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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1896, an archaeological dig unearths an ancient trunk containing manuscripts that confirm the existence of Araluen Rangers Will and Halt and tell of their first meeting and some of their previously unknown exploits.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In this prequel to the Ranger's Apprentice series, Halt and Crowley travel north seeking Prince Duncan's royal warrant to stop Morgrath from corrupting the Corps, but if they are to prevent a coup that is nearing success, the young Rangers will have to tread a dangerous path toward the annual tournament at Gorlan.
Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Lemony Snicket investigates a rash of fires that have plagued the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea, revealing secrets that involve the Department of Education and the notorious villain Hangfire.
4) Scythe
Author
Series
Arc of a scythe volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life, and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe, a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing...
Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer's Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery -- magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. Then an act of sabotage...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi's intriguing new novel, henna artist Lakshmi arranges for her protégé, Malik, to intern at the Jaipur Palace in this tale rich in character, atmosphere, and lavish storytelling. It's the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young woman named Nimmi when he leaves...
8) The real boy
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"A shy boy named Oscar who works as the hand to a powerful magic worker becomes the only person who can save his village from an evil monster"--
9) Found
Author
Series
Magic thief volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Connwaer, the young thief-turned-wizard's apprentice, escapes from prison and follows the call of magic to the distant and mysterious Dragon Mountain on a quest to save Wellmet from Arhionvar, dread magic that can destroy the city.
Author
Series
Imaginary veterinary volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-olds Pearl and Ben find excitement in the small town of Buttonville as they encounter otherworldly animals, including a lake monster, during their first official day as apprentices to Dr. Woo, a veterinarian for Imaginary Creatures"
Author
Series
Queen's secret volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"The Queen's Assassin is forced to take on a mysterious apprentice on his most dangerous mission yet, pulling them both into a vicious web of secrets and lies"--
Caledon Holt is the Kingdom of Renovia's deadliest weapon, the Queen's one and only assassin. He's also bound to the Queen by an impossible vow: to find the missing Deian Scrolls, the fount of all magical history and knowledge, stolen years ago by a sect called the Aphrasians. Shadow has...
Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all other nights, the train departs from Stain'd Station and travels to the city without stopping. But not tonight. You might ask, why is this night different from all other nights? But that's the wrong question. Instead ask, where is this all heading? And what happens at the end of the line? The final book in Lemony Snicket's...series, All The Wrong Questions.
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 8
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"The Herons are home in Skandia, but the usually peaceful country is in danger. The Temujai--ruthless warriors from the Eastern Steppes--have never given up on their ambition to claim Skandia for their own...and now they're on the move. Hal and his crew will have to brave the treacherous icy river and rapids to stop them, no matter the cost"--
15) The west passage
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A palace the size of a city, ruled by giant Ladies of unknowable, eldritch origin. A land left to slow decay, drowning in the debris of generations. All this and more awaits you within The West Passage, a delightfully mysterious and intriguingly weird medieval fantasy unlike anything you've read before. "The West Passage is a dangerous book of secrets." -Travis Baldree, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Legends Lattes "A weird and wonderful...
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 3
Publisher
Tor/Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
17) Veiled
Author
Series
Alex Verus novels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Diviner Alex Verus and the Council that governs the magical community have never gotten along. But with his former teacher back in Britain, Alex is in desperate need of allies, and he'll do whatever it takes to get them--even if it means accepting a job with the Keepers, enforcing magical law. Alex forms an uneasy alliance with his new partner, Caldera, but his attempt at legitimacy quickly turns lethal when a mission puts him in possession of an...
18) The Red Fox Clan
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"The mysterious Red Fox Clan, a group of anarchists all donning fox masks, have threatened Castle Araluen and question Princess Cassandra and Madelyn's succession to the throne. Will they succeed in unseating Cassandra and Madelyn and take the throne for themselves?"--
19) Home
Author
Series
Magic thief volume 4
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite successfully securing a balance between the competing magics of Wellmet, Conn is not happy. Duchess Rowan has promoted him to ducal magister, but the other wizards see him only as a thief. But something sinister is brewing, as magicians' locus stones are being stolen and magical spells are going awry. As Conn faces old enemies and powerful magical forces, is he strong enough to save the city he calls home?
Author
Series
Imaginary veterinary volume 4
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-olds Pearl and Ben continue their apprenticeships at Dr. Woo's Worm Hospital as they travel with Dr. Woo to the Tangled Forest and the Dark Forest in search of a missing unicorn, and learn more about the villainous Maximus Steele"--
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