blessing and cursing

Much to their initial dismay, a twelve-year-old boy and girl discover they are destined to become knights of King Arthur's legendary Round Table, but first they must find and reforge Excalibur and break a curse that has weakened the magic of the Twenty-Five and a Half Realms.

"Gwen sits for her portrait painting, Frederick's feelings for Gwen evolve, and we meet Whitney of the Monochrome Kingdom, plus four bonus shorts with irreverent retellings of classic fairy tales!"--Page [4] of cover.

Sixteen-year-old twins Clement and Cristina feel lost after their father's death, but find a new sense of purpose as they work to quell the rising tensions between New Orleans's magic and non-magic communities and find out who cursed their mother.

"In this graphic novel edition of The Fall of the House of Usher, Raul Garcia adapts his animated short. A traveler arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become nearly catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all siblings have gone insane, dying horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax"--Provided by publisher.

Eleven-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth, Roya, teams up with the new kid in the building, Stefanie, to find their missing neighbor.

When handsome thief Beau enters the castle that appeared out of nowhere he finds himself trapped in Arabella's curse, which can only be broken if she finds a boy who loves her for her true self--a seeming impossibility for a girl who has been told she is impossible to love.

"Tamsin Lark goes on a quest to find the infamous ring from Arthurian legend to break her brother's curse"--Provided by publisher.

"Before he can be reborn, Zan has spent 499 years bound in a 500-year curse to process souls for the monstrous Ferryman--and if he fails he dies. In Portland, Bastian is grieving. He survived a car accident that took his mother and impulse-purchased a crumbling bookstore with the life insurance money. But in sleep, death's mark keeps dragging Bastian into Zan's office. It shouldn't be a problem to log his soul and forget he ever existed. But when Zan follows Bastian through his memories of grief and hope, Zan realizes that he is not ready for Bastian to die. The boys borrow time hiding in the memories of the dead while the Ferryman hunts them, and Zan must decide if he's willing to give up his chance at life to save Bastian--and Bastian must decide if he's willing to keep living if it means losing Zan"--Provided by publisher.

"Dami is a demon determined to cancel every deal they've ever made. It's the only way to tether their soul to earth and become human again. There's just one person standing in their way. Silas. [A] . . . boy cursed to die young--except for the deal with Dami that is keeping him alive. If he cancels the deal, Silas is dead. Unless they can kill the curse that has plagued Silas's family for generations. Together, Dami and Silas make their way to a dangerous island off the New England coast, where Captain Kidd's pirate treasure is said to be buried. With the help of their new friend Marisol, who knows the island well, they might just be able to find it. And if they return the treasure to the place of Captain Kidd's burial, the curse will be broken and Silas can cancel the deal, freeing Dami. That is, if the island doesn't kill them first"--Provided by publisher.

"When the ghost from his nightmares leaves behind cryptic notes, a 13-year-old boy must uncover the dark secrets of a cursed lake--or remain haunted forever"--Provided by publisher.