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1) Iron flame
Author
Series
Empyrean volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College--Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance....
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...
3) Cherish
Author
Series
Crave (Wolff) volume 6
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
"It's been over three months since my friends and I took down Cyrus. Three months where my biggest fear was what paper was due next... But I should have known it was too good to last. Now everything is falling apart. The Vampire Court has no king, the Dragon Court has no heart, and the Gargoyle Court has me--a teenager in way over her head. And it's the worst possible timing, because a threat is brewing just as the Circle is collapsing. I have no...
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Series
Blood and Ash volume 5
Language
English
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Description
"A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone--the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come. But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could...
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Series
Witches of West Harbor volume 1
Language
English
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"In her teenage years, lovelorn Jessica Gold cast a spell that went disastrously wrong, and brought her all the wrong kind of attention--as well as a lifetime ban from the World Council of Witches. So no one is more surprised than Jess when, fifteen years later, tall, handsome WCW member Derrick Winters shows up in her quaint little village of West Harbor and claims that Jess is the Chosen One. Not chosen by West Harbor's snobby elite to style them...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Some say that Rae Winter walking away from the car crash that killed her dad is a miracle. Matthew Watts knows that the devil, Lucifer himself, can mark a soul about to pass on, sending it back to the land of the living to carry out his evil will. Matt has grown up helping his father hunt anyone who has this mark. They find these people-- and exterminate them. Rae Winter will be Matt's first solo project. Then he meets her, makes friends with her....
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English
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Six months have passed since Célie took her sacred vows and joined the ranks of the Chasseurs as their first huntswoman. With her fiancé, Jean Luc, as captain, she is determined to find her foothold in her new role and help protect Belterra. But whispers from her past still haunt her, and a new evil is rising--one that Célie herself must vanquish, unless she falls prey to the darkness.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure. Martin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles--against pure evil"--
Martin, his...
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English
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"Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she's had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad--Emrys Myrddin's epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him--is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin's family announces a contest to redesign the late author's estate, Effy feels certain it's her destiny. But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an...
Author
Series
Data Set volume 10
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Bunsen goes up against his ultimate nemesis, Dr. Von Naysayer, to settle their long-standing feud, once and for all.
11) Yami-hara
Author
Publisher
Yen On, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After a quiet boy named Kaname joins the class, Mio reaches out to him, hoping to help the odd boy settle into his new environment, but when he starts showing up at her house all the time, she begins to be frightened of some nameless wickedness.
Author
Series
Publisher
7th Generation
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
After Billy Buckhorn survives being struck by lightning, he is left with extraordinary visions and psychic insights. When his deceased grandmother conveys a message to him, Billy realizes that his special powers will be used to defeat the ancient evil threatening his Cherokee Nation.
13) Persona 5
Author
Series
Persona 5 volume 9
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]-
Language
English
Description
After being arrested and having to transfer to a new high school in Tokyo, Akira Kurusu is given the goal of rehabilitation and awakened to a new power--the power of one's true self, a Persona. Using his Persona and the mysterious navigation app Momentos, Akira and his friends take on the role of phantom thieves, saving people from the twisted desires of those around them.
Author
Series
Bone Orchard Mythos volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Trish and Jackie are best friends and avid gamers. But when the line between reality and their fantasy world is blurred by an evil darkness, can they be the heroes of their own story?
Author
Series
Loresmith volume 3
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ara and her companions are separated, and the world is in danger. The evil Vokkans are continuing their conquest of Saetlund and the world Ara is meant to protect. The only thing that can stop the wizards and the destroyer, Vokk, is Ara and her Loreknights. But she still has many to find. Teth is captured--thrown into prison with none other than their betrayer, Prince Eamon. While he struggles with a shocking secret from his past, he must determine...
16) The bad guys
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as these guys: dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master of disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused 'muscle' Mr. Piranha, and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka 'Webs.' But when, after years of countless heists and being the world's most-wanted...
17) Murtagh
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
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"The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air--and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia....
Author
Series
Pilar Ramirez duology volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
In the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Pilar helps Ciguapa and Carmen hunt for the escaped demon El Baca and his mysterious new ally. Now, facing the threat of an ancient enemy, Pilar must harness her bruja powers in order to save Zafa and her family.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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2023 Winter Kit Reading List - Middle School
Children's New Books: May 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: 7th Grade 2023
Read in Full Bloom: Middle Schoolers
Children's New Books: May 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: 7th Grade 2023
Read in Full Bloom: Middle Schoolers
Description
When ghoulish creatures kill twelve-year-old Asha's guardian, her dying words launch Asha on a quest to stop an ancient evil, and along the way, she uncovers shocking secrets about the family she never knew and begins to find her place in the world as she discovers her own untapped powers.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 18
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
In this 18th installment of the hilarious series, someone's found her voice and has A LOT to say as these wannabe heroes do good deeds--whether you like it or not.
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