Valentino
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Series
Disney villains volume 3
Language
English
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Presents an adaptation of the classic Little Mermaid fairy tale from the perspective of the sea witch who provides Ariel with human legs in exchange for her voice.
What led Ursula, the sea witch, to become so twisted, scorned, and filled with hatred? Go beyond the traditional story of Disney's The Little Mermaid, and discover what heartbreak made Ursula the manipulator and villain she is.
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 5
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Mother Gothel, Rapunzel's adoptive mother, to find out her motivations behind abducting the princess and locking her in a tower to shield her from a cruel world.
An innocent child taken from her parents. A girl with magical hair confined to an isolated tower. But what does Mother Gothel, Rapunzel's adoptive mother, actually know? Does she want to shield the princess from a cruel world-- or is there more to the story? -- adapted...
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Disney villains volume 4
Language
English
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"The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an eternal sleep. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But the power of good endures,...
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English
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"Kat Van Tassel wants nothing to do with Sleepy Hollow's ghostly history. But when her mother gives her the original Katrina van Tassel's diary on the two-hundredth anniversary of the Headless Horseman's haunting, a new legend begins to take shape, weaving together the past and the present in eerie ways. When a new girl in town opens Kat's eyes to the possibility that ghosts are real, it makes her question who she truly wants to be...and be with....
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Examines the life of Snow White's stepmother, the Wicked Queen, to find out just what it is that makes her so evil that she would want to cut out her teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered in a locked keepsake box.
Sometimes it's all a matter of the choices we make ... What choices did Snow White's stepmother, the Wicked Queen, make that would turn her so evil she would want to cut out her step-daughter's heart? Does it have something...
8) Never Never
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 9
Language
English
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Description
The 9th book in the New York Times bestselling Villains series tells the tale of the rise and fall of the infamous pirate, Captain Hook-a boy who grew up. Before Peter Pan and Wendy. Before the Lost Boys. There was just a boy named James who wanted to get back to Neverland. As a baby, James Bartholomew fell out of his pram and was taken to Neverland. James is claimed by his parents just shy of seven days-after which he would have officially become...
9) Cold Hearted
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 8
Language
English
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Description
This was supposed to be her happily ever after...
It's a familiar tale: A kind and beautiful young girl, reeling from loss. A doting father, frantic to bring a mother's love back into his daughter's life. And the selfish, cruel woman who insinuates herself into that family?a woman so unfeeling, so cold hearted, that when her new husband dies, she makes the girl a servant in her own home.
But who is that evil stepmother, that icy lady of the house?...
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English
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In this inspiring memoir of brain injury and recovery, the author recounts how family, faith, and steadfast determination saved her life.
Donna Valentino and her boyfriend Paul were at a resort in Texas when an ATV ride ended in tragedy. Donna crashed into an unmarked, nearly invisible chain. Suddenly their romantic weekend getaway became a nightmare of terrifying injuries, including a severe brain injury.
After months of rehabilitation and a courageous...
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 9
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Cutthroat pirate James Bartholomew, who longs to return to Neverland where he was taken as a child, gets his wish with the help of the Odd Sisters and a bit of magic, but soon he discovers the high price he must pay.
The 9th book in the New York Times bestselling Villains series tells the tale of the rise and fall of the infamous pirate, Captain Hook--a boy who grew up.
Before Peter Pan and Wendy. Before the Lost Boys. There was just a boy named...
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 6
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the Villains series, the Odd Sisters have meddled in the lives of the Wicked Queen, The Beast, Ursula, Maleficent, and Mother Gothel, changing the course of fate for the greatest villains ever known. Now, it's time for their reckoning. This latest novel by the author of the wildly popular Villains series goes deeper into the lives of the twisted, diabolical Odd Sisters, finally revealing the dark truth about who they are and where they're...
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 7
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Ah, puppies. But we'll get to that part of the story soon enough. You may think you know the tale: a happy young couple, two loyal dogs, a litter of fifteen perfectly spotted puppies, and the woman determined to turn them into a perfectly spotted fur coat--so determined that she stole every Dalmatian puppy in London, bringing the total of dogs to exactly one hundred and one. But who is that monster, that scene-stealer, that evil thing? Before the...
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English
Description
Ndala has always considered matrimony a dull subject, until she witnesses the murder of the Mulosi Chieftain at his own wedding feast. The Chieftain's demise sends the village into turmoil. Driven by curiosity and her sense of justice, Ndala investigates the crime herself, even if it means defying the village elders. But exposing the killer is no simple matter. Was this murder about succession, revenge, or something else entirely? Ndala must tread...
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Español
Description
Usando sus encantos y sus artimaas, uno a uno lleva a su telaraa, la mentira y su talento en la cama, son las armas que nunca le fallan. Su amor es como un frgil hilo de seda, mortal y venenoso como el de la viuda negra, un da hace creer que los ama, al siguiente sin piedad se los traga. Esa es Consuelo Flores, un amor de todos y un amor de nadie, una rosa extremadamente hermosa, pero con espinas muy venenosas. Si hubiese una ley que condenase a todos...
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English
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Misunderstood tells the story of Enya Utzon – A real Teen Queen, who knows how to walk the talk. The novel begins by giving the reader an insight into her destined future as an A-list movie star, who allegedly has it all – Except true happiness and real love! As the daughter of a successful and busy business couple, she's used to being left to herself and having to handle everything on her own. That is with the exception of her trusted maid, personal...
19) The Odd Sisters
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 6
Language
English
Description
Throughout the Villains series, the Odd Sisters have meddled in the lives of the Wicked Queen, The Beast, Ursula, Maleficent, and Mother Gothel, changing the course of fate for the greatest villains ever known. Now, it's time for their reckoning.
This latest novel by the author of the wildly popular Villains series goes deeper into the lives of the twisted, diabolical Odd Sisters, finally revealing the dark truth about who they are and where they're...
20) Celestial Blight
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Series
Language
English
Description
In the Kingdom of Farsia, everyone has access to magic, but magic comes with a cost. Some pay for it with hunger or thirst, while the unlucky few must pay with their souls.Zemfira has spent her whole life in her village looking forward to unlocking her powers, until she learns she is one of the accursed: a Soulbreaker.Meanwhile at the capital, the royal bodyguard Volakles awaits execution for his failures. His only chance to survive is to join the...