blessing and cursing

After a prank goes seriously wrong and she loses her powers, Manu uses a dangerous spell to restore them and learns that great power comes at a high price--one that she may not be able to pay.

"Every generation, seven families select a champion to compete in a tournament to the death for control of high magick--the most powerful resource in the world--but this year, a salacious tell-all book draws reporters, tourists, and government agents to Ilvernath to watch the bloody curse unfold and some of the champions are determined to thwart their destinies and rewrite their stories"--OCLC.

"To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural! In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna were lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of Jujutsu Sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural! Sukuna, unleashed, is wrecking Shibuya, and Fushiguro has suffered a serious injury from a curse user's surprise attack. Fushiguro comes up with a desperate plan to deal with both the rampaging Sukuna and the curse user, but the cost will be grave..."--Publisher description.

After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.

Teen witch Faye Faulkner is unpopular, spends her lunch period with her best friends, the high school's other social rejects, and ignores taunts from the cool kids. But when Cody, a lonely freshman, finds her way to Faye's cafeteria table, it sets off a peculiar chain of events: a series of pranks swiftly go from mischievous to downright dangerous, and no one is safe. When things start to really get out of hand, Cody confesses to Faye that she signed up for a social media challenge that promises popularity to those who follow the demands of influencer Shy Shelbi. Faye decides to help, but Shelbi is much more than she seems. Faye hopes her witchcraft will be enough to defeat her.

After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.

"When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her for a price. Love isn't meant to be part of the bargain. Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever"--OCLC.

"Through blood and sacrifice, Amora Montara has conquered a rebellion and taken her rightful place of queen of Visidia. Now, with the islands in turmoil and the people questioning her authority, Amora cannot allow anyone to see her weaknesses. No one can know about the curse in her blood line. No one can know that she's lost her magic. No one can know the truth about the boy who holds the missing half of her soul. To save herself and Visidia, Amora embarks on a desperate quest for a mythical artifact that could fix everything-- but it comes at a terrible cost. As she tries to balance her loyalty to her people, her crew, and the desires of her heart. Amora will soon discover that the power to rule might destroy her"--Jacket flap.

Thirteen-year-old Delia's obsession with being fashionable and popular at her elite private school turns scary when she acquires a cursed coat from the fashion house of Cruella De Vil.

While investigating the apparent suicide of their best friend, four students at an elite boarding school uncover a series of past murders connected to ancient fairy tale curses, and they fear that their own fates are tied to the stories, dooming them to gruesome deaths unless they can forge their own paths.