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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
2) Splintered
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A descendant of the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sixteen-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may save her family from their curse.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, twelve-year old Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.
Author
Series
Sands of Arawiya volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old Zafira and the sultan's son Nasir continue their quest to uncover a lost magic artifact and discover that the prize they seek may be even more dangerous than any of their enemies.
Author
Series
Willow Falls series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Children's birthdays are always strange in Willow Falls, but when Connor's little sister Grace falls into a frozen state on her tenth birthday, Amanda and Leo must travel back in time to find out what force prevented Angelina from casting the blessing that would have protected her.
6) Towering
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel told from the alternating perspectives of three teens whose fates unknowingly bind them together to destroy a greater evil"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a governess trained at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, takes the three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place to London, England, and learns they are under a curse.
8) Cursed
Author
Series
Fairy Tale Reform School volume 6
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"The evil Rumpelstiltskin is planning to cast a curse that will erase Enchantasia as the world knows it, and a fairy prophecy declares that Gilly Cobbler will play a key role. Never one to shy away from adventure, Gilly and her friends embark on an epic, swashbuckling journey to stop Stiltskin from getting the ingredients he needs before it's too late."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan race against time and the evil sorcerer Lokesh on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal as they seek Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, that will finally break the tiger's curse.
10) A kiss in time
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
Author
Series
Sands of Arawiya volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king. Both are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya-- but neither wants to be. When Zafira embarks on a quest to uncover a lost artifact that can restore magic to her suffering world and stop the Arz, Nasir is sent by the king on a similar...
12) Tiger's curse
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Oregon teenager Kelsey forms a bond with a circus tiger who's actually one of two brothers, Indian princes Ren and Kishan, who were cursed to live as tigers for eternity, and she travels with him to India where the tiger's curse may be broken once and for all.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Unsure who to trust, Shahrzad takes matters into her own hands to try and break the curse and reunite with her one true love"--
In this reimagining of The Arabian Nights, Shahrzad tries to uncover powers that may lie dormant within her in an attempt to break Khalid's curse, save the empire, and reunite with her one true love.
Author
Series
Dreadful tale of Prosper Redding volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A modern New England boy must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family's curse.
Author
Series
Once upon a broken heart volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Desperate to stop her beloved from marrying another, sixteen-year-old Evangeline Fox strikes a deal with the mythic Prince of Hearts leading her down a dangerous path that may ultimately end in her destruction.
Author
Series
Big Foot and Little Foot volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tribe of odd-looking Sasquatches flee their cursed cave and take refuge with Hugo, but when Hugo invites Nobb, one of the strange squidges, to Boone's birthday party, the result is near-disaster.
17) Miss fortune
Author
Series
Poison apple books volume 3
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When a skeptical Zoe has her fortune told at a carnival, and the fortune-teller gives her a special necklace, it begins a run of bad luck that leads her to believe she has been cursed.
18) Three good deeds
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Caught stealing some goose eggs from a witch, Howard is cursed for his heartlessness and turned into a goose himself, and he can only become human again by performing three good deeds.
19) Spellcaster
Author
Series
Spellcaster series (Claudia Gray) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Descended from witches, high school senior Nadia can tell as soon as her family moves to Captive's Sound that the town is under a dark and powerful spell. Then she meets Mateo, the teenage local whose cursed dreams predict the future, and they must work together to prevent an impending disaster that threatens the entire town"--
Author
Series
Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Formats
Description
To free himself from an ancient curse, thirteen-year-old Shinji Takahashi must team up with a secret organization of explorers, find a magical font hidden in the jungles of Mexico, and replace a stolen idol.
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