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2401) A warning about swans
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bavaria. 1880. Hilde was dreamed into existence by the god Odin, and along with her five sisters, granted cloaks that transform them into swans. Hilde's gift connects her to the souls of dying creatures and forces her to shepherd them into the afterlife-- the "Other Wood." While guiding the soul of a hawk to the Other Wood, Hilde meets Baron Maximilian von Richter, whose father was once a favorite of the king and left him no inheritance. Intrigued...
2402) Breakup from hell
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Fans of Undead Girl Gang and The Babysitters Coven will love Breakup from Hell, a witty YA rom-com with a supernatural twist, starring horror novel obsessed Mica Angeles, who discovers the guy she fell for comes straight out of one of her beloved books. Miguela Angeles is tired. Tired of her abuela keeping secrets, especially about her heritage. Tired of her small Vermont town and hanging out at the same places with the same friends she's known forever....
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 9
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Cutthroat pirate James Bartholomew, who longs to return to Neverland where he was taken as a child, gets his wish with the help of the Odd Sisters and a bit of magic, but soon he discovers the high price he must pay.
The 9th book in the New York Times bestselling Villains series tells the tale of the rise and fall of the infamous pirate, Captain Hook--a boy who grew up.
Before Peter Pan and Wendy. Before the Lost Boys. There was just a boy named...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sid lives in a tourist town where magic lies buried beneath the earth, but other than that, has a completely ordinary existence, until one day her brother goes missing and the ground opens up, unleashing the magic and zombies within.
Sid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over one of the fault lines that seal magic away from the world. Meanwhile, all Sid has to deal with...
Author
Series
Secretos del inmortal Nicolas Flamel volume 4
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
Español
Description
Despues de huir a Ojai a Pars̕ y escaparse de Londres, Josh y Sophie Newman estǹ, por fin, en casa. Sin embargo, no todo est s̀olucionado: ninguno de los dos ha conseguido la pericia mg̀ica que necesitan para protegerse de los Oscuros Inmemoriales. Han perdido a Scatty y el doctor John Dee todava̕ anda tras ellos. Por otro lado, Dee tambiň tiene problemas: quiere recuperar el Libro de Abraham completo y necesita la ayuda de los Arcontes. Para...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: January 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Description
Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh...
Author
Series
Key hunters volume Books 1 & 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Mysterious Moonstone: Neither Cleo nor Evan like the new school librarian, Ms. Crowley, but they are very curious about where she disappears to at the back of the library, so one day they follow her--and find a secret door, a magical library full of locked books, and a letter from the previous librarian telling them that she is trapped somewhere between the covers of one of the enchanted books, and they must travel through the stories in order...
Author
Series
Secretos del inmortal Nicolas Flamel volume 2
Publisher
Rocabolsillo
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
Español
Description
After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Nicollo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He's after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenell. For every day spent without the Book of Abraham the Mage,...
Author
Series
Nguyen kids volume 2
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: February 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Description
"A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Spontaneous and energetic Liz, the middle Nguyen sibling, grew up hearing stories from her Grandma Nội about the fantastically fierce Trung Sisters, freedom fighters in ancient Vietnam. And with a new school year about to start, Liz is determined...
Author
Series
Publisher
Huang guan wen hua chu ban you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Harry Potter, now a sixth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to Apparate, receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince, and searches for the full story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort in order to discover any possible vulnerability that could help defeat him.
Author
Series
Wanda Seasongood volume 1
Publisher
Disney * HYPERION
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Wanda hates her little brother, Zane. But don't judge her for it--Zane is an absolute terror, and her parents blame Wanda for his monstrous behavior. On her eleventh birthday, Wanda makes a wish: to find her true family, because she knows deep down that this one can't be hers. She gets a surprise visit from a talking bluebird named Voltaire who seems wise and confirms her suspicion that someone has been meddling with her life. He knows the secret...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Salamandra
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 36
Language
Español
Description
La fecha crucial se acerca. Cuando cumpla diecisiete años, Harry perderá el encantamiento protector que lo mantiene a salvo. El anunciado enfrentamiento a muerte con lord Voldemort es inminente, y la casi imposible misión de encontrar y destruir los restantes Horrocruxes más urgente que nunca. Ha llegado la hora final, el momento de tomar las decisiones más difíciles. Harry debe abandonar la calidez y seguridad de La Madriguera para seguir sin...
2413) The wicked bargain
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Mar, a transmasculine Latinx pirate hiding magical abilities, must learn to use their magia to save their papá and newfound pirate familia from losing their souls to el Diablo.
On Mar León de la Rosa's sixteenth birthday, el Diablo comes calling. Mar is a transmasculine nonbinary teen pirate hiding a magical ability to manipulate fire and ice. But their magic isn't enough to reverse a wicked bargain made by their father, and now...
2414) Magic marks the spot
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"When Hilary Westfield escapes Miss Pim's finishing school to join a misfit pirate crew, she embarks on an unexpectedly magical swashbuckling, plank-walking, searfaring journey"--
2415) Skulduggery Pleasant
Author
Series
Skulduggery Pleasant volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Odyssey Award for Audiobook Recording
Children's Genre: Adventure Books for Middle Schoolers
Children's Read Alikes: Percy Jackson
Children's Genre: Adventure Books for Middle Schoolers
Children's Read Alikes: Percy Jackson
Formats
Description
"Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking skeleton of a dead sorcerer..."--
2416) The last fallen realm
Author
Series
Gifted clans volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirteen year-old Riley was not born to be a leader, but the magical community thinks she and her adopted brother, Dahl, are meant to lead the world into the Age of the Final Eclipse, so no------w the one thing Riley must do is believe in herself.
2417) Our vengeful souls
Author
Publisher
CamCat Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When magical mermaid Sereia saves her little sister and overshadows her brother and the sea's rightful heir, Triton, the position of next ruler of the sea is in question. Determined to keep his throne, Triton curses Sereia, transforming her into a human and stripping her of magic. Banishing her from their underwater kingdom, he gives her a final warning: if you should ever return, you will become a monster. Left for dead, Sereia washes up on the shores...
2418) The Bane chronicles
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in The Mortal Instruments series.
2419) The serpent's fury
Author
Series
Royal guide to monster slaying volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Rowan faces her most dangerous monster-slaying challenge yet, confronting what could be the most infamous monster of all, in the third book in this fantastical series by New York Times bestselling author, Kelley Armstrong. Rowan is Tamarel's Royal Monster Hunter, and her twin brother, Rhydd, will be its king. After the events of The Gryphon's Lair, Rowan, along with her friends, her brother and an entourage of monstrous companions, makes her way...
2420) Rust in the root
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided--between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been rebuilding for a better future. And everyone knows the future is industry and technology--otherwise known as Mechomancy--not the traditional mystical arts. Laura disagrees....
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