Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a three-hundred-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.
Everyday, nine-year-old Otis Dooda confronts a series of zany changes when his father's new job prompts the family's move to a New York City apartment, where Otis is cursed by a guy in a potted plant in their apartment building lobby and has to team up with a new friend and a gassy miniature horse to break the curse.
"A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel told from the alternating perspectives of three teens whose fates unknowingly bind them together to destroy a greater evil"--Provided by publisher.
Examines historical and anecdotal evidence, as well as modern theories about the curse of Egypt's King Tut, features primary source quotes from scientists, experts, and eyewitnesses, and includes sidebars and illustrations.
When young scribe Caitrin is retained to sort through family documents at Whistling Tor, she discovers, and begins to unravel, a web of ancestral sorcery that that has crippled Anluan since childhood.
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.
Princess Sarene of Teod arrives in the capital city of Arelon for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, only to find her intended has died and she is considered his widow and responsible for the entire city's fate.
Overweight and nerdy Oscar lives with his Dominican American mother and sister in New Jersey and dreams of becoming a renowned author and finding true love, but unfortunately, a family curse stands in the way of his wishes.
