talismans

In fifteenth-century Italy, seventeen-year-old Giulia, a Count's illegitimate daughter, buys a talisman hoping it will bring her true love to save her from life in a convent, but once there she begins to learn the painter's craft, including how to make the coveted paint, Passion blue, and to question her true heart's desire. Includes historical notes and glossary.

Jackie and Jade continue their quest to find twelve magical talismans before the evil Shendu bring them together, but the talisman for balance splits in two--and so does Jackie.

When seventh-grader Bette finds an angel coin she puts it in her pocket and forgets it but soon the mysterious and kind Gabby moves into her building and helps her face her major losses, and then the coin connects her with three classmates who all find new ways to believe in themselves.

A look at man's creation of and reliance on talismans, amulets, and good luck charms as a framework for life and civilization.

Jack Sawyer, a twelve-year-old boy, begins a terrifying quest for the Talisman--for only the Talisman can save his dying mother and defeat their enemy.

Examines charms of the past and present, their history, composition, and use.

A rare silver coin and a mysterious red-haired boy seem entangled in eleven-year-old Jacob "Deb" Corey's fate when he is laid up with a badly broken leg on his family's farm in the mid-1800s, just after performing a hex to cure his wanderlust.

When seventh-grader Bette finds an angel coin she puts it in her pocket and forgets it but soon the mysterious and kind Gabby moves into her building and helps her face her major losses, and then the coin connects her with three classmates who all find new ways to believe in themselves.