Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&N=3+7440+6601 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705055 Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. Hes not mentally ill, but that doesnt seem to matter. On his first night, hes visited by a terrifying creature who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. Its no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl. Battling the pill-pushing staff, one another, and their own minds, they try to kill the monster thats stalking them. But can the Devil die? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1142926 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1058429 October Toby Daye, the daughter of a Faerie and a mortal man, is a changeling. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood. However, Toby is the only changeling who has earned knighthood, undertaking assignments for her liege, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills. Now, she must go to the County of Tamed Lightning and make sure that all is well with the Dukes niece, whom he has not been able to contact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=836759 When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house is much more than it seems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059021 Six-year-old Zoe York has been taken and her mother has come to Remy for help. She shows him crude, childlike drawings that she claims are Zoes visions of the future, everything leading up to her abduction, and some beyond. Zoes preternatural gifts have made her a target for those who wish to exploit her power. The search will take Remy to dark places he would rather avoid. But to save an innocent, Remy will ally himself with a variety of lesser evils and his soul may pay the price. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=999061 The countrys only celebrity werewolf, late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard not seen. But when shes invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, her face is plastered on national television. She quickly learns that in this city of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone is itching for a fight. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=988253 Aislinn and Seth struggle with the unforeseen consequences of Aislinns transformation from mortal girl to faery queen as the world teeters on the brink of cataclysmic violence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=947478 Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=885654 Halli Sveinsson has grown up a peaceful society where the violence of the past has been outlawed and disputes are settled by the Council. But young Halli has never quite seemed to fit in with the others and when a practical joke goes too far, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter his destiny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1054379 Science Fiction writer, Rod Everlar, is lost in a magical world of his own creation. He is believed to be the Dark Lord of legend, able to hurl world shattering spells, is feared and hated by everyone but cant cast a single spell. In this third installment of the Falconfar Saga, Everlar faces his greatest challenge. The evil wizard Malrauns tower is falling around his ears, and the evil wizard Narmarkoun is seemingly defeated. As Falconfar descends into war, Rod must find the power and the knowledge to fight the first Archwizard, the most feared of the Dooms: Lorntar. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962325 While armies of the Shadowrealms gather and Machiavelli goes to Alcatraz to kill Perenelle Flamel, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman accompany the Alchemist to England to continue their search for the Codex. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=966141 After surviving war with the forest-dwelling Specks alongside his fellows in the Gernian Kings army, Nevare travels home for his brothers wedding. Expecting a warm welcome from his family and fiancee, Nevare is instead shunned thanks to an embarrassing side-effect of the Speck plague. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1013834 Those who attain glory return as gods. And those who can master the essence known as breath can perform the most wondrous miracles--or unleash the most devastating havoc. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1002852 When Kitty Norville, a DJ for a Denver radio station and a secret werewolf, accidentally launches a late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged, she becomes the target of a werewolf hunter and several homicidal undead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=947464 Now a full-fledged Ranger responsible for a sleepy fief, Will finds a new adventure seeking the traitors who poisoned the king, investigating rumors of sorcery, and trying to rescue his friend Alyss, who is taken hostage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=836765 Maddie Moss is blackmailed into stealing the Dragonheart from Jason Haley, who seems powerless against the oncoming onslaught but whose connection to the Dragonheart may prove that he is destined for a greater purpose than anyone imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=959773 Inspector Tyador Borl must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Beszel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043305 When an unspeakable tragedy befalls a family of traveling minstrels, they become stranded and left for dead. Here in the heart of The Black Forest, Peter Piper and his older brother Max encounter ominous forces that will change them both irreparably. Thus begins an epic tale of sibling rivalry, magic, music and revenge that spans medieval times to the present day when their deadly conflict surfaces in the placid calm of modern-day Fabletown. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007730 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767410 In alternate chapters, Sadima travels from her farm home to the city and becomes assistant to a heartless man who is trying to restore knowledge of magic to the world, and a group of boys fights to survive in the academy that has resulted from his efforts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=762390 Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767408 When witches steal Toms inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=839012 Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817618 Fourteen-year-old Cecilia has always known she is the true princess of Suala, but when she and her best friend, Harper, decide to speed up her ascendancy to the throne, they find danger and many imposters who challenge her claim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=790152 The definitive collection of J.R.R.Tolkiens four acclaimed modern classic fairy tales, each reflecting an aspect of what Tolkien himself called The Perilous Realm of Faerie. The fat and unheroic Farmer Giles of Ham is called upon to do battle with the dragon Chrysophylax; Niggle the painter sets out to paint the perfect tree in Leaf by Niggle; hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls partake in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery via the magical ingredients of a giant cake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=762394 When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her familys vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=789164 After Rangers apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Wills kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a common enemy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817624 Sixteen-year-old Seph, a powerful wizard, gets caught up in a conflict between the Wizard Council, smaller groups with their own agendas, and a rogue politician--the Dragon--whose identity and whereabouts the others seek to know. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817616 Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=761703 In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragons claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mothers dark secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=803310 Seventeen-year-old Leslie wants a tattoo as a way of reclaiming control of herself and her body, but the eerie image she selects pulls her into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries, where she draws on inner strength to make a horrible choice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749108 When young Gavies sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=733612 Chasing the Skandian slave-traders who kidnapped Will and Evanlyn, Ranger Halt and warrior student Horace find themselves in the frozen northern islands, where they battle a ruthless black-clad knight as they attempt to rescue their friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729836 Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her familys farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier-sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the malices, immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike. It is Dag--a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous present responsibilities--who must come to Fawns aid when she is taken captive by a malice. They prevail at a devastating cost--unexpectedly binding their fates as they embark upon a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and partnership ... and perhaps even love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=730685 Dont stare at invisible faeries. Dont speak to invisible faeries. And never, ever atract their attention. These are the three rules of survival for Aislinn, a teenage girl who possesses the seers sight--a gift (or curse) that reveals to her the hordes of fey kind who mingle mischievously among mortals undetected. But the old rules are breaking. Keenan, a powerful, radiantly beautiful faerie--both terrifying and alluring--has taken a special interest in Aislinn, haunting her footsteps everywhere she goes. Keenan is in fact the Summer King, and hes determined to make Aislinn his queen. Although she cant deny feeling tempted, there are other things to consider. Namely the loss of her freedom and human life, and the deadly fates suffered by all the other mortal girls Keenan tried to transform into his queen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749105 In Transylvania during the Middle Ages, Fell, a lone wolf with unusual abilities, learns that his destiny is entwined with that of one human, fifteen-year-old Rasha, whose mysterious origins have villagers believing she is a changeling. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=950242 After many years of hiding, Queen Cimorene sends her sixteen-year-old son, Daystar, into the Enchanted Forest with the kingdoms sword to once again stop the evil wizards magic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817620 In Transylvania during the Middle Ages, a pack of wolves sets out on a perilous journey to prevent their enemy--an embittered lone wolf named Morgra--from calling upon the legendary Evil One that will give her the power to control all animals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=738890 Fawn Bluefield, the clever young farmer girl, and Dag Redwing Hickory, the seasoned Lakewalker soldier-sorcerer, have been married all of two hours when they depart her familys farm for Dags home on Hickory Lake Camp. But their arrival is met with prejudice and suspicion, setting many in the camp against them and threatening permanent exile for Dag. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=713671 When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the Kings Forest, she charms him with her story and is granted a twenty-four hour reprieve in which to seek her one true love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=728727 Chasing the Skandian slave-traders who kidnapped Will and Evanlyn, Ranger Halt and warrior student Horace find themselves in the frozen northern islands, where they battle a ruthless black-clad knight as they attempt to rescue their friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=651744 The story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. He has fallen in love with beautiful Victoria Forester and in order to win her hand, he must retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=689306 Mourning the loss of his mother, David finds comfort in the books she left behind. But soon the make-believe world of the books melds with Davids reality, and the figments of his imagination become startlingly real. Suddenly, he finds himself in a brutal land populated by trolls, harpies, and werewolf-like creatures. His only hope is to find the king, whose Book of Lost Things could show David the way home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684205 Presents an anthology of stories set in a mysterious, fantastical version of England populated by petulant princesses, vengeful owls, and endless paths in the dark woods, and features the Duke of Wellington and other colorful characters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684207 A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=669396 Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluens army prepares to battle Morgaraths forces. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=669411 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=810059 The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; and a country ruled by horses.