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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
247 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Nothing is going right for Nayra Mansour. There's the constant pressure from her strict family, ruthless bullying from her classmates, and exhausting friendship demands from Rami -the only other Muslim girl at school. Nayra has had enough. Just when she's considering transferring schools to escape it all, a mysterious djinn named Marjan appears. As a djinn, a mythical being in Islamic folklore, Marjan uses their powers and wisdom to help Nayra navigate...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
"Based on a true story--Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality police shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she gets the best grades), and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a classmate goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from TV to find him. He asks Pari and Faiz to be his assistants and together they draw up lists of people...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 981 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Season three takes a heart-racing turn when Red and Agent Keen, become fugitives on the run. With Assistant FBI Director Harold Cooper under investigation, Agent Donald Ressler leads the FBI Task Force on the manhunt. As Keen delves deeper into Red's underworld of covert operations, she continues to struggle with self-discovery and her indefinable relationship with Tom. Both Red and Keen are radically challenged personally and professionally.
Author
Series
Daevabad trilogy volume 2
Description
"The sequel to S. A. Chakraborty's brilliantly imagined fantasy The City of Brass, which #1 New York Times bestelling author Sabaa Tahir called "the best adult fantasy I've read since The Name of the Wind", in which a young con artist drawn into the kingdom of the djinn must navigate her way through their dangerous world of magic, court politics, and ever-shifting alliances"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm
Description
A djinn, poisoned dates, seven dwarf sisters-in-faith, and a mysterious old peddler woman in the woods wearing a face veil, a hateful and vain stepmother, a considerate huntsman, and a charming prince bring to life once again the classic fairy tale of Snow White.
Author
Series
Children of the lamp volume 1
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
355 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"The house beckons you inside. Do you enter? A dance to the death. A monstrous girl who lures people into dark water. A hallway that's constantly changing -- and hungry. All these stories exist within a house unbound from the laws of time and space. From the attic to the library to the grounds, each chilling story in this anthology focuses on a different area of the haunted house and features unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural...
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