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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protege of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold"--
2) Scorpia
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 5
Language
English
Description
After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English school children.
4) Darkwood
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A clever and fearless orphan endures increasing danger while trying to escape from greedy, lawless men and elude the terrifying "kinderstalks"--animals who steal children--before discovering her true destiny.
Author
Series
Sky fall series volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten years after surviving the tornado that killed his parents, Vane Weston, now seventeen, has no memory of that fateful day but dreams of a beautiful girl who, he now learns, is not only real, she is his guardian sylph, who harnesses the power of the wind.
Author
Series
Alfred Kropp volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenage misfit Alfred Kropp, the last descendant of Sir Lancelot, is drawn back into the OIPEP to battle a group of demons bent on freeing themselves from the confines of an ancient relic.
7) Forbidden
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orphaned Josie is sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the rocky, stormy northwest coast of Scotland. Everything and everyone in her new surroundings, including her relatives, is sinister, threatening, and mysterious. She's told that Eli, the young man she's attracted to, is forbidden to her, but not why. Determined to learn the village's secrets, Josie discovers evil fueled by heartless greed, as well as a ghostly presence eager for revenge. Some...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a nearly full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit based in Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn, disguised as a poor apprentice builder, must brave the sinister underworld of Victorian London in order to unmask a murderer.
9) Everland
Author
Series
Everland volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
London is a ruin, destroyed by German bombs, ravaged by the Horologia virus, and ruled by the ruthless Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer, whose Marauders search for and seize the children who are immune to the virus in the hope that their blood will produce a cure--their latest victim is sixteen-year-old Gwen Darling's younger sister and Gwen will do anything to get her back, even join up with Pete and his gang of Lost Boys living in a city hidden...
Author
Series
White rabbit chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Alice Bell must learn to fight the undead to avenge her family and learn to trust Cole Holland who has secrets of his own.
12) The storyteller
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard's clutches and out of their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book -- the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present, and future -- tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a boy --Archer -- and Sefia will stop at nothing to ensure his safety. The Guard has already stolen her mother, her father, and her Aunt Nin. Sefia would sooner die than let...
14) Snakehead
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 7
Language
English
Description
While working with the Australian Secret Service on a dangerous mission, teenaged spy Alex Rider uncovers information about his parents.
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 10
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
372, 6, 29 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became a spy.
16) Point Blank
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 2
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
Author
Series
The Princess in the Opal Mask volume 1
Publisher
Running Press Teens
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
351 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Orphaned as a child in the crumbling village of Tulan, Elara is determined to learn her true identity, even if it means wielding a dagger. Meanwhile, in Galandria's royal capital, Princess Wilha stands out as someone to either worship or fear. Though no one knows why, the king has always made her conceal her face--including Wilha herself"--Page 4 of cover.
18) Ark angel
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 6
Language
English
Description
After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.
19) Eagle Strike
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 4
Language
English
Description
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
20) The crow
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First U.S. paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 511 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a brief reunion with his lost sister Maered, who continues to pursue her dangerous destiny in the frozen North, orphaned Hem is sent south to Turbansk for safety but, as the armies of the Dark overrun the city, he flees with his mentor Saliman, his white crow Irc, and the orphan girl Zelika to join the resistance forces of the Light and finally learn his role in his sister's quest.
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