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Author
Series
Which way to anywhere volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Gifted with the ability to draw maps of worlds that are beyond imagining, K2 O'Hero, sworn to keep his family's Magical history a secret, must use his gift to find a crossing point into one of those worlds when his baby sister is kidnapped.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sparky the special figment agent delivers all the mail in the very orderly Fantastic Bureau of Imagination, until one day when all the unshared ideas in the world overflow and threaten to topple the whole building"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young Linnet, her father, and the other bird-people, the Alkonosts, have been driven to live in the swamps of Morovia, forbidden to sing magic, and often hunted by the humans, so when her father is captured Linnet embarks on a rescue mission.
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's time to strike back against The Pencil in the sky! Pencilmate gathers all of his friends, Pencilmiss, Granny, and Mini Big Guy to help him find The Pencil's greatest weakness. After several sketchy moments that The Pencil draws around them, they eventually fall off the page and into a strange, new world. Our world. Who will win? Pencilmate or The Pencil? You're going to have to read and find out! "--Publisher's website.
7) The dark sun
Author
Series
Bamboo kingdom volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Bamboo Kingdom is once again safely led by guidance of a real Dragon Speaker-three Dragon Speakers, in fact! But a troubling vision from the Great Dragon warns of a "Dark Sun" coming soon. And while Rain, Leaf, and Ghost argue amongst themselves about what it means, the monkeys are hatching a plan to use this moment of uncertainty to their best advantage... Unless the pandas learn to trust each other, their biggest challenges may still lurk on...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Kingdom of Fantasy volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Geronimo Stilton has been called to the Kingdom of Fantasy so many times. Each visit is more of an adventure than the last! This time there was big trouble! Queen Imaginaria has been kidnapped. The evil witch is using her wand to take treasures from the kingdom. Can I help stop the evil witch before all the treasures are gone?"--
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume prequel
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Two brothers who rule the School for Good and Evil in exchange for power and immortality find their loyalty corrupted, bringing them to the brink of war and a shocking conclusion that will change the course of the school forever.
Author
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever wondered what really goes on in Santa's North Pole headquarters? Come along for a journey to a place like no other where you will experience all the innovation and wonder the North Pole has to offer. This insider's guide gives you an unforgettable and unprecedented view into one of the most magical places on the planet. Dive in to learn about the state-of-the-art robot and drone technology, remarkable reindeer, enchanting elves, as...
11) Punycorn
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When the villainous Sir Ogre unleashes his evil army on Carbuncle, a land of endless rainbows and sugar-sprinkled donuts, Punycorn, a small, athletically challenged unicorn, and a motley group of misfits are Carbuncle's only hope!"--
Author
Series
Bravelands thunder on the plains volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Cast out of his coalition, Stride the cheetah embarks on a perilous mission for the Great Parent, accompanied by a honey badger burdened with a dark and mysterious past. Whisper the water buffalo has been searching desperately for her brother Echo, presumed dead after a terrible fall. And the hyena now known as Breathstealer finds herself courted by the Great Spirit at one moment and other times tempted by the Great Devourer...The balance of power...
13) Sinister sister
Author
Series
Kitty quest volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Kitty Quest crew will have to face their toughest challenge yet--a villain that's part of the family!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer Bray
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she's an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can't disagree, especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can't control, causing an earthquake in her village. So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and...
Author
Series
Greenwild volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown is on the run. Her mother has been keeping big, glittering secrets, and now she has vanished. Daisy knows it's up to her to find Ma-- but someone is hunting her across London. Someone determined to stop her from discovering the truth. So when Daisy flees to safety through a mysterious hidden doorway, she can barely believe her eyes--she has stepped out of the city and into another world. This is the Greenwild. Bursting...
Author
Series
LEGO DreamZzz volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The dream world is real! Now the all-new action-packed world of LEGO DREAMZzz takes readers into an incredible world where magic and monsters exist, and only imagination can save both the waking world and the dream realms in this novel based on the new series! Mateo, Izzie, Cooper, Logan, and Zoey are a group of young adventurers who will be tested like never before when they are drawn into a world where they'll have to use all their skills and imaginations...
Author
Series
Mapmakers volume 2
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Alidade, Lewis, and Blue encounter a young boy named Cado, who brings them to his hidden Mountain village where his people are suffering from a mysterious illness, and Alidade, determined to prove her worth as a Mapmaker, tries to bring balance and magic to the Mountain."--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Sweeping in scope and timeless in tone, No Place like Home is a middle-grade portal fantasy unlike any other Lan, a teenager who recently came to Canada from Vietnam, spends every day searching for a sense of belonging. Books are the only things that make her feel at ease. But it comes as a shock when a mysterious wind whisks her right into the pages of her latest fantasy read. More shocking still is the fact that she herself summoned this wind!...
19) Legion of lava
Author
Series
Dragon kingdom of Wrenly volume 9
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Cinder has left to find the truth about Villinelle, while the others are on the hunt for Valos, the evil wizard who is out to destroy all of dragonkind with beasts born from the fiery depths of Crestwood."--
Author
Series
Atlantis (Kate O'Hearn) volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Life on Atlantis has always been unpredictable. But lately, the Community has finally started to feel like the stable home Riley hoped it could be--until the weather becomes anything but stable. After three Red Moons within a month, the latest of which brings an earthquake, it's clear that something is wrong. But what is causing this change? In addition to creating chaos, the storms are also damaging homes across the territories and escalating tensions...
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