TY  - BOOK
AU  - Monsef, Kiyash,
TI  - Once There Was
SN  - 9781398520448
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2023///.
CY  - London, UK : 
PB  - Simon & Schuster Children's Books, 
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Veterinary hospitals
KW  - Magic
KW  - Unicorns
KW  - Animals, Mythical
KW  - Iranian Americans
KW  - US & CAN fantasy fiction
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - Juvenile works
N1  - Ages 10 and Up
N2  - Once was, once wasn't... So began the stories Marjan's father told her as a little girl -- tales of mythical beasts that filled her with curiosity and wonder: Griffons. Unicorns. Dragons. But Marjan is not a little girl anymore. After her father's sudden death, she is trying to hold it all together: her schoolwork, her friendships and her dad's struggling veterinary practice. But a mysterious visitor soon reveals that Marjan's father was no ordinary vet. The creatures from his stories are real -- and he travelled the world to care for them. Stepping into a secret world hidden in plain sight, where magical creatures are bought and sold, treasured and trapped, Marjan must take her father's place. The deeper in she gets, the closer she comes to a shocking truth that will put both humans and beasts in terrible danger
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