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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chaol and Nesryn visit Antica hoping the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme can enable Chaol to walk again, and to persuade the rulers to ally with them to save Erilea.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Haunted by dreams of the dead who seek to invade Earthsea through him, the sorcerer Alder enlists the aid of Ged, a former Archmage, who advises him to find the holiest place in the world, which holds the key to preserving Earthsea.
Author
Series
Darkest powers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old necromancer Chloe, having escaped from Lyle House with Derek, Simon, and Rae, finds herself imprisoned in a laboratory run by a sinister organization determined to control her and her supernatural friends.
Author
Series
Once upon a broken heart volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Desperate to stop her beloved from marrying another, sixteen-year-old Evangeline Fox strikes a deal with the mythic Prince of Hearts leading her down a dangerous path that may ultimately end in her destruction.
Author
Series
Bone witch volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tea's gift for death magic means that she is a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community, but when an older bone witch trains her to become an asha--one who can wield elemental magic--Tea will have to overcome her obstacles and make a powerful choice in the face of danger as dark forces approach.
7) Elite
Author
Series
Hunter (Mercedes Lackey) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
While fighting monsters that break through the barriers surrounding Apex City, Joy and her pack of magical hounds begin finding dead Psimons, and reporting the incidents only causes more trouble.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sharpshooter Margaret Welty and alchemical apprentice Weston Winters form an unlikely team competing for glory in a magical fox hunt--while she wants to lure her mother home, Wes needs the prize money to support his family and his political aspirations.
Author
Series
Once upon a broken heart volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"The fiercely-anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she's discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that...
Author
Series
Skulduggery Pleasant volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the evil Baron Vengeous escapes from prison, Detective Skulduggery Pleasant and his apprentice, Valkyrie Cain, have just two days to recapture him or the Baron's creature, the Grotesquery, may summon the Faceless Ones back to their world.
Author
Series
Skulduggery Pleasant volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Valkyrie and the skeleton mage, Skulduggery Pleasant, try to foil a plot set in motion fifty years before to find and open the gate that will allow the Faceless Ones to return to this reality.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Kazam volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic"--Provided by publisher.
13) Crimson bound
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Rachelle must protect the king's bastard son while searching for the weapons that will save her world from endless night"--
14) Blood & honey
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
A follow-up to the best-selling Serpent & Dove finds fugitives Lou, Reid, Coco and Ansel splitting up to recruit allies against the Dames Blanches, an effort that is complicated by Morgane's lethal game of cat and mouse.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 1836 Wisconsin, Catalina's determination to keep her family alive is tested when a bark-covered man abducts her brother, prompting her to delve into a world of strange beasts and tormented spirits as she uncovers the deep-rooted connection between her fate and the Man of Sap.
16) Teardrop
Author
Series
Teardrop volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since Eureka's mother drowned, she wishes she were dead too, but after discovering that an ancient book is more than a story Eureka begins to believe that Ander is right about her being involved in strange things--and in grave danger.
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After saving Nicholas Sayre from a Hrule, Lirael seeks help for him at her childhood home, the Clayr's Glacier, where she receives a warning from her long-dead mother that compels her to use her new powers to safeguard the Old Kingdom.
18) Siege and storm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can't outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world.
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Aelin Galathynius's journey from slave to king's assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world. . . Aelin has risked everything to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her...
Author
Series
Falling kingdoms volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Prince Magnus must choose between family and justice as his father, the cruel King Gaius, sets out to conquer all of Mytica by tracking down an ancient, storied magic known as the Kindred.
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