blessing and cursing

"All Darwin wants is a starring role in his school's upcoming theatrical production... too bad he freezes in the spotlight! Roping in Gumball to audition with him. Darwin accidentally helps unleash a curse on the school after speaking the name of the play that gave a student a mortal case of stagefright. When students fall victim to the sickness caused by the curse, Gumball and Darwin must do everything in their power to complete the show and right their wrong"--Back cover.

"Annabel lives in the 1950s with her aunts Rosaline and Flora. She loves science fiction, and dreams of a future with jetpacks, flying cars and robots. When a witch's curse is fulfilled on her 16th birthday and she falls asleep for 1,000 years, her house is overgrown by a magnificent rose tree. A young explorer called Zoe discovers the story of Sleeping Beauty, but can she find Annabel in time to lift the curse and show her what the future actually looks like?"--Provided by publisher. po.

The younger sister of Rosalin, known as Sleeping Beauty, relates how their lives have been haunted by a curse, and how she helps save the day once the curse is broken.

Emer Morrisey, a famed seventeenth-century pirate, was ready to retire early with her amassed wealth and her one true love when she was cursed with the dust of one hundred dogs; after one hundred lives as a dog, she reincarnates as an American teenager with all of her memories intact.

"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable, determined archeologist -- worked for years to rediscover and open Tutankhamun's tomb. But once it was uncovered, would ancient powers take their revenge for disturbing and even looting the pharaoh's resting place? What else could explain the mysterious illnesses, accidents, and deaths that began once it was found?"--Provided by publisher.

After seventeen-year-old Delaney almost died in Falcon Lake, more deaths happen and everyone thinks the lake is getting its vengeance. When another tragedy happens, Decker becomes determined to uncover the hold the lake has on all of them.

"After her brother goes missing in Afghanistan, twelve-year-old Juni sets out to break a family curse in hopes it will bring her brother safely home."--.

"Amelia Fang is going on a trip with her Rainbow Rangers troop (led by unicorns Ricky and Graham) to Sugarplum Island! But while exploring to earn their badges, Amelia and the gang stumble upon an ancient curse and shrunk to the size of bugs!"--Back cover.

"During the Sitting Duck Founder's Day holiday, the town gathers to view the legendary pirate ship that brought the town's founder to their shores. But Sam, Arty, and Emmie soon learn it carries more than just treasure and swords--an ancient pirate curse is sweeping across the town, turning people to stone! Who has unleashed this deadly curse and why? Sam, Arty, and Emmie must take to the high seas before their town is wiped of the map for good"--Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Martha's life is transformed when her mother leaves her in Laredo, Texas, in 1990 with a grandmother she never knew, who is a revered healer, or curandera.