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"Tucked into the mountains of North Wales, the village of Cwm Coed is bordered by a shimmering lake on one side and an army of pine trees on the other. But the tranquility is shattered when homegrown celebrity Rhys Lloyd returns to develop a luxury resort on the shore opposite the village. Old resentments begin to rise to the surface, and new tensions emerge between the locals and the outsiders. Still, when the resort throws open its doors for a New...
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive. Illustrated with vintage found photographs.
Author
Series
DC Morgan volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched...
4) Framed
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his tenth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.
6) Emlyn's moon
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Nia, the middle girl in a large Welsh family, discovers her own special artistic talent as she uncovers the dark secret shared by the Llewelyn and Griffiths families.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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To purge the anger from an ancient Welsh demonic god that he had helped release, and to soothe a moody, troubled soldier, Gwyn Griffiths draws on the strength of his namesake and ancestor in Welsh magic, Gwydion Gwyn.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane, an imprint of The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Artist and spa owner Penny Brannigan has been asked to organize a formal dinner to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended World War One. After dinner, the guests adjourn to the library for a private exhibition of the Black Chair, a precious piece of Welsh literary history awarded in 1917 to poet Hedd Wyn. But to the guests' shock, the newly restored bardic chair is missing. And then Penny discovers the rain-soaked body of a waiter."--
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English
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When Fiona Edwards first sees the lanky backpacker striding up the lane toward her award-winning farmhouse bed-and-breakfast in the remote mountains of North Wales, she's puzzled. She's used to unexpected strangers, but few arrive on foot. The man to whom she opens her door is middle-aged, unshaven, sweat-soaked … and arrestingly handsome. What neither of them knows at that moment is that their lives are about to change forever.
American Alec Hudson...
11) The winter witch
Author
Series
Shadow chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Mute fledgling witch Morgana is married for her safety to a kind farmer in the mountains of Wales before she is targeted by townspeople who are being manipulated by a dark force that compels Morgana to harness her powers.
12) The grey king
Author
Series
Dark is rising sequence volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Will Stanton, visiting in Wales, is swept into a desperate quest to find the golden harp and to awaken the ancient Sleepers.
Will Stanton arrives in North Wales and undertakes his call, as last-born of the Old Ones, to sound the golden harp and wake the Six Sleepers
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the...
14) Evan blessed
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Series
Constable Evans mysteries volume 9
Language
English
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Constable Evans is looking for a girl that disappeared while hiking on Mt. Snowdon, while preparations are being made for his wedding to Bronwen Price. A search fails to turn up the girl, but the police do find a bunker dug into the mountain, complete with survival supplies and chains and handcuffs. As the investigation continues, Evan receives an odd note, a threat in the form of music. When his fiancee goes missing, Evan is even more desperate to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Nathaniel and Aunt Phil are summoned to the Welsh countryside to calm the giant dragons known as wyverns, they suspect the problem was caused by the same sinister man who has been trying to steal the Book of Beasts.
Author
Series
Dark is rising sequence volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Welsh hills Will Stanton, youngest of the immortal Old Ones, joins forces with Merriman, Bran, and the mortal Drew children in a quest through space and time against the powers of evil known as the Dark.
The most ancient myths of Britain are evoked as Will and Bran search for the crystal sword that alone can vanquish the Dark.
17) Evan help us
Author
Series
Constable Evans mysteries volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A village in north Wales is split over a project to turn the ruins of a castle into a tourist attraction. The argument between economists and environmentalists leads to murders and Constable Evan Evans has work to do.
19) Longbow girl
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old expert archer Merry Owen is desperate to save her family's farm in Wales, in the shadow of the Black Castle, and when she finds a buried chest containing an ancient and hopefully valuable Welsh text, she hopes it will be the key to a fortune--and so it is, but not in the way she expected, for it sends her and her friend James de Courcy into past.
Author
Series
Secrets of the Isles volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Beth Tremayne stumbles across an old map, she pursues the excitement she's always craved. But her only way to piece together the clues is through Lord Sheridan-a man she insists stole a prized possession. As they follow the clues, they uncover a story of a piratical adventure, but the true treasure is the one they discover in one another"--
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