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Outlander novels volume 8
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English
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"In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears into 1743. The story unfolded from there in seven bestselling novels, and CNN has called it "a grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries]." Now the story continues in Written...
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A court of thorns and roses volume 5
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
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"Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance--and healing--in each other's arms"--
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Poppy war volume 1
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English
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A war orphan rises from her humble beginnings to become a powerful military commander, and perhaps her country's only hope for survival.
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English
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"The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its image and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The Handmaid’s Tale is funny, unexpected,...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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More than thirty years have passed since the events of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, and the world has reached a critical turning point once again. The realm is threatened by divisive forces, even as old allies are lost, and others are lured down darker paths. Perhaps most terrifying of all, the Norns--the long-vanquished elvish foe--are stirring once again, preparing to reclaim the mortal-ruled lands that once were theirs....
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
7) Voyager
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Outlander novels volume 3
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English
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Set in the intriguing Scotland of 200 years ago, the third installment in the romantic adventures of Jamie and Claire is as compelling as the first. Now that Claire knows Jamie survived the slaughter at Culloden, she is faced with the most difficult decision of her life. She aches to travel back through time again to find the love of her life, but, in order to do that, she must leave their daughter behind. It has been 20 years since she and Jamie...
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Dark Tower volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The first book of Stephen King's series introduces the haunting figure, Roland of Gilead, the last gunslinger.
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Lord of the rings volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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In the second volume of the trilogy, the fellowship has been forced to split up in order to destroy the ring and fight the first battle of the War of the ring.
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Warring gods volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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2023 Reading Challenge September Bonus Category: A book by a Latinx Author
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"When Reina arrives at Aguila Manor, her heart stolen from her chest, she's on the verge of death-until her estranged grandmother, a dark sorceress in the Don's employ, intervenes. Indebted to a woman she never knew, and smitten with the upper-caste daughter of the house, Celeste, Reina will do anything to earn-and keep-the family's favor. Even the bidding of the ancient god who speaks to her from the Manor's foundations. To save the woman she loves,...
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A court of thorns and roses volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
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Feyre returns to the Spring Court on a reconnaissance mission about the invading king. As a spy, the future of the entire kingdom may rely on her ability to play her part perfectly, and her decisions about who to trust and which allies are best will decide the outcome of the coming war.
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A court of thorns and roses volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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"As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated--scars that will have far-reaching impact on the future of their Court"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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2023 Reading Challenge: First in a series
NYT - Audio Fiction
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When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin?one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every...
14) The stone sky
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Broken Earth novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe. For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted...
15) Hexed
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Series
Iron druid chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Atticus O'Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn't care much for witches. Still, he's about to make nice with the local coven by signing a mutually beneficial nonaggression treaty-when suddenly the witch population in modern-day Tempe, Arizona, quadruples overnight. And the new girls are not just bad,they're badasses with a dark history on the German side of World War II. With a fallen angel feasting on local high school students, a horde of Bacchants...
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Seven Kennings volume 1
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English
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"Enter an unforgettable world...one that is forever changed when an army of giants invades. The kingdom's only hope: the discovery of a magic that will call wondrous beasts to fight by the side of humankind"--
"This gifted writer creates his own mythology, complete with shape-shifting bards, fire-wielding giants, and children who can speak to astonishing beasts. MOTHER AND WARRIOR: Tallynd is a soldier who has already survived her toughest battle:...
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English
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Reincarnation Blues is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle--if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. As darkly enchanting as the works of Neil Gaiman and as wisely hilarious as Kurt Vonnegut's, Michael Poore's Reincarnation Blues is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful,...
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English
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"Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly...
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Queens of Renthia volume 2
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English
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"Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow ... And those spirits want to kill you. It's the first lesson that every Renthian learns. Not long ago, Daleina used her strength and skill to survive those spirits and assume the royal throne. Since then, the new queen has kept the peace and protected the humans of her land. But now for all her power, she is...
20) Royal assassin
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Farseer trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Young Fitz has just survived his first perilous mission as an assassin. But the cost has been high, and a brush with death has left him little more than a cripple. Battered and bitter, he has vowed to remain in the distant Mountain Kingdom, despite the fact that his oath as a King's Man requires him to return to Buckkeep. But love and events of terrible urgency soon draw him back to the court of the Six Duchies, and into the deadly intrigues of the...
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