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1) The familiar
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
5) Exile
Author
Series
Guardians of the Ga'Hoole volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
King Jaron has taken the throne of Carthya, but after an attempt to assassinate him and with a invasion threat, he finds that he has no friends in the palace, not even his bride-to-be, princess Amarinda.
Author
Series
Dorothy must die. Main series volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Amy, continuing her efforts to free an oppressed Oz, discovers harrowing truths about her mission, Oz's past, and a growing danger that threatens her Kansas home.
Author
Series
Guardians of the Ga'Hoole volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While Coryn and his comapnions journey to a wintery realm where mysterious owls live, the king becomes the target of an assassination plot and it is up to Primrose and Eglantine to save them.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece for fans of Jennifer Saint and Natalie Haynes, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to those who wronged her"--
Madeline Miller's Circe meets Cersei Lannister in a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen. As...
13) El conquistador
Author
Publisher
B Maxi
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Ningún soberano gobernó en España tanto tiempo como él, ninguno ganó tantas batallas, ninguno conquistó tantos reinos como Jaime I el Conquistador, rey de Aragón, de Valencia y de Mallorca, conde de Barcelona y de Urgel, señor de Montpellier. Esta es su prodigiosa historia, su asombrosa vida de novela, su apasionante leyenda en el tiempo más brillante de la Edad Media."--Amazon.com.
14) Crier's war
Author
Series
Crier's war volume 1
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a war where Automae took over the kingdom of Rabu and bent humanity to their will, Ayla takes a job as a servant in the house of the sovereign for one purpose: to get revenge for her family's death by killing his daughter. Lady Crier, the heiress, was Made to be a perfect ruler of the kingdom, but she no longer knows if that is what she wants once she discovers some of her father's cruel secrets. Between this betrayal, and a betrothed...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas/J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Kazuya Souma is unexpectedly transported to another world, he knows the people expect a hero. But Souma's idea of heroism is more practical than most--he wants to rebuild the flagging economy of the new land he's found himself in! Betrothed to the princess and abruptly planted on the throne, this realist hero must gather talented people to help him get the country back on its feet--not through war, or adventure, but with administrative reform!"--Page...
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"You'd think being the new girl in a tiny town would equal one very boring senior year. But if you're me--Annie Marck, alias Cleves--and you accidentally transform into teenage royalty by entering Lancaster High on the arm of the king himself? Life becomes the exact opposite of boring.Henry has it all: he's the jock, the genius and the brooding bad boy all in one. Which sort of explains why he's on his sixth girlfriend in two years. What it doesn't...
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 4
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2011 .
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
Description
After centuries of bitter strife, the seven powers dividing the land have beaten one another into an uneasy truce. But it's not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters of the Seven Kingdoms gather. Now, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed while surprising faces-some familiar, others only just appearing-emerge from an ominous twilight of past struggles...
18) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Though Vanyel has been born with near-legendary abilities to work both Herald and Mage magic, he wishes to become a Bard. Yet such talent as his, if left untrained, may prove a menace not only to Vanyel but to others as well. So he is sent to be fostered with his aunt, Savil, one of the fame Herald-Mages of Valdemar. Soon he will become the focus of frightening forces, lending his raw magic to a spell that unleashes terrifying wyr-hunters on the land....
Author
Series
These hollow vows volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she'll do whatever it takes to get her back--including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics from the Seelie court. Gaining unfettered access to the Seelie court is easier said than done. Brie's only choice is to pose as a potential...