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Cover of Compulsion by Martina Boone

Compulsion

2014·433 pages·young adult

folklore mythic fiction

After the death of her disfigured, shut-in mother, Barrie Watson moves to her aunt's South Carolina plantation, which is guarded by an ancient spirit who cursed one of the island's three founding families and gave the others magical gifts that become compulsions.

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Compulsion

Year

2014

Pages

433

Audience

young adult

Fantasy Horror Mystery Romance

Tags

folklore mythic fiction

Description

After the death of her disfigured, shut-in mother, Barrie Watson moves to her aunt's South Carolina plantation, which is guarded by an ancient spirit who cursed one of the island's three founding families and gave the others magical gifts that become compulsions.

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