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1) Sabriel
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
Author
Series
Bone witch volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tea is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy makes her a bone witch, who are feared and ostracized in the kingdom. For theirs is a powerful, elemental magic that can reach beyond the boundaries of the living -- and of the human. Great power comes at a price, forcing Tea to leave her homeland to train under the guidance of an older, wiser bone witch. There, Tea puts all of her energy into becoming an asha, learning...
Author
Series
Realm breaker volume 1
Language
English
Description
"A strange darkness grows in Allward. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. She soon discovers the truth. She is the last of an ancient lineage--and the last hope to save the world from destruction. But she won't be alone. Even as darkness falls, she is joined by a band of unlikely companions: a squire, forced to choose between home and honor, an immortal, avenging a broken promise, an assassin,...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition, Special rehearsal edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 327 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
As an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father, Harry Potter struggles with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs while his youngest son, Albus, finds the weight of the family legacy difficult to bear.
5) Interworld
Author
Series
Interworld novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Vega Jane and her enemy, the sorcerer Necro, are on a collision course that will determine the future of their world --
Author
Series
Faerie Wars chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Henry Atherton, his faerie prince friend Pyrgus, and Pyrgus's fearless sister, Holly Blue, return in this fantastic adventure to save the Faerie Realm from the evil Hairstreak and his henchmen, Chalkhill and Brimstone. With the help of forest faeries, some silk mistresses, a sewer-dwelling creature of unknown dimensions, and additional creatures magical and otherwise, the three intrepid young friends find their way from exile back to the home they...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This prequel to the Old Kingdom series tells the story of how Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, met.
In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, Elinor's only...
Author
Series
Interworld novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, sixteen-year-old Joey Harker and his fellow InterWorld freedom fighters embark on a mission to maintain peace between the rival powers of magic and science who seek to control all worlds.
10) Super human
Author
Series
Quantum prophecy volume 4
Language
English
Description
A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is transported from four thousand years in the past to enslave the modern world.
11) The Skeleth
Author
Series
Nethergrim trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
390 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Edmund, innkeeper's son and would-be wizard, calls on his friends Katherine and Tom to help stop the Skeletheerie, otherworldly beings said to be unstoppable in battle.
12) The Nethergrim
Author
Series
Nethergrim trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
356 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An evil force has been awakened from years of sleep and it is up to fourteen-year-old Edmund, an aspiring sorcerer, and his friends to stop it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Breathing Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition: November 2015.
Physical Desc
441 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jacob Reckless continues to travel the portal in his father's abandoned study. His name has continued to be famous on the other side of the mirror, as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. His family and friends, from his brother, Will to the shape-shifting vixen, Fox, are on a collision course as the two worlds become connected. Who is driving these two worlds together and why is he always a step ahead? This new force isn't limiting its...
14) Powerless
Author
Series
Hero agenda volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kenna feels inferior because everyone else has some talent or power, so when villains break into the lab where she interns she will not let criminals steal the research that will make her extraordinary too, but secrets are spilled and one of the villains saves her life, leading her to think about good and evil, heroes and villains, and what it means to be powerful and powerless.
15) The limping man
Author
Series
Salt trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
195 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Limping Man, who controls minds for evil purposes, and his army invade Blood Burrow, Hana flees into the woods for safety, where she joins a group who wants to confront and destroy him before he takes over the world.
16) The Vindico
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When supervillains of the Vindico realize they are getting too old to fight the League of Heroes, they kidnap and begin training five teens, but James, Lana, Hayden, Emily, and Sam will not become the next generation of evil without a fight.
17) Atlantis rising
Author
Series
Atlantis saga (T.A. Barron) volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
371 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The young thief Promi and the forest girl Atlanta battle evil and in the process bring about the creation of Atlantis.
18) V is for villain
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Brad Baron and his friends discover dangerous secrets about the superheroes running their society"--
19) Oblivion
Author
Series
Gatekeepers (Anthony Horowitz) volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fatima lives in the city of Noor, on the Silk Road, which is currently protected by the Ifrit, djinn of order and reason, from attacks by the violent and ruthless Shayateen djinn--but Fatima was infused with the fire of the Ifrit who died saving her when she was four years old, and when one of the most important Ifrit dies she finds herself drawn into the intrigues of the court, the affairs of the djinn, and the very real dangers of a magical battlefield....
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