The 12th CandleMiddle school meets magic in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about a girl whose life flips when she wishes on an enchanted candleperfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski and Wendy Mass. Sage Sassafrass life is cursed! No, really. Since birth, Sage has been plagued by the Contrarium Curse thats set her at odds with classmate Priscilla Petty. Every time something goes right for Priscilla, it goes terribly, horribly wrong for Sage. And things always go

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As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance

When a series of macabre grave robberies begins to plague the city

no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his molten core

Jamal's gruesome murder bears disturbing similarities to another lynching that occurred back in the Jim Crow days of 1944

Genocide—the intent to destroy in whole or in part

The Upside of Irrationality

but they’ll need all their courage to help Lucy and Oliver navigate the twisting corridors and face a terrifying new threat

Deserted by her frightened driver

and impeccably researched

he changes his strategy