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1) Ahoy!
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Raise the mainsail! Batten the hatches! It's time to set sail...on the couch! There's a storm coming, and a child is ready to captain the ship. "Make haste and climb aboard," they call out to their parent, "before you're swept out to sea!" Sea? What sea? The parent is only trying to vacuum the rug. But the child is adamant. It's not a rug--it's the ocean. And that broom? It's the ship's mast. Soon enough, child and parent are both off on an imaginary...
Author
Series
Paper dragons volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An outsider in her village above the cloud sea, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging's only hope of escape is to win the single invitation to train as a Silhouette: an apprentice to the immortals. After her ill-fated attempt to impress the Silhouette scout leads to a dragon attack on the jade mountain, Zhi Ging is sure that her chances, and her life, are over. But the scout spots her potential and offers her protection and a second chance. She's in.
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Series
Ambit's run volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. Between them the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy. Branded a Guild deserter, Jal "accidentally" lands a ride on a Guild ship. Helmed by an AI, with a ship's engineer/medic who doesn't see much of a difference between the two jobs, and a "don't make me shoot you" XO, the Guild crew of the Ambit is...
Author
Series
Storm dragons volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby dragon -- believed to be extinct -- and becomes the focus of an evil pirate's vengeance. Remy spends his days trying to survive the mean streets of Cutthroat Wedge -- one of the many islands floating in the gravitational pull of the magical Maelstrom raging below. But his life changes forever when a violent storm brings a baby dragon to his doorstep,...
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Series
Stormfall volume 1
Publisher
Inimitable Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After being forced from her home five years ago, Alana Zaya has finally been given the opportunity to return and claim her rightful place on the Okaron throne. When her voyage is waylaid by pirates, she soon finds herself stranded at sea, surrounded by strangers harboring dark secrets. But hers are perhaps the darkest of all. Across the world, Rae Toma is a warrior who can't walk away from a fight. After years of using her skills to rebel against...
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Milo, Tilly, Oskar, and Alessia venture into Arthurian legend to find the first bookwanderer -- the wizard Merlin -- they discover that the magic of bookwandering is not at all what they thought. Together, they must journey into Greek and Roman mythology to bargain with the trickster Loki and find a way to untangle the Alchemist's grip on the world's imagination. And to save Pages & Co. and protect the very foundations of bookwandering, the...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An adventure story that examines consent and privacy in a way that books have not had to before this generation where everything is online. As much as Paige hates the word normal, it's a pretty good word to describe her life, and the kind of night she was having just before a single email turned her world upside down. In an effort to better understand and communicate with their autistic daughter, Paige's parents enrolled her in a study without her...
Author
Series
Dragon girls volume 10
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Three new girls share an incredible secret -- they can transform into powerful Sea Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest! They must work together to banish the evil Fire Queen, once and for all"--
"Grace, Zoe, and Sofia share an incredible secret: they can transform into powerful Sea Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest! Each of the girls has a deep love of the water. Grace is a skilled swimmer, Zoe is an avid surfer, and Sofia is...
Author
Series
Dragon girls volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The Storm Dragons will harness the incredible powers of thunder, lightning, and snow to help defeat a brand-new villain the Magic Forest: The Chaos Queen. Hana the Thunder Dragon doesn't like bullies. So she's determined to stop the Chaos Queen from causing trouble all over the Magic Forest. All she needs is a little help from her friends and a lot of dragon magic"--
10) A SPY LIKE ME
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"An elite team of MI6 agents trained by James Bond must go undercover to unravel a band of violent terrorists in the second thrilling adventure in the acclaimed Double O series by Kim Sherwood. James Bond is alive. Or at least, he was when he left a clue at the black site where the insidious private military company Rattenfänger held him captive. MI6 cannot spare any more lives attempting to track down one missing agent--no exceptions, even for Bond....
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 83
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When Thea goes missing along with an ancient Mayan necklace, Geronimo Stilton is fast on the case, scouring Chichén Itzà for clues to find them.
Author
Series
Charlie Thorne volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is fearless. Charlie Thorne may have finally met her match. Charlie Thorne is used to being on the run. Ever since she was recruited by the CIA to track down Einstein's most dangerous equation, Charlie -- and former CIA agents Dante Garcia and Milana Moon -- has traveled around the world to prevent history's greatest discoveries from falling into the wrong hands. But after beating others to the secrets hidden...
15) Outlaw
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn River Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A missing CIA officier. A rogue terrorist faction. A bioweapon more devastating than anything ever seen...And that's just the beginning. When a rogue miliatry faction in China kidnaps a CIA case officer, global tensions ignite. Desperate to forestall the looming firestorm, the United States deploys an elite team of Navy SEALs to rescue the agent, protected by nothing but their training and a single pilot providing air cover from his FA-18E Super...
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Series
DemonWars: the Buccaneers volume 1
Demonwars saga the buccaneers volume 1
DemonWars the Buccaneers volume 1
Demonwars saga the buccaneers volume 1
DemonWars the Buccaneers volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press, and imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In Pinquickle's Folly, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns to his signature world of Corona, introducing a dynamic new part of the southern coast never written of before as a great starting place for readers in the DemonWars Saga: The Buccaneers. The first adventure in the Buccaneers trilogy begins in the free sea outside of the control of the usurping Xoconai empire, where the dwarven powrie pirates and merchants sail. But...
Author
Series
Diary of an 8-bit warrior volume 1
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone's favorite villager-turned-warrior, Runt and his friends have had loads of adventures already. They have worked hard (at least some of them) as students, undergone intensive training in Villagetown, battled monsters sent by Herobrine, and even successfully completed their very first quest at Owl's Reach! But their greatest adventure begins now: making their way to the capital Aetheria City! What will Runt and his friends face at the Greater...
Author
Series
Dragon girls volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Three new girls share an incredible secret -- they can transform into powerful Sea Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest! They must work together to banish the evil Fire Queen, once and for all. Sofia the Lagoon Dragon must find the missing narwhal leader before it's too late. Otherwise the Magic Kingdom's seas will disappear forever!"--
19) Dragonfruit
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person's greatest sorrow. But as with all things that offer hope when hope has gone, the tale comes with a warning. Every wish demands a price. Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tag the owl, Skyla the squirrel, and Blaze the newly hatched firehawk, journey north to the Crystal Caverns searching for the next piece of the magical Ember Stone--but the evil vulture Thorn is also after the stone, and his ice leopards are close behind the heroes.
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