characters in literature

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Worlds collide

Alex and Conner's biggest fear comes true--the fairy-tale heroes and villains of the Land of Stories break out of their own world. Morina, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Queen of Hearts, and Captain Hook deploy their evil literary army, and then Alex disappears, leaving Connor to find her and prepare for battle with his friends.

Mirror mirror

a book of reversible verse
A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.

Harold & Hog pretend for real!

Can the friendship of best friends Harold and Hog, a carefree elephant and a careful hog, survive a game of pretending to be Mo Willems's Elephant and Piggie?.
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Spill the beans

Abby and Jonah take a trip through the magic mirror and finally end up in Jack and the beanstalk (which happens to be Jonah's favorite story ever)--but things soon start to go wrong, and the children have to try and set the tale right, even if it means trading their dog, Prince, for the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk (three times!), and reaching an amicable settlement with the giants (Magnus and Philippa, who are really quite nice), and the sneaky trader, Devin, to get their dog back.

Knights vs. monsters

Yearning for adventure, the young Knights of the Round Table are drawn to Orkney, Scotland, where they face a kraken and other monsters, including Queen Margause and her son, Mordred.
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Stepsister

Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off her toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.

Once & future

Resets the Arthurian legend in outer space, with King Arthur reincarnated as seventeen-year-old Ari, a female king whose quest is to stop a tyrranical corporate government, aided by a teenaged Merlin.
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LEGO DC comics super heroes visual dictionary

"[Presents a] comprehensive visual guide to all the minifigures, vehicles and sets, including the LEGO Batman Movie sets"-- Amazon.

Rapunzel's revenge

Rapunzel, having grown up in a lovely castle with the woman she thought was her mother, is placed in a very tall hollow tree as punishment after her curiousity prompts her to climb the castle wall and look at the ruin of the world beyond her home, but she is able to escape and with the help of Jack, embarks on a plan to free the land from the grip of the witch.

Once upon a frog

Abby is worried because Jonah has the fairy Maryrose's memories mixed up with his own, but when they try to talk to her they get sucked through the mirror and find themselves in the story of The Frog Prince.
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