inheritance and succession

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The wooden mile

2008
Eleven-year-old Stanley Buggle, happily anticipating a long summer vacation in the house he inherits from his great-uncle, discovers, soon after arriving in the seemingly peaceful village of Crampton Rock, that along with the house he has also inherited some sinister neighbors, a talking stuffed fish, and a host of mysteries surrounding his great-uncle's death.

The clue in the crumbling wall

1973
While trying to locate a missing dancer who is about to gain a large inheritance, Nancy Drew finds a clue leading to the solution of a mystery.

The perils of peppermints

2003
Left at a New York boarding school by Aunt and Uncle Twice, eleven-year-old Emily finds horrors even greater than those she faced at Sugar Hill Hall, especially after she gets word that her inheritance is lost.

Shrek the third

friends and foes
2007
Shrek and Fiona want to move back to the swamp, but they first need to find and convince Arthur Pendragon that he is better suited to be king than Shrek.

The Earl & the fairy

2012
Fairy doctor Lydia Carlton is rescued from kidnappers by Edgar Ashenbert, a descendent of the human ruler of the fairy world, and gets caught up in a dangerous quest to recover the sword of the Blue Knight Earl and help Edgar regain his birthright.

The ultimate gift

2001
Twenty-four-year-old Jason Stevens attends the reading of his wealthy great-uncle's will, expecting some wealth to pass to him. Instead, he is given instructions for learning experiences he must complete over the following year, after which he stands to inherit the mysterious "Ultimate Gift.".

The valley of secrets

2006
When strange events occur in his newly inherited manor house in Cornwall, England, Stephen, a teenager who was abandoned at birth, investigates the mystery and his family history using clues found in a travel journal kept by his great uncle Theo during his trip to the Amazon River region.

The dollmage

2002
Seekvalley's wise woman, the Dollmage, chooses the lazy Renoa over the self-sacrificing Annakey as her successor, unknowingly setting Annakey on a painful path involving betrayal, violence, and brutal justice.

A confusion of princes

2012
Battling aliens, space pirates, and competitors, Prince Khemri meets a young woman, named Raine, and learns more than he expected about the hidden workings of a vast, intergalactic Empire, and about himself.

The valley of secrets

2005
When strange events occur in his newly inherited manor house in Cornwall, England, Stephen, a teenager who was abandoned at birth, investigates the mystery and his family history using clues found in a travel journal kept by his great uncle Theo during his trip to the Amazon River region.

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