![]() ![]() ![]() Then Kat meets Isadora, a new girl in town who challenges Kat to reexamine those expectations, opens her eyes to the possibility that ghosts are real, and makes her question who she truly wants to be. But Kat dreams of a life outside Sleepy Hollow. As a descendant of the original Katrina van Tassel, Kat knows she’s expected to fulfill her ancestor’s legacy by someday marrying her longtime boyfriend and running the prestigious family estate. The two-hundredth anniversary of the Headless Horseman’s legendary haunting of Sleepy Hollow is approaching, but Kat van Tassel wants nothing to do with the town’s superstitious celebrations. From the New York Times best-selling author of Disney’s Villains series comes a ghostly new stand-alone novel that reimagines The Legend of Sleepy Hollow through the eyes of a modern teen. ![]()
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If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the 12 x 12 forum.Īll of today’s good news was submitted before September 1st. ![]() ![]() In fact, Stewart is pointing past me toward the border this property shares with its suburban neighbors. I start to speak, but Stewart turns to me, points, and I am instantly covered in verdure, a green man carrying a notebook. ![]() Bourbon and damask and species roses leap onto arbors, and stately peonies march in rows down to the sea. Stewart waves with an open palm toward bare ground in the middle distance, and beds of fritillaries and Higo irises and Von Rebay poppies burst forth, blooming in clamorous sequence. Rows of heavily laden fruit trees suddenly spring from sloping hillsides, and in the wet bottom lands shade gardens appear. 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