Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
By: Catherynne M. Valente
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A fantasy following a boy journeying away from the only home he’s ever known and into the magical r…
Want to Read $ 2.99"And feeling someone else's feelings...' Never replied softly. 'It's still lonely, but it's so much bigger than lonely. It's not hitting five people or one with the trolley but flying it off the tracks into the stars and sparing them all."-Catherynne M. Valente, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
"And feeling someone else's feelings...' Never replied softly. 'It's still lonely, but it's so much bigger than lonely. It's not hitting five people or one with the trolley but flying it off the tracks into the stars and sparing them all."-Catherynne M. Valente, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
"How dare they speak so unkindly of stories? Stories never did anything to them! Stories are only here to love you and look after you and show you a good time… Stories don’t even ask anything in return but not to have grape juice spilled on them, and, every once in a while, to be thought of fondly, years and years after you shut their covers."-Catherynne M. Valente, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
"How dare they speak so unkindly of stories? Stories never did anything to them! Stories are only here to love you and look after you and show you a good time… Stories don’t even ask anything in return but not to have grape juice spilled on them, and, every once in a while, to be thought of fondly, years and years after you shut their covers."-Catherynne M. Valente, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
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3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 208 pages,
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3.87
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
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3.20
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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2.50
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4.17
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4.09
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 128 pages, ebook
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4.20
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By: Frances Hardinge
4.10
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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4.07
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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3.69
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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By: T. Kingfisher
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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4.15
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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26. Cairn
By: Kathleen Jamie
4.34
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
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27. Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
By: Catherynne M. Valente
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A fantasy following a boy journeying away from the only home he’s ever known and into the magical r… read more
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"And feeling someone else's feelings...' Never replied softly. 'It's still lonely, but it's so much bigger than lonely. It's not hitting five people or one with the trolley but flying it off the track…"-Catherynne M. Valente, Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
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Format: 503 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.04
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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3.93
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
IN DARKNESS, A SONG CAN LEAD THE WAY. BEWARE WHICH ONE YOU LISTEN TO. Abeni's Song by award-winning… read more
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4.04
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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