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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost--a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them to leave. Stripped of their magical powers, the villains now live in total isolation, forgotten by the world. Mal learns from her mother, Maleficent, that the key to true darkness, the Dragon's Eye, is located inside her scepter in the forbidden fortress on the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. As a temp, she's just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called 'hero' leaves her badly injured. So, of course, then she gets laid off. With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A deluxe novelization of the Walt Disney Pictures film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, starring Angelina Jolie. This visually stunning live action film continues the fantasy adventure started in the "origin" story of Maleficent. This sequel explores the complex relationship between the horned fairy and Princess Aurora, as they face new threats to the magical land of the Fair Folk."--Publisher's website.
"Five years has passed. Aurora is queen of the...
9) Maleficent
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Maleficent explains the powers of an evil fairy and has some tricky fun with party invitations.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"No one is more of a bah humbug than a Disney Villain. This Christmas Maleficent, Hades, Captain Hook, the Queen, Ursula, and Cruella are planning to ruin the holiday season once and for all! Join these dastardly Disney characters as they cause some Christmas chaos by sending their minions to ruin Christmas dinner, steal the Lost Boys presents, disguise themselves as Santa Claus, and more!"-- provided by publisher.
11) Slappy, beware!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"The untold, true story of the world's most villainous dummy! In the Goosebumps universe, there is no villain more feared than Slappy. Endowed by his magician creator with devious powers, Slappy has only one mission in his tiny, deranged mind: Do evil every day, all day. But he may have met his match in the Carlton family. Each of Slappy's attempts to ruin their lives ends in disaster, and the dummy starts to panic. Will Slappy's scariest day yet...
12) Big bad
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Suicide Squad in this dark, rompy novel in which the show's most beloved villains must team together to stop the Slayer from ending their world"--
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 11
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The eleventh book in the New York Times best-selling Villains series follows the downfall of Disney's slickest, quickest, and smarmiest villain: Gaston. He knew he was the best. He knew he was everyone's favorite guy. You may think this tale as old as time has been told before. You may know about the Beauty, and the Beast, and the curse they broke together. But some stories have more than one ending. Some stories have more than one villain. Such is...
Series
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The best mysteries--whether detective, historical, police procedural, cozy, or comedy--have one thing in common: a memorable perpetrator. For every Sherlock Holmes or Sam Spade in noble pursuit, there's a Count Dracula, a Lester Leith, or a Jimmy Valentine. These are the rogues and villains who haunt our imaginations--and who often have more in common with their heroic counterparts than we might expect. Now, for the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers...
Author
Publisher
Camcat Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Supergenius and quasi-villain Rex normally can't go a week without accidentally endangering Decimen City with her science shenanigans. It's been two weeks since her genetically engineered dinosaurs rampaged through town--a good streak for her--but the peace is broken when actual villain Last Dance sets his sights on Decimen. And he wants Rex's help. Before Rex can say "I didn't do it," superheroes who've dragged her to jail on her worst days are crowding...
Author
Series
City of villains volume 2
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Teen detective Mary Elizabeth continues to unravel a dark conspiracy that has turned her best friend and boyfriend into villainous monsters--all while battling her own inner demons"--
Author
Series
Ben Braver volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When the baddest of bad guys threatens the world with a giant black hole, Ben Braver is the only one who can stop it. Ready or not, he's about to learn what it really means to be a hero.--
19) Space mission!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Susie, Chuckie, and Tommy are ready for a fun day at a sci-fi convention with their dads. But when they think they find a famous space villain, they end up having an out-of-this-world adventure.
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
So much for true love... Disney Villains do not like Valentine's Day! But what if their loyal sidekicks, the very ones who care about them the most, want to tell their masters just how truly cunning, magnificently wicked, and spectacularly nefarious they are? Why, send them Villaintines instead, of course! Featuring ten evil-doing teams everyone loves to hate--including Ursula and her eels, Scar and his hyenas, Maleficent and her raven, and many more--each...
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