When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.

Beck, Kate, and Wyatt thought they had finished hatching dragons from stones but when they are proved wrong, Beck must decide if acting on the inherited Pillage family traits will gain him what he really wants.

When his father starts a new job at Minerva Hall as gardener, twelve-year-old Jim discovers an ancient curse that needs to be unraveled before disaster happens.

Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.

Elva must learn to wield her magical powers in a town that fears all witches while righting her family's past wrongs before it's too late. Elva hides her visions and strange powers, but when she witnesses a devastating vision of the future, she decides she has to do everything she can to prevent it. Tapping into her powers for the first time, Elva discovers a magical mirror and its owner-- none other than the Witch of the North Woods herself. As...

Fifteen-year-old Miles Ferrell uses the rare and special gift he is given to break the curse of the Shriker, a murderous creature reportedly brought to Shalem Wood by his family's clan centuries before.

"Three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and proper Fliss--go on a quest to break the curse that has haunted their family for generations"--Title verso page.

Using his renowned lack of common sense, fifteen-year-old Beck Phillips gets himself and his friends Kate and Wyatt embroiled in more dragon adventures, as they discover and hatch the last remaining dragon stone.

Living with her father in the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII, Moss is disgusted and revolted by both her father's job (executioner) and hers (collecting the freshly severed heads) and wants desperately to escape and find out more about her origins.

A modern New England boy must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family's curse.=521 1\ Ages 9-11