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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.
Author
Series
Girl from everywhere volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling father's pirate ship, but when he gambles with her very existence, it all may come to an end.
3) Bitterblue
Author
Series
Graceling Realm volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities.
Author
Series
Imaginary veterinary volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer in his grandfather's rundown town, ten-year-old Ben meets an adventurous local girl and together they learn that the town's veterinarian runs a secret hospital for imaginary creatures.
5) 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
Unicorn quest volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In an antique-filled mansion, sisters Claire and Sophie find a ladder to the magical land of Arden, where wraiths roam freely, unicorns have disappeared, and the guilds of magic no longer trust each other.
Author
Publisher
Mirasol
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
Español
Description
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
Author
Series
Marked girl volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When Cedric, crowned prince of Caelum, and his royal friends find themselves stranded in modern-day Los Angeles, via a magic portal and the evil traitor Malquin, all they want to do is get home to Caelum as soon as possible. As they explore possibilities, they meet Liv, a filmmaker foster girl who just wants to get out of the foster system and on with her life. As she and Cedric become friends, they discover that she's more connected to his world...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Peace reigns in Caer Dallben, where Taran works as Assistant Pig-Keeper, but evil threatens the rest of Prydain. The diabolical Arawn's army grows every day, and his terrible warriors never die. They are born in the Black Cauldron from the stolen bodies of slain soldiers. If evil is to be defeated, the cauldron must be destroyed. Taran volunteers to travel to Arawn's stronghold and assist in the destruction of the dreaded cauldron. With his faithful...
11) The road to Oz
Author
Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Dorothy and her friends follow the enchanted road to Oz and arrive in time for Ozma's birthday party.
12) Wild born
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts--a bond that gives great powers to all of them.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Juniper Harvey is having trouble coping in her new Florida town, but when the girl from her recurring fantasy dream appears in her room they have to figure out how to save Galatea's world from a war of rival gods--and deal with their mutual attraction.
15) Fire
Author
Series
Graceling Realm volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.
16) The evertree
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 7
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After journeying across Erdas together, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have one chance to stop an ancient enemy desperate to break free from his prison, or the world will be foverer changed.
18) Beast & crown
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
19) La caseta mágica
Author
Publisher
SeaStar Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
Español
20) Sky Raiders
Author
Series
Five kingdoms volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Whisked through a portal to The Outskirts, an in-between world, sixth-grader Cole must rescue his friends and find his way back home--before his existence is forgotten.
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