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Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the newest volume of her World Fantasy Award-winning short story collections, beloved author Jane Yolen's dark side has fully emerged. Her vivid, startling, and thrilling tales and poems of the supernatural--from icy-hearted witches to sometimes-innocent shapeshifters--reveal a classic storyteller at the height of her powers. Welcome to the Midnight Circus--and watch your step. The dark imaginings of fantasy icon Jane Yolen are not for the faint...
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Accident-prone, thirteen-year-old Gorse, the youngest fairy in her family, falls into a trap while on her way to the palace to bless the newborn princess, Talia, but arrives in time to give a gift which, although seemingly horrific, may prove to be a real blessing in this take-off on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty.
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest to save the kingdom of Iolcus, learning along the way what it means to be in command.
10) Snow in Summer
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Recasts the tale of Snow White, setting it in West Virginia in the 1940s with a stepmother who is a snake-handler.
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as together they pursue a mysterious creature that killed her father.
12) Centaur rising
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur is born and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret.
Author
Series
Emerald circus volume 1
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course. In Jane Yolen's first full collection in more than ten years, discover new and uncollected tales of beloved characters, literary legends, and much more. A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe's young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells in possibility...
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