Wisp
Title | Wisp PDF eBook |
Author | Zana Fraillon |
Publisher | Orchard Books |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-02-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781408350119 |
Idris is a child refugee, born into a world of tents and fences. He has known no other life than this. He has no memories of the world outside. Then the Wisp arrives, floating in on the evening breeze. Everyone who holds it finds their memories reawakened, their hopes of freedom reborn. But what about Idris, who has no memories? What will happen when he holds the magical Wisp?Storytelling and imagination have the power to offer hope in this extraordinary picture book from the Amnesty CILIP Honour-winning author of The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon, and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning illustrator Grahame Baker Smith.
Willa the Wisp (The Fabled Stables Book #1)
Title | Willa the Wisp (The Fabled Stables Book #1) PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Auxier |
Publisher | Abrams |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2020-10-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1683357833 |
The first in a new chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier, illustrated in full-color—now in paperback! Auggie is the caretaker at the Fabled Stables, a home for one-of-a-kind creatures. Auggie is one-of-a-kind, too. He’s the only boy on the island, which can get a little lonely. Luckily, he’s got Fen, his trusty stick-in-the-mud. But, being a stick-in-the-mud, Fen can get more-than-a-little grumpy. Soon enough, Auggie learns that his job is not only to care for creatures at the Stables, but also to save creatures in the Wide World from danger. In this first adventure, Willa the Wisp is being chased by the Rooks, an evil group of hunters keen on using one-of-a-kind creatures for their own dark ends. It’s up to Auggie to help Willa escape the Rooks and find refuge at the Stables, before it’s too late!
Will O' the Wisp
Title | Will O' the Wisp PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Drieu La Rochelle |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 154 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | France |
ISBN |
Chronicles of the Wisp
Title | Chronicles of the Wisp PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph DuRand Jr. |
Publisher | Archway Publishing |
Total Pages | 445 |
Release | 2021-09-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1665708336 |
It is 1950 as a beautiful yet fierce woman, formerly known as Dr. Susan Blackmare, enters a heavily-guarded bunker hidden away under a California lake. Inside is a command station and various labs. After Susan hears what she perceives to be a twisted version of history, she enters a cavern and dons special glasses that allow her to see something she has no idea is about to take over her life. Unfortunately, sinister creatures known as Wisps, have returned to Earth to possess and transform humans by ridding them of their humanity and controlling their every action. Since the beginning of mankind, Wisps have controlled the destiny and future of Earth’s society. Now as Wisps begin to populate Earth again, a battle begins as their victims—that include Susan—desperately fight against them in a valiant effort to save humanity. As the future hangs precariously in the balance, will they manage to find a way or perish trying? Chronicles of the Wisp is a science fiction horror story that follows a new and evil predator as mankind battles for survival through history into the near future.
Wisp of a Thing
Title | Wisp of a Thing PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Bledsoe |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-03-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780765376930 |
Wisp of a Thing: a unique contemporary fantasy where magic is hidden in plain sight and age-old rivalries simmer just beneath the surface Alex Bledsoe's The Hum and the Shiver was named one of the Best Fiction Books by Kirkus Reviews. Now Bledsoe returns to the isolated ridges and hollows of the Smoky Mountains to spin an equally enchanting tale of music and fairy magic older than the hills. Touched by a very public tragedy, musician Rob Quillen comes to Needsville, Tennessee, in search of a song that might ease his aching heart. All he knows of the mysterious and reclusive Tufa is what he has read on the Internet. Some people say that when the first white settlers came to the Appalachians centuries ago, they found the Tufa already there. Others hint that Tufa blood brings special gifts. Rob finds both music and mystery in the mountains. Close-lipped locals guard their secrets, even as Rob gets caught up in a subtle power struggle he can't begin to comprehend. A vacationing wife goes missing, raising suspicions of foul play, and a strange feral girl runs wild in the woods, howling in the night like a lost spirit. Soon, Rob realizes that he is part of a greater story among the Tufa, and must break a timeless curse that haunts the town's past. Enter the captivating world of the fae in Alex Bledsoe's Tufa novels The Hum and the Shiver Wisp of a Thing Long Black Curl Chapel of Ease Gather Her Round
An Aurora Grimeon Story: Will o' the Wisp
Title | An Aurora Grimeon Story: Will o' the Wisp PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Hammock |
Publisher | Archaia |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-01-14 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 9781936393787 |
Introducing Aurora Grimeon, a gothic heroine, pulled into a new eerie mystery filled with danger, Hoodoo, and murder. After her parents’ accidental death by mushroom poisoning, young Aurora Grimeon is sent to live with her estranged grandfather on Ossuary Isle, deep in the southern swamps. Joined by her grandfather’s pet raccoon Missy, Aurora explores the fog-covered island of graves. Along the way she meets its sinister residents who care for the tombstones and mausoleums, living out their lives by the strange rules of Hoodoo magic. When ghostly things start happening out in the swamp and island residents start disappearing, Aurora thrusts herself into the middle of the mystery, uncovering secrets that might be better left buried.
Wisp the Cloud
Title | Wisp the Cloud PDF eBook |
Author | Chloe Harlum |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 26 |
Release | 2021-02-25 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780645120455 |
Wisp wants to find a friend. Join him as he meets other clouds, a wise lake and the helpful sun along the way...