The Museum of Extraordinary Things (42 page)

ALSO BY ALICE HOFFMAN

The Dovekeepers

The Red Garden

The Story Sisters

The Third Angel

Skylight Confessions

The Ice Queen

Blackbird House

The Probable Future

Blue Diary

The River King

Local Girls

Here on Earth

Practical Magic

Second Nature

Turtle Moon

Seventh Heaven

At Risk

Illumination Night

Fortune’s Daughter

White Horses

Angel Landing

The Drowning Season

Property Of

YOUNG ADULT NOVELS

Green Heart: Green Angel & Green Witch

Green Witch

Incantation

The Foretelling

Green Angel

Water Tales: Aquamarine & Indigo

Indigo

Aquamarine

NONFICTION

Survival Lessons

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