blessing and cursing

Months after Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell and sacrificed herself for seventeen-year-old ghost hunter Cas Lowood, persistent visions of Anna being tortured cause Cas to decide to save her as she once saved him.

During summer vacation thirteen-year-old Saki Yamamoto unintentionally invokes a death curse at her old family graveyard and now she must enter the dangerous spirit world of the Night Parade where three different guides will see if she can perform the deeds that will allow her to overcome the curse.

Alyssa Gardner is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Alice Liddle, the famous Alice of Mr. Lewis Carroll's best-selling book, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Alyssa seems to have inherited a bit of the family weird, being able to hear the thoughts of animals and plants. Her mother could, too, and got put in an institute. So Alyssa is making sure to keep her delusions secret--until she finds that Wonderland is a real place, and it is in need of a little girl to come and set it right again.

A descendant of the inspiration for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," sixteen-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may save her family from their curse.

Seventh-grader Timothy July and his new friend Abigail try to break a curse that is causing them and others to be tormented by their greatest fears brought to life.

The creeps are in trouble - again. When their rule breaking during an investigation lands them in "service detention," the four friends find themselves lugging pumpkins off a foreclosed pumpkin patch. To thank them for their service, Sheriff Obie allows each of them to take home a pumpkin to carve into a jack-o'-lantern. Um...bad idea. Because once carved, the pumpkins come ot life - and gobble up anyone within reach!.

The chief matriarch is dying. Drawing her last breath, she declares a contest: let fate decide the one worthy to rule. Fifty souls are summoned in the night; fifty souls bound to the same fate. But this is no ordinary trial...and so begins the first task.

Presents the stories behind and discusses the validity of such famous curses as those associated with King Tut's tomb and the Hope diamond.

"Unsure who to trust, Shahrzad takes matters into her own hands to try and break the curse and reunite with her one true love"--Provided by publisher.

Tohru looks forward to the Sohma family summer vacation. In comic book format.