visits and offers her parents a cure, Emmeline is terrified of losing her power and her only friend. So Dar proposes a deal: she will change the noble's mind if Emmeline will help her become flesh. When the man ends up in a coma, Emmeline is stunned...
7) My shadow
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"Inside, outside, climbing up the stairs, or jumping into bed, your shadow may be following you! Complete with a cast of the whole family, a cat, a dog, and a teddy, this story is for everyone. Little ones who are just discovering their shadows for the first time will find inspiration between these pages, while older, more experienced kids are sure to learn new ways to play with their shadows"--
8) Shadow
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Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.
10) Comet rising
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Shadow weaver volume 2
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Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
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English
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Shadow weaver Emmeline and her best friend Lucas, a light singer, must try to use their powers to stop evil Lady Aisling, the magic eater, once and for all.
11) Gregory's Shadow
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Viking
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English
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Gregory Groundhog and his shadow desperately look for each other after they become separated from one another just before their annual appearance on Groundhog Day.
13) Summer
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Imprint
Edition
First Imprint edition.
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English
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"In summer, the burning hot sun hangs in the sky, and animals race to find a spot of shade in the grasslands. They finally find shelter under a tree, but neither the elephant, the rhino, the leopard, nor the fox want to share. It's not until the animals witness a selfless act of love that they realize there may be a way to help each other." --book jacket.
14) Discover shadows
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The Child's World
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English
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"What makes a shadow? Why do some things make shadows and others don't? How do shadows change? This simple, colorful book inspires children to think in a new way about the shadows around them."--
16) The black rabbit
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Candlewick Press
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First edition.
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English
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Rabbit doesn't know what to do. There's a mysterious black rabbit following him around. Rabbit tries to run and hide, but the black rabbit is always there. Why won't he go away?
17) I see a shadow
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
I See a Shadow is a charming picture book that delivers a bright new take on the concept of shadows and the delight of imagination, from debut author/illustrator Laura Breen.
Shadows are fun. They can be funny, too. Mostly, shadows are all around us, and not always what they seem. Here is a delightful, graphic celebration of imagination.
18) Shadow
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Chronicle Books
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English
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A little girl uses her imagination and a light bulb to go on an adventure in a dark attic.
19) The book of M
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First William Morrow hardcover edition.
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English
Description
"Set in a dangerous near future world, The Book of M tells the captivating story of a group of ordinary people caught in an extraordinary catastrophe who risk everything to save the ones they love. It is a sweeping debut that illuminates the power that memories have not only on the heart, but on the world itself. One afternoon at an outdoor market in India, a man's shadow disappears--an occurrence science cannot explain. He is only the first. The...
20) All about light
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Heinemann Raintree, Heinemann Raintree, an imprint of Capstone Global Library, LLC
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English
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"This title looks at light: what it does, where it comes from, what materials it can pass through, shadows, reflection"--
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