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* AHeroIsBorn: In the prologue of the first book, Oksas father sees his new-born daughter for the first time.

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* AHeroIsBorn: In the prologue of the first book, Oksas Oksa's father sees his new-born daughter for the first time.



* BittersweetEnding: The whole series has one: [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]]
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Zelda was posessed by [=McGraw=]]] in the second book.
* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.

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* BittersweetEnding: The whole series has one: [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé Zo&eacute now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]]
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Zelda was posessed possessed by [=McGraw=]]] in the second book.
* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something anything, he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.
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''Oksa Pollock'' is an french UrbanFantasy series written by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf. It was translated into German and English.

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''Oksa Pollock'' is an french French UrbanFantasy series written by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf. It was translated into German and English.




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* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Zelda was posessed by McGraw]] in the second book.

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* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Zelda was posessed by McGraw]] [=McGraw=]]] in the second book.
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* ActionGirl: Oksa.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Tugdual is the bad boy to Oksa.
* ChildhoodFriends: Oksa and Gus.

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%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Tugdual is the bad boy to Oksa.
%% * ChildhoodFriends: Oksa and Gus.



* {{Cliffhanger}}/SequelHook: Almost every book of the series ends with one.
** ''L'Inespérée''/''The Last Hope'': It looks like Orthon is defeated and that the runaways are safe for now [[spoiler: until his son picks the parts of him who were turned into an black hole up and disappears.]]
** ''La forêt des égarés''/''The Forest of Lost Souls'': [[spoiler: The Runaways make it out of the painting but they realize that Marie was kidnapped]]
** ''La dernière étoile'': [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]] The aftermath of this ending is shown in the sequel series ''Literature/{{Tugdual}}''
* CrazyJealousGuy: Gus is jealous because of the friendship between Oksa and Tugdual.
* BettyAndVeronica: Gus (Betty) and Tugdual (Veronica) for Oksa. Merlin can also count as a Betty

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* {{Cliffhanger}}/SequelHook: Almost every book of the series ends with one.
** ''L'Inespérée''/''The Last Hope'': It looks like Orthon is defeated and that the runaways are safe for now [[spoiler: until his son picks the parts of him who were turned into an black hole up and disappears.]]
** ''La forêt des égarés''/''The Forest of Lost Souls'': [[spoiler: The Runaways make it out of the painting but they realize that Marie was kidnapped]]
** ''La dernière étoile'': [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]] The aftermath of this ending is shown in the sequel series ''Literature/{{Tugdual}}''
%% * CrazyJealousGuy: Gus is jealous because of the friendship between Oksa and Tugdual.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Gus (Betty) and Tugdual (Veronica) for Oksa. Merlin can also count as a Betty



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* SwitchingPOV: Although the most chapters are told by Oksa there are also chapters told by other characters.
* TheLastTitle: ''The Last Hope''

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* SwitchingPOV: Although the most chapters are told by Oksa Oksa, there are also chapters told by other characters.
* TheLastTitle: ''The Last Hope''Hope'',



* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Especially in the first book many magical abilities or animals are introduced in the moment they are needed.

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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Especially in the first book book, many magical abilities or animals are introduced in the moment they are needed.needed.
* SequelHook: Almost every book of the series ends with one.
** ''L'Inespérée''/''The Last Hope'': It looks like Orthon is defeated and that the runaways are safe for now [[spoiler: until his son picks the parts of him who were turned into an black hole up and disappears.]]
** ''La forêt des égarés''/''The Forest of Lost Souls'': [[spoiler: The Runaways make it out of the painting but they realize that Marie was kidnapped]]
** ''La dernière étoile'': [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]] The aftermath of this ending is shown in the sequel series ''Literature/{{Tugdual}}''
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* DefiniteArticleTitle: The original titles of the books and their English translations of the titles (exept the one of ''Tainted Bonds'' of course).



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* {{Cliffhanger}}/SequelHook: Almost every book of the series ends with one.
** ''L'Inespérée''/''The Last Hope'': It looks like Orthon is defeated and that the runaways are safe for now [[spoiler: until his son picks the parts of him who were turned into an black hole up and disappears.]]
** ''La forêt des égarés''/''The Forest of Lost Souls'': [[spoiler: The Runaways make it out of the painting but they realize that Marie was kidnapped]]
** ''La dernière étoile'': [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]] The aftermath of this ending is shown in the sequel series ''Literature/{{Tugdual}}''



* SequelHook: Almost every book of the series ends with one.
** ''L'Inespérée''/''The Last Hope'': It looks like Orthon is defeated and that the runaways are safe for now [[spoiler: until his son picks the parts of him who were turned into an black hole up and disappears.]]
** ''La forêt des égarés''/''The Forest of Lost Souls'': [[spoiler: The Runaways make it out of the painting but they realize that Marie was kidnapped]]
** ''La dernière étoile'': [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]] The aftermath of this ending is shown in the sequel series ''Literature/{{Tugdual}}''

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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Oksa falls in love with her childhood friend gus.

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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Oksa falls in love with her childhood friend gus.Gus.


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* BittersweetEnding: The whole series has one: [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]]


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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Especially in the first book many magical abilities or animals are introduced in the moment they are needed.
* SequelHook: Almost every book of the series ends with one.
** ''L'Inespérée''/''The Last Hope'': It looks like Orthon is defeated and that the runaways are safe for now [[spoiler: until his son picks the parts of him who were turned into an black hole up and disappears.]]
** ''La forêt des égarés''/''The Forest of Lost Souls'': [[spoiler: The Runaways make it out of the painting but they realize that Marie was kidnapped]]
** ''La dernière étoile'': [[spoiler: Orthon dies and Oksa and most of her friends and allies return to Edefia, but Tugdual and Zoé now suffer from a curse which forces them to kill everyone who loves them which is the main reason why both of them don't want to live the rest of their lives in Edefia.]] The aftermath of this ending is shown in the sequel series ''Literature/{{Tugdual}}''

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Tugdual is the bad boy to Oksa.
* ChildhoodFriends: Oksa and Gus.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Oksa falls in love with her childhood friend gus.



* LoveDodecahedron: It started all with a simple love triangle between Oksa, Tugdual and Gus until it was revealed that Merlin was secretly in love with Oksa in the second book. Zoé is also in love with Gus.

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* LoveDodecahedron: It started all with a simple love triangle between Oksa, Tugdual and Gus until it was revealed that Merlin was secretly in love with Oksa in the second book. Zoé is also in love with Gus. It was also implied that Gus fell in love with Tugduals cousin Kukka [[spoiler: while Oksa was in Edefia in the third and fourth book]]
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* Grand Theft Me: [[spoiler: Zelda was posessed by McGraw]] in the second book.

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* Grand Theft Me: GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Zelda was posessed by McGraw]] in the second book.
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* Grand Theft Me: [[spoiler: Zelda was posessed by McGraw]] in the second book.
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* SwitchingPOV: Although the most chapters are told by Oksa there are also chapters told by other characters.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Gus (Betty) and Tugdual (Veronica) for Oksa. [[spoiler: Merlin can also count as a Betty]]

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* BettyAndVeronica: Gus (Betty) and Tugdual (Veronica) for Oksa. [[spoiler: Merlin can also count as a Betty]]Betty



* LoveDodecahedron: It started all with a simple love triangle between Oksa, Tugdual and Gus until it was revealed that [[spoiler: Merlin]] was secretly in love with Oksa in the second book.

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* LoveDodecahedron: It started all with a simple love triangle between Oksa, Tugdual and Gus until it was revealed that [[spoiler: Merlin]] Merlin was secretly in love with Oksa in the second book.book. Zoé is also in love with Gus.
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* TheLastTitle: ''The Last Hope''



* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Gus is a boy who can't use the magical abilitys of the people from Edefia (but he knows about Edefia because he was adopted by descendants of people from Edefia) and Tugdual has the magical abilitys. Oksa has to choose between them.

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* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Gus is a boy who can't use the magical abilitys of the people from Edefia (but he knows about Edefia because he was adopted by descendants of people from Edefia) and Tugdual has the magical abilitys. Oksa has to choose between them.them.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Gus is jealous because of the friendship between Oksa and Tugdual.

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* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Gus (Betty) and Tugdual (Veronica) for Oksa. [[spoiler: Merlin can also count as a Betty]]
* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.
* LoveDodecahedron: It started all with a simple love triangle between Oksa, Tugdual and Gus until it was revealed that [[spoiler: Merlin]] was secretly in love with Oksa in the second book.
* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Gus is a boy who can't use the magical abilitys of the people from Edefia (but he knows about Edefia because he was adopted by descendants of people from Edefia) and Tugdual has the magical abilitys. Oksa has to choose between
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* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.
* TheLastTitle: ''The Last Hope''
* TheTheTitle: The english translations of the titles (exept the one of ''Tainted Bonds'' of course).
** The original titles are also a part of this trope. They all use the french articles La, Le and Les.

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* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.
* TheLastTitle: ''The Last Hope''
* TheTheTitle: The english translations of the titles (exept the one of ''Tainted Bonds'' of course).
** The original titles are also a part of this trope. They all use the french articles La, Le and Les.
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* TheTheTitle: The english translations of the titles (exept the one of ''Tainted Bonds'' of course).

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* TheTheTitle: The english translations of the titles (exept the one of ''Tainted Bonds'' of course).course).
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* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.

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* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.them.
* TheLastTitle: ''The Last Hope''
* TheTheTitle: The english translations of the titles (exept the one of ''Tainted Bonds'' of course).
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* AHeroIsBorn: In the prologue, Oksas father sees his new-born daughter for the first time.

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* AHeroIsBorn: In the prologue, prologue of the first book, Oksas father sees his new-born daughter for the first time.
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[[caption-width-right:323:The english cover of the first book]]
''Oksa Pollock'' is an french UrbanFantasy series written by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf. It was translated into German and English.

It follows the story of the thirteen year old Oksa Pollock who moved from Paris to London with her family. There she learns the secret of her family:
They once lived in an magical world called Edefia which was ruled by Oksas great-grandmother. After some bad decisions of her, a few people tried to take over Edefia and Oksas grandmother had to flee with some friends (but without her mother) to our world. Now Oksa is the only hope for her family (and also other people from Edefia who aren't related to her) to get back to Edefia.

The series has six volumes:
* ''L'Inespérée'' (2007)
* ''La forêt des égarés'' (2010)
* ''Le coeur des deux mondes'' (2011)
* ''Les liens maudits'' (2012)
* ''Le règne des félons'' (2012)
* ''La dernière étoile'' (2013)

The first four volumes were already released in English by Pushkin Press:
* ''The Last Hope'' (2013)
* ''The Forest of Lost Souls'' (2014)
* ''The Heart of Two Worlds'' (2015)
* ''Tainted Bonds'' (2016)

It is planned to make a movie out of the series.

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* ActionGirl: Oksa.
* AHeroIsBorn: In the prologue, Oksas father sees his new-born daughter for the first time.
* HollywoodSatanism: Part of the backstory of Tugdual. Although he hasn't killed virgins or something he used to make clichéd satanic rituals (like drinking blood) with his friends because they hoped they could gain some magical powers. He wasn't very pleased after he learned that he in fact has magical powers and he just had to wait until he reached a certain age to use them.

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