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1) Fourth wing
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 29
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Description
"Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away ... because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans....
2) Dragon rider
Author
Series
Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 1
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
Description
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life. Includes an introduction by Maurice Sendak and "Celebrations of The Phantom Tollbooth" by various authors
Author
Series
Wicked years volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 25
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Description
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
6) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants -- rather than the BFG -- she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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Description
A magical debut novel for readers ofNaomi Novik s Uprooted , Erin Morgenstern s The Night Circus , and Neil Gaiman s myth-rich fantasies, The Bear and the Nightingale spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn t mind she spends the winter nights huddled around the...
8) Willodeen
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
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Description
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway - a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for...
11) Piranesi
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an...
13) Ruin and rising
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Description
The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. A weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
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Description
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, becomes a thief for a band of dwarves and soon finds himself in the midst of a war with the evil goblins and wargs, and forced to make a decision between the call of duty and the pull of the simple life.
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 5
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Presents the final installment in the fantasy series about the adventures of the Grace kids, as they battle dwarves and goblins in a desperate fight to free their mom from the clutches of the evil ogre, Mulgarath"--NovelListPlus.
17) Mexican Gothic
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Description
"The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a darkly enchanting reimagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a spirited young woman discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico"--
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find--her...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Description
"A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. This is the story of a young woman's struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon's most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman--and in a kingdom where the status of one's ancestors dictates their social position, the...
19) The choice
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Description
"The conclusion of the epic trilogy. Talamh is a land of green hills, high mountains, deep forests, and seas, where magicks thrive. But portals allow for passage in and out-and ultimately, each must choose their place, and choose between good and evil, war and peace, life and death... Breen Siobhan Kelly grew up in the world of Man and was once unaware of her true nature. Now she is in Talamh, trying to heal after a terrible battle and heartbreaking...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Five New Yorkers must come together in order to save their city from destruction in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. When a young man crosses the bridge into New York City, something changes. He doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even...