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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race.
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
4) Piranesi
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Language
English
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Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dahlia's reluctance about attending Camp Arava changes to wonder as strange things begin to happen, and soon she is connecting with David Schank, a student of the kabbala, and the maze he built at the camp in the 1930s.
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 13
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Athena's arrogance throws a wrench into her plans to improve King Minos's labyrinth.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The last thing they expect to come across is a giant, abandoned corn maze. But with a whole day of playing hooky unspooling before them, they make their second mistake. Or perhaps their third? Maybe even their fourth. Because Sadie and Logan have definitely entered this maze before. And again before that. They quickly realize they've not only entered this maze before, they've died in it too. A lot.."--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newt has been to hell and back with his friends. The Glade. The Maze. The Scorch. The inner halls of WICKED. But now he has a burden that can't be shared with Thomas and the other, the Flare. And Newt can't bear the thought of his friends watching him descend into madness as he succumbs to the virus. Leaving only a note, Newt departs the Berg before the Gladers return from their mission into Denver, Colorado. From there, he experiences the gritty...
Author
Series
Zamonia novels volume 5
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"It has been more than two hundred years since Bookholm was destroyed by a devastating fire, as told in Moers's The City of Dreaming Books. Optimus Yarnspinner, hailed as Zamonia's greatest writer, is on vacation in Lindworm Castle when a disturbing message reaches him, and he must return to Bookholm to investigate a mystery. The magnificently rebuilt city has once again become a metropolis of storytelling and the book trade. Yarnspinner encounters...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The small town of Snowberry Creek, Washington, is gearing up for the Halloween Festival, and naturally Abby is on the planning committee. As part of her duties, she's picking up a pumpkin order from ornery farmer Ronald Minter. But what she finds instead is the farmer in the middle of his corn maze with a knife in his back. The police suspect a homeless veteran named Kevin Montgomery, who was seen arguing with Minter when the farmer accused him of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race - against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself - a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth. But the road will be hard. For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes. Uncompromising and complex. Demanding and deadly. It all comes down to this. For it ends here - now - in the most lethal and dangerous place...
12) Mazebook
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a mysterious phone call one night from a girl claiming it's her and that she's trapped in the middle of a labyrinth. Convinced that this child is contacting him from beyond this world, he uses an unfinished maze from one of her journals and a map of the city to trace an intricate path through a different plane of reality on an intense and melancholy adventure...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Broke and desperate, Souta signs up for a gig to warp to a fantasy world and ascend a dungeon tower to claim the treasure inside. However, an accident in the transfer process separates him from his teammates, leaving him stranded. Will his adventure end before it even begins?"--
Series
The world's fastest level up (Manga) volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Years have passed since dungeons popped up all around the world. When dedicated adventurer Amane Rin awakens to a unique skill called Dungeon Teleporting, he finds he no longer needs to abide by the rules of dungeon diving like everyone else. Follow Rin's journey to become the strongest adventurer in the world--at the fastest speed possible!"--
Series
The world's fastest level up (Manga) volume 2
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Mee the new boss Using his unique skill to bypass the standard wait time between taking down dungeons, adventurer Rin has been able to level up faster than anyone else. Now he's run into an unexpected problem, and inadvertently triggered a secret extra boss fight! His opponent is stronger than any he's fought before, forcing Rin to fight tooth and bloody nail. Can he claim victory, or will this overpowered boss claim its first victim?"--
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Set in post-civil war Spain, a young girl flees the home of her cruel step-father into an underground fantasy world where she encounters a strange creature and a terrifying battle between good and evil.
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After a disastrous trip to Orario's Pleasure Quarter, Bell has made it back home in one piece, thanks to a little help from a courtesan named Haruhime. Her plight lingers in his mind, and after he tells the rest of Hestia Familia about her, Mikoto perks up, recognizing the name of her long-lost friend! But if they want to save her from her cruel fate, they'll have to get through Ishtar Familia, and that's no easy feat..."-- provided by publisher....
18) The Jackal
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The location of the glymera's notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth. Embarking on a journey under the earth, she learns a terrible truth -- and meets a male who changes everything forever. The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped...
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Adventurer Bell Cranell's life changed forever when he met the goddess Hestia, becoming the first member of her familia. Since then, he's gone on many adventures, growing much stronger in the process. But when he steps foot into Orario's pleasure quarter, where Ishtar Familia reigns supreme, he soon finds himself in way over his head... With enemies all around him, he'll need the help of a beautiful, fox-eared courtesan if he's to have any hope of...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In order to stop the Killing Stone Ritual and rescue Haruhime, Bell and Mikoto return to Ishtar Familia's domain. With a thunderous roar, Bell unleashes a Firebolt--but just as victory seems within reach, his hopes are dashed when he finds himself face-to-face with Aisha Belka, the woman who soundly defeated him in their last battle. Swelling with resolve, Bell is determined to win against all odds, but with the princess's freedom on the line, the...
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