A Curse of Roses
A Curse of Roses

Author: Diana Pinguicha

Publisher: Entangled: Teen

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1682815102

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Based on Portuguese legend, this #OwnVoices historical fantasy is an epic tale of mystery, magic, and making the impossible choice between love and duty... With just one touch, bread turns into roses. With just one bite, cheese turns into lilies. There’s a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her magic—her curse—has turned her meal into a bouquet. She’s on the verge of starving, which only reminds her that the people of Portugal have been enduring the same pain for years. If only it were possible to reverse her magic. Then she could turn flowers into food. Fatyan, a beautiful Enchanted Moura, is the only one who can help. But she is trapped by magical binds. She can teach Yzabel how to control her curse—if Yzabel sets her free with a kiss. As the King of Portugal’s betrothed, Yzabel would be committing treason, but what good is a king if his country has starved to death? With just one kiss, Fatyan is set free. And with just one kiss, Yzabel is yearning for more. She’d sought out Fatyan to help her save the people. Now, loving her could mean Yzabel’s destruction. A Curse of Roses includes themes, imagery, and content that might be triggering for some readers. Discussions of religious-based self harm, religious-based eating disorders, and religious-based internalized homophobia appear throughout the novel.

Beauty's Curse
Beauty's Curse

Author: C. S. Johnson

Publisher: C. S. Johnson

Published: 2016-01-20

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 194393424X

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“I have better things to do.” “Like what?” Rose asked. “Waste your life on a fool’s journey, under a silly girl’s orders?” “I have never considered saving your life to be the same as wasting mine, Rosary.” He came and stood in front of her, the ease of his presence replaced by an unusual heat rather than familiar warmth. Rose had never before been bothered by the six inches he stood taller than her, but all of a sudden the shadow of his strength imposed itself on her. The cursed beauty of the moonlight revealed the clarity and sharpness of his eyes as she gazed up at him. “What if you did waste your life though? What if?” “If I have wasted my life, I have wasted it on you. Willingly." For four years, Princess Aurora of Rhone—Rose to her friends—has searched the world for a way to break the curse placed on her by Magdalina, the wicked ruler of the fairies at war with her kingdom. Under the curse, Rose is doomed to die on her eighteenth birthday after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. And time is running out. On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Rose makes the journey home with her friends—Theo, a priest with a penchant for revenge; Mary, a young and talented fairy; and Ethan and Sophia, siblings with a troubled past–as pressure from her father, King Stefanos, leaves her with two equally unsatisfying options: Abdicate the throne, or get married. Enjoy this novella series retelling of the Sleeping Beauty, with new characters, new plot twists, and plenty of action and adventure. Perfect for teen and young adult historical fantasy readers, and check out Part II, Beauty's Quest, as the story continues!

The Complete Language of Flowers
The Complete Language of Flowers

Author: S. Theresa Dietz

Publisher: Wellfleet Press

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1577151909

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The Complete Language of Flowers is a comprehensive dictionary for over 1,001 flower species. Along with a visual depiction, each entry provides the flower's name, characteristics, and historic meanings from mythology, medieval legends, folklore, and flower poetry. For centuries, symbolic flower meanings have fascinated readers, writers, poets, and suddenly smitten couples alike. Extremely popular during the Victorian era, these floriographies flourished and versed the public on the hidden meaning of popular flowers like peonies (bashfulness) and tulips (passion).Coupled with stunning full-color illustrations, this beautiful reference is a must-have for gardeners, florists, and flower enthusiasts. Whether you're looking to arrange the perfectly bespoken wedding bouquet or to understand what the yellow rose you just received from an admirer means (friendship), this updated floriography is a visual delight.

Pests of Field Crops and Pastures
Pests of Field Crops and Pastures

Author: PT Bailey

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2007-10-08

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 0643099425

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This comprehensive handbook on economic entomology for Australian field crops and pastures is the first of its kind. It encompasses pests and beneficial insects as well as allied forms of importance in Australian agriculture. Organised by commodities – such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes – it examines all the pest species for a particular commodity across Australia. Identification, distribution, damage, host range, biology, risk period and monitoring techniques are described for each entry, accompanied by useful illustrations. The book also describes introduced biological control agents that effectively control crop pests. Pests of Field Crops and Pastures will be a useful tool in crop management for progressive farmers, agronomists, agricultural consultants and academics alike.

The Princess Curse
The Princess Curse

Author: Merrie Haskell

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-09-06

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 006209341X

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Merrie Haskell’s middle-grade fantasy novel Princess Curse is an imaginative retelling of the fairy tales The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Beauty and the Beast. In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Sylvania, the prince offers a fabulous reward to anyone who cures the curse that forces the princesses to spend each night dancing to the point of exhaustion. Everyone who tries disappears or falls into an enchanted sleep. Thirteen-year-old Reveka, a smart, courageous herbalist’s apprentice, decides to attempt to break the curse despite the danger. Unravelling the mystery behind the curse leads Reveka to the Underworld, and to save the princesses, Reveka will have to risk her soul. Princess Curse combines magic, suspense, humor, and adventure into a story perfect for fans of Gail Carson Levine.

When a Flower Blossoms
When a Flower Blossoms

Author: Nicole Jashawn Lindsey

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1469196964

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When A Flower Blossoms is about a young, teenaged, but ambitious girl who has a problem with her emotions. She has had to overcome her depression and fight suicide the best way she could. She fights it off and starts to express herself through poetry. She soon overcomes her past and tries to write inspiring poems for the world to see one day. This young girl is symbolized as a flower that will someday Blossom.

A Curse So Dark and Twisted
A Curse So Dark and Twisted

Author: Lanne Garrett

Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)

Published: 2024-01-23

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1839437197

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FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF YA FANTASY ROMANCE LANNE GARRETT Book five in the A Cursed Crow series The hunt has only just begun. A cry sounds over Elphame. A silent hunt has begun. Dread fills the realms. The weak will succumb. The chase has started. Crows they will become. The Gate is where it starts. A new enemy has come. In Elphame, where every Crow faces slavery and certain death at the hands of Fae, Perdita Darkmore is the first to survive, gain her freedom and wage wars to protect her home. With the Gate destroyed, Perdi returns to the mortal realm to help rebuild. But returning to Whitwick Gates was not the warm welcome she had hoped for, leaving her balancing perilously between mortals and Fae. When her enemies come for her family, Perdi is forced to navigate a world she's still learning and a throne she's never sat upon before her family is put to death. Caught between two worlds, Perdi is tasked with fighting against life-altering decisions, rescuing her family or saving her people.