J. A. White

"Deep within the dangerous Thickety, Kara and her brother, Taff, must figure out who and what to trust in order to escape and stop the evil Sordyr"--

"Kara and her brother, Taff, must find the hidden pieces of Princess Evangeline's grimoire to defeat Rygoth and her army of witches"--

When Kara Westfall was five years old, her mother was convicted of the worst of all crimes: witchcraft. Years later, Kara and her little brother, Taff, are still shunned by the people of their village, who believe that nothing is more evil than magic...except, the mysterious forest that covers nearly the entire island. It has many names, this place. Sometimes it is called the Dark Wood, or Sordyr's Realm. But mostly it's called the Thickety. The...

"When twelve-year-old Kara discovers her mother's grimoire in the dangerous forest, she must decide if she'll use it, even though such magic is forbidden"--

Cordelia Liu and her friends must find out what happened to a team of ghost hunters who disappeared after capturing a dangerous phantom that can reanimate dead animals, in this conclusion to the Shadow School trilogy.

Return to Shadow School for the second installment of the spooky middle-grade series from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of Nightbooks and The Thickety series.

Cordelia Liu's first year at Shadow School was a success. She studied hard and made friends. She also sent hundreds of ghosts into the afterlife, because Shadow School isn't a normal school, and Cordelia Liu isn't a normal girl.

But her second year is already

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Cordelia's last year at Shadow School brings readers back for the finale in the spooky middle grade trilogy by J.A. White, the author of the acclaimed Thickety series and Nightbooks. Cordelia must complete her quest to save the world of the living from the ghosts, and dangerous phantoms, who terrorize them.

It's her final year at Shadow School, and Cordelia Liu isn't ready to move on. Which is funny, considering helping ghosts

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Kara and Taff have finally reached the World beyond the island, and it's in total turmoil. As Rygoth lures new witches to her side, an army of graycloaks sets out on a crusade to destroy all magic, led by the vicious witch hunter, Timoth Clen. Kara and Taff have to undo the terrible curse on their father before it's too late...but only Grace Stone has the power to reverse her Last Spell. If Kara and Taff want to save their father, they must rescue...

Angie Roseland has closed her Sweet Dreams Bake Shop for a few months until she can move the shop to its new location. Her sister, Ellie, has just opened a bed and breakfast in Sweet Cove and Angie is helping her run it. Their youngest sister, Courtney, has a part time job at Finch Confectioners where the owner is known around town for being nasty and mean. When Finch is found murdered in his shop, the Roseland sisters, with the help of two fine felines,...

Taking a year off from her legal studies to recover from feelings of loss and sorrow over the murder of the aunt who raised her, Olivia is excited to meet up with a friend from college who will be in Boston for two weeks. Olivia doesn't know that her friend, Ynes, is dealing with similar emotions and that she needs Olivia's help to find justice for someone she loved. Will Olivia and Ynes find the answers they need before a killer strikes again to...