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Author
Series
Kingdom of Wrenly volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's publishing Division
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As diverse subjects of Wrenly gather from far and wide to participate in the kingdom's Grand Tournament, a rude squire declares that girls cannot be knights, which makes Clara determined to prove that she can be anything she wants as long as she works hard enough for it.
62) Spear
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court. And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides...
64) Once & future
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Resets the Arthurian legend in outer space, with King Arthur reincarnated as seventeen-year-old Ari, a female king whose quest is to stop a tyrranical corporate government, aided by a teenaged Merlin.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Queen Martha gives Mike an important task: to guard the jewel of Glendragon. But Mike loses the jewel while he is baking pies. Where can the jewel of Glendragon be?"--Page [4] of cover.
66) Court of swans
Author
Series
Dericott tale volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, after her seven brothers are falsely accused of murder and treason, eighteen-year-old Delia flees their cruel stepmother and becomes a seamstress at Westminster Palace, hoping to gain their release, with Sir Geoffrey's assistance.
67) Dragon actually
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While battling against her greatest enemies, a warrior princess is torn between her fierce desire for an arrogant knight and her feelings for a powerful dragon. .
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1166 the Saxon knight Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to a chaotic England ruled by the enemies of the absent King Richard the Lion-Hearted and finds himself disowned and dishonored, forced to fight for his name and the people he loves.
Author
Series
Heirs of Alexandria volume 5
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A Venetian siege on alternate-universe Constantinople finds Italian captain Benito Valdosta battling a magical manifestation of Hekate in order to save his daughter and destroy the fleets of the Chernobog, an effort that is complicated by Aidonus's resolve to claim the woman Benito loves.
Author
Series
The wild hunt trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
War brews on both sides of the Veil between the worlds as Gair returns to the mainland with only one thing on his mind -- vengeance -- and old friends and old foes converge in a battle of wills to stem the tide of the Nimrothi clans as they charge south to reclaim the lands lost in the Founding Wars.
71) Courageous
Author
Series
Valiant hearts volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the vision of the young Lady Sapphira, Rosalind of Ipsworth joins a group of men, women, and children as a defender of the cross, seeking to free captives from prisons near Tripoli. Joining a crusade to escape humiliation at home, Sir Randel Penigree finds himself drawn to Rosalind as they partner to train and protect a group of adolescents.
Author
Publisher
Inkshares, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"After the fall of the Roman Empire, chaos and bloodshed swept across the remains of western civilization like a plague. Consumed by feudal warfare, Europe plunged into a centuries-long era of illiteracy and cultural desolation from which few historical records survived. Some believe that the true history of this dark age was deliberately concealed by its surviving scholars. Too incredible to be believed, too terrible to be retold. Until now" --Provided...
73) Castle of refuge
Author
Series
Dericott tale volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, nineteen-year-old Audrey, the daughter of English nobility and facially scarred by her abusive, mentally ill sister, seeks God's protection when she runs away from an arranged marriage proposal, to find true love, safety, and a purpose to her life.
Author
Series
Relics of Merlin volume 4
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Millicent Pantere has lived her entire life in the notorious London Underground. She cares nothing for the problems of the crown or the intrigues of society. But the ladies of the realm are acting strangely, and Millicent is coerced into tracking down the rumors of a mysterious man--a magic man who comes in the night and disappears at dawn. Millicent's search leads her to one of Merlin's legendary relics and the seductive knight whose fate is bound...
Author
Series
Camelot rising (Kiersten White) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Princess Guinevere has come to Camelot to wed a stranger: the charismatic King Arthur. With magic clawing at the kingdom's borders, the great wizard Merlin conjured a solution-- send in Guinevere to be Arthur's wife... and his protector from those who want to see the young king's idyllic city fail. The catch? Guinevere's real name-- and her true identity-- is a secret. She is a changeling, a girl who has given up everything to protect Camelot. Arthur's...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
King Arthur is expanding his kingdom's influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. Brangien is pining for her lost love, Isolde; Lancelot is fighting to prove her worth as Queen's knight; and Arthur is everything to everyone and thus never quite enough for Guinevere. The more she realizes how empty she is, the more she tries to claim herself as queen, the more Guinevere wonders if Mordred was right: she doesn't belong. When a rescue goes awry and...
Author
Series
Clarenceux trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
1566. William Harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, lives with his family in London, with a document that could destroy England. Lady Percy, Countess of Northumberland, has not given up trying to find it. Nor has she forgotten how he betrayed her. When his wife and his daughter go missing, Clarenceux finds himself on the run with his other young daughter. He knows he must finally destroy the document, even if it should cost him his life - but how can he,...
79) Daughter of dusk
Author
Series
Midnight thief novels volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"As tensions rise within Forge's Council, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding villages, Kyra knows she must do something to save her city. But she walks a dangerous line between opposing armies: will she be able to use her link to the Demon Riders for good, or will her Makvani blood prove to be deadly? Kyra and Tristam face their biggest battle yet as they grapple with changing allegiances, shocking deceit, and vengeful opponents"--...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 2
Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic treehouse to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.
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