Jimmy Cajoleas
1) Gussy
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"When Grandpa Widow is suddenly called to travel across the desert surrounding the village, and Gussy has to step into the role of Protector herself, she barely feels ready to perform the magical Rites that keep her village safe from the Great Doom, the mysterious power that threatens the residents in the lands outside...Soon it becomes clear that the Great Doom has managed to get inside the village walls. And as the villagers all look to Gussy for...
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After their mother's death, Lee and his sister escape their horrible stepfather by fleeing to their grandmother's farm, where Lee hopes to discover the truth behind his haunting visions.
Lee has always seen visions: cats that aren't really there, a homeless man who he's convinced is out to get him, and three men who give him ominous warnings in the woods. His mother and his sister Murphy try to keep him grounded in the real world. When his mother...
4) The rambling
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Buddy Pennington is headed to river country. No one in his village will miss him anyway -- not even his mom, after what he and his bad luck did. He'll be better off with his daddy, Davey Boy Pennington, a wandering soul who has the best luck of anyone Buddy knows. Pop might even teach Buddy his legendary skills at Parsnit, a mysterious card game of magic, chance, and above all, storytelling. No one tells a better story than Pop. But no sooner are...
5) Goldeline
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Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and The Thickety, this spellbinding story follows a young girl named Goldeline on an adventure through a fairy tale forest filled with dark and wondrous magic.
A Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth Pick of 2017 * A 2018 Southern Book Prize Finalist
In the wild, free woods of the Hinterlands, where magic is as real as stories are, Goldeline travels from camp to camp with Gruff and his bandits,...