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For four years sixteen-year-old Twylla has lived in the castle of Lormere, the goddess-embodied, whose touch can poison and kill, and hence the Queen's executioner--but when Prince Merek, her betrothed, who is immune to her touch returns to the kingdom she finds herself caught up in palace intrigues, unsure if she can trust him or the bodyguard who claims to love her.
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"Seventeen-year-old Marie mixes perfumes to sell on market day...She wants to make enough to save a dowry for her sister, Ama, in hopes of Ama marrying well...But her perfumes are more than sweet scents in cheap, cut-glass bottles: A certain few are laced with death. Marie laces the perfume delicately--not with poison but with a hint of honeysuckle she's trained her sister to respond to. Marie marks her victim, and Ama attacks. But she doesn't attack...
5) Nightshade
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Poison diaries volume 2
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English
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In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton is so desperate to find Weed, who her father says deserted her when she was at death's door, that she asks for help from the evil Oleander.
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Using magic to control the golems he has raised, the legendary Sleeping Prince has woken, killed King Merek, and taken Lormere, and many of its people are refugees, including Errin and her sick mother--but there are those who oppose the Prince, and Errin, a skilled apothecary, may hold the key to ending his power.
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First cat in space volume 2
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it's too late? And who would want to poison her? With few she can trust in her own royal court, Moon Queen and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them... but our once-heroic toenail clipping robot is on the run, looking for a new purpose...
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Moon Base Alpha volume 3
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In 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth.
11) Acting out
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Vet volunteers volume 14
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Zoe is unhappy about leaving Hollywood to live with her cousin, Maggie, and grandmother, Dr. Mac, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, while her mother is away on a film shoot, but soon gets involved in a suspected case of antifreeze poisoning.
12) Poison's cage
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[2018]
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First edition.
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English
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"Marinda and Iyla must work together to save themselves and the ones they love from the wrath of the Snake King"--
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Poisons of Caux volume 1
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2009.
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First edition.
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English
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Eleven-year-old Ivy Manx sets out with her new friend, a young "taster, " to find her missing uncle, an outlawed healer, in the dangerous kingdom of Caux where magic, herbs, and poisons rule.
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Poisons of Caux volume 2
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[2010]
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First edition.
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Eleven-year-old Ivy Manx sets out with her friends for the dangerous city of Rocamadour, where poison and the evil Tasters Guild rule, in the hopes of finding a door to the sisterland of Pimcaux and fulfilling a great and ancient prophecy.
15) Assassin
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Lady Grace mysteries from the daybookes of Lady Grace Cavendish volume the first
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2004.
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder mystery and clear the name of her betrothed.
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Poisons of Caux volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
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First edition.
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English
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With an army of scarecrows, a legion of birds, and her friends and uncle by her side, it is up to Ivy Manx to wage war against the evil Vidal Verjouce and the Tasters Guild, defeat her own father, and restore order to the plant world.
17) Poison's kiss
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[2017]
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First Edition.
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English
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In an alternate world based on the mythology of India, a girl trained since birth as a "poison maiden" in the Raja's service is ordered to kill a boy she loves.
18) Feud
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[2006]
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First edition.
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English
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When one of her fellow Ladies-in-Waiting becomes mysteriously ill, Lady Grace Cavendish suspects the cause is poison and sets out to learn who is responsible.
19) Poison potion
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Star friends volume 6
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
Do you believe in magic? Lottie and her friends do and when they meet the Star Animals, a whole world of adventure unfolds. The Star Friends still don't know who is using the woodland plants to create dark magic potions. Could it be the grumpy new school secretary? Meanwhile, Lottie's friend Essie is being mean at school and none of the adults want to go to work. The girls must combine their powers to unmask the potion-maker and defeat them once and...
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Roman mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2007.
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First American edition.
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English
Description
Eleven-year-old Flavia and her friends Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia are invited to visit Pulchra, who asks them to uncover who is trying to poison her mother.
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