Garth Nix
1) Sabriel
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After saving Nicholas Sayre from a Hrule, Lirael seeks help for him at her childhood home, the Clayr's Glacier, where she receives a warning from her long-dead mother that compels her to use her new powers to safeguard the Old Kingdom.
3) Angel mage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than nineteen, and once again renews her single-minded quest to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara."--
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Sir Hereward: the only male child of an ancient society of witches. Knight, artillerist, swordsman. Mercenary for hire. Ill-starred lover. Mister Fitz: puppet, sorcerer, loremaster. Practitioner of arcane arts and wielder of sorcerous needles. Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: godslayers. Agents of the Council of the Treaty for the Safety of the World, charged with the location and removal of listed extra-dimensional entities, more commonly known as...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the works of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen, Garth Nix's Newt's Emerald is a Regency romance with a fantasy twist. New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger calls it "charming; quite, quite charming."
After Lady Truthful's magical Newington Emerald is stolen from her she devises a simple plan: go to London to recover the missing jewel. She quickly learns, however, that a woman cannot wander the city streets alone
...Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix.
8) Abhorsen
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life. Sequel to Sabriel and Lirael.
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The story of how Clariel became a Free Magic Sorcerer, set 600 years before the birth of Sabriel"--
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies. Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only...
11) Across the Wall
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
From renowned fantasy author of the Old Kingdom series, Garth Nix, comes an entertaining collection of stories, including one Old Kingdom novella.
Across the Wall brings together an electic mix of Garth Nix's writing spanning several years, beginning with the novella set in the Old Kingdom, "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case," winner of two Aurealis Awards.
The collection also includes two tales inspired by
...12) Terciel & Elinor
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, Elinor's only friends are an old governess and an even older groom who was once a famous circus performer. She does not...
13) Blood ties
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As the Conquerors try to destroy Erdas, Meilin -- fed up with waiting and ready to fight -- sets off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends Conor and Abeke aren't far behind ... but they're not the only ones.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories, one set in the same world as Shade's Children, and another story set in the world of A Confusion of Princes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Odo is the seventh son of the village miller and he just wants to get away from work for awhile, Eleanor's mother was a soldier, and she yearns for adventure, but it is Odo who finds the magic talking sword named Biter, and thereby instantly becomes a knight--and together they set out on a quest (somewhat reluctantly on Odo's part) to save their kingdom from threats both human and dragon.
Author
Series
Left-handed booksellers of London volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity that inhabits the ancient hot spring. This time trouble comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger, requiring a desperate rescue attempt from his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, and art student Susan Arkshaw, who is still struggling...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old prodigy Eila found an alien object that allows her to control peoples' minds (for their own good, of course), and it is up to her older brother, Kim, to save her -- and to save the world from her.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
One beastly beast that's more than meets the eye.
Two aliens with slimy tentacles and too many eyes fixed on adopting a human son.
Three inventors and a sea serpent, a princess, an orphanage, and two ships full of pirates.
Four fantastic tales by renowned fantasy author Garth Nix.
19) The Ragwitch
Author
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When his sister Julia falls under the spell of the evil Ragwitch and her minions, Paul must journey across time to a distant dimension and rally the forces of good to rescue Julia and save the magical kingdom of Yendre.