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1) The shadows
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 1
Description
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.
2) The artist
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
"A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
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Description
"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
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Description
She's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies, which is a talent some would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra is she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor's dead son. Once she arrives at the legendary...
11) Painted dreams
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Because her Haitian family is too poor to be able to buy paints for her, eight-year-old Ti Marie finds her own way to create pictures that make the heart sing.
12) One boy
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
A boy creates ten paintings in this counting book that also explores the relationship of words within words.
17) The henna wars
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Nishat doesn't want to lose her family, but she also doesn't want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flávia is beautiful and charismatic, and Nishat falls for her instantly. But when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, both Flávia and Nishat decide to showcase their talent as henna artists. In a fight to prove who is the best, their lives become more tangled--but...
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