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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to "The Wards of Faerie" places the fate of an innocent young girl in the hands of protectors who embark on a dangerous quest to protect a once-peaceful world from dangerous creatures imprisoned behind an eroding magical barrier.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Co-existing peacefully for five hundred years after creating their magically protected valley, the surviving members of four non-demon races band together against frightening creatures that are penetrating the shield around their home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic.
Horrified by the misuse of magic they had witnessed during the First War of the Races, the Druids at Paranor devoted themselves to the study of the old sciences, from the period before the collapse of civilization a thousand years before. Only the Bremen and a few trusted associates still studied the arcane arts. And for his persistence, Bremen found...
Horrified by the misuse of magic they had witnessed during the First War of the Races, the Druids at Paranor devoted themselves to the study of the old sciences, from the period before the collapse of civilization a thousand years before. Only the Bremen and a few trusted associates still studied the arcane arts. And for his persistence, Bremen found...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Wren & her friend Garth must survive the perils of the jungle to find the Elves & then persuade them to return to the environmentally endangered Westlands. "Find the Elves and return them to the world of Men!" the shade of the Druid Allanon had ordered Wren. It was clearly an impossible task. The Elves had been gone from the Westland for more than a hundred years. There was not even a trace of their former city of Arborlon left to mark their passing....
5) Tanequil
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Dark magic has opened a gateway to the Forbidding and trapped within it Grianne Ohmsford, rightful High Druid of Shannara. Rescuing Grianne will be merely the beginning of the effort to return the Four Lands to some semblance of peace. Only her young nephew, Penderrin, has any hope of returning her to power. But to breach the Forbidding and bring Grianne back to the natural world, Pen must find the fabled Tanequil . . . and the talisman it alone can...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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Description
For the first time in one elegant collector’s edition hardcover, and featuring an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks, here are the first three novels of that classic series: The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, and The Wishsong of Shannara—the beginning of a phenomenal epic of good and evil.
The Sword of Shannara
Long ago, the wars of the ancient...
The Sword of Shannara
Long ago, the wars of the ancient...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
With his groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Sword of Shannara and its acclaimed sequels, Terry Brooks brought a new audience to epic fantasy. Now that story of clashing forces of darkness and light, of Shannara’s beginnings and the human race’s possible end, marches forward into an unforgettable second volume full of mystery, magic, and momentous events.
Across the ruined landscape that is America—hopelessly...
Across the ruined landscape that is America—hopelessly...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
A first entry in a planned rapid-release trilogy set in the popular Shannara universe is set seven years after the High Druid series during a tumultuous period in the Four Lands, where young Druid Aphenglow stumbles on a dangerous secret about an Elven girl's heartbreak and the vanished Elfstones.
10) Jarka Ruus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Expect no end of wonders and suspense, no shortage of adventure and enchantment, as Terry Brooks begins the next extraordinary quest in the magical world of Shannara. . . .
Twenty years have passed since Grianne Ohmsford denounced her former life as the dreaded Ilse Witch. Fulfilling the destiny predicted for her, she has established the Third Druid Council and dedicated herself...
Twenty years have passed since Grianne Ohmsford denounced her former life as the dreaded Ilse Witch. Fulfilling the destiny predicted for her, she has established the Third Druid Council and dedicated herself...
11) Straken
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
The High Druid of Shannara trilogy draws to a thrilling close as a young hero nears completion of his trial by fire, a banished ruler fights for her life in a wilderness of dread, and forces of darkness and light square off in a battle unto death for the right to absolute rule. Prepare to be spellbound by the masterly hand of bestselling legend weaver Terry Brooks, conjuring at the peak of his skills.
For reasons known only to himself,...
For reasons known only to himself,...
12) Witch wraith
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books/Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The world's enduring heroes muster their courage when the magical barrier imprisoning dangerous creatures erodes, unleashing generations of vengeful prisoners on the land.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
In the three hundred years since the death of the Druid Allanon, the mysterious, evil Shadowen have seized control and are ruining the Four Lands. The shade of Allanon summons the four scions of Shannara, whom he commands defeat the Shadowen.
Author
Series
Shannara novels. Fall of Shannara volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Following The Black Elfstone, the second book of the epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the acknowledged masters of the fantasy genre. Tensions in the Four Lands are high. The mysterious force that laid waste to Paranor has revealed a more human face. While some gain a new understanding of the invaders and what they are after, others continue their existing quests even as the peril rises. For what looked to be a formidable...
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Series
Language
English
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The beloved Shannara series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks is universally acclaimed as a towering achievement, an unquestioned masterpiece in fantasy literature. Now, for the first time, all the wonders of Shannara have been gathered into one single, indispensable volume in which Terry Brooks shares candid views on his creation. Lavishly illustrated with full-color paintings and black-and-white drawings, this comprehensive guide...
Author
Series
Shannara novels. Fall of Shannara volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The first book of the triumphant and epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series...The Four Lands has been at peace for generations, but now a mysterious army of invaders is cutting a bloody swathe across a remote region of the land. No one knows who they are, where they come from, or what they are after--and most seem content to ignore these disturbing events. The only people who sense a greater, growing threat and wish to uncover the truth...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
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For five hundred years, the survivors of the Great Wars lived peacefully in a valley sanctuary shielded by powerful magic. But the enchanted barriers have crumbled, the borders have been breached by predators, and the threat of annihilation looms once more. In his last moment Sider Ament, bearer of the last black staff and its profound power, gave stewardship of the staff to the young tracker Panterra Qu, who must take up the battle against evil.
Author
Series
Defenders of Shannara volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Paxon Leah has joined the Druid Order as a paladin, tasked with protecting the Druids with the aid of his magical sword. But Paxon's toughest assignment will come when he must track down a young musician with newly-manifested magic before a rival sorcerer can corrupt the boy"--
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Language
English
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"In this, the third stand-alone Shannara novel in the Defenders of Shannara series (following The High Druid's Blade and The Darkling Child), the daughter of a reviled sorcerer, Leofur is nothing like her dreaded father. When her life-partner, Paxon Leah, leaves on a dangerous mission, Leofur protects Paxon's sister. When she is abducted Leofur is forced to choose between saving Paxon from a mission gone badly awry, or hiring the services of the best...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oz Editorial
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
Español
Description
La saga de fantasía épica que ha vendido 50 millones de ejemplares...Cuando tan solo era un bebé, Shea fue abandonado en la puerta de los Ohmsford y, desde entonces, ha sido uno más de la familia y ha llevado una vida pacífica en Valle Sombrío. Todo cambia con la llegada de un misterioso visitante, el druida Allanon, que trae noticias estremecedoras: el tenebroso hechicero que ya asoló el mundo en una ocasión ha despertado. La única arma...
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