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XTreme Picks for March

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book jacketThe Crow by Alison Croggon.  After a brief reunion with his lost sister Maered, who continues to pursue her dangerous destiny in the frozen North, orphaned Hem is sent south to Turbansk for safety but, as the armies of the Dark overrun the city, he flees with his mentor Saliman, hiswhite crow Irc, and the orphan girl Zelika to join the resistance forces of the Light and finally learn his role in his sister's quest.

book jacketStandard Hero Behavior by John David Anderson.  When fifteen-year-old Mason Quayle finds out that their town of Darlington is about to be attacked by orcs, goblins, ogres, and trolls, he goes in search of some heroes to save the day.


book jacketProm Nights From Hell: Paranormal Prom Stories by Five Extraordinary Authors by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer and Lauren Myracle.  Presents five stories about proms where unexpected events take a turn for the worse, offering up everything from fledgling superheroes to grim reapers to a creepy update on the classic three-wishes-gone-bad tale.

book jacketThe Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins.  When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce.

Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives Volume 1 by Ellen Schreiber.  Big problems arise when goth-girl Raven and her vampire boyfriend Alexander discover four freshly dug graves filled with empty coffins. When a crew of vampires takes up residence in Dullsville's graveyard, Alexander finds that they are led by his very own blood-sucking cousin, Claude Sterling. Claude and his creepy crew can only mean trouble, especially when Raven finds them in daylight in the very last place she could ever imagine…

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