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Crescent City (Sarah J. Maas) volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
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"Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds. The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing. As Bryce, Hunt, and their friends get pulled into the rebels'...
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English
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After she and a dozen other children found them being raised by "Father," a cruel man with mysterious powers, Carolyn and her "siblings" begin to think he might be God; so when he dies, they square off against each other to determine who will inherit his library, which they believe holds the power to all Creation.
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Series
Scholomance volume 2
Language
English
Description
"A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik's groundbreaking crossover series. At the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year--and the looming specter of matriculation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive after. El is determined that her group will...
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Series
Winternight trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen. Reviewers called Katherine Arden's novels The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower"lyrical,""emotionally stirring," and"utterly bewitching." The Winternight Trilogy introduced...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
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Blood and Ash volume 2
Language
English
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"A Betrayal...Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that's one order she's more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but...
87) Ella enchanted
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Series
Ella enchanted volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
88) The burning god
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Series
Poppy war volume 3
Language
English
Description
The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect. After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead. Despite her losses, Rin hasn't given up on those for whom...
89) Bloodmarked
Author
Series
Legendborn volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
"When the leaders of the Order reveal that they will do everything in their power to keep the approaching demon war a secret, Bree and her friends go on the run so she can learn how to control her devastating new powers"--
90) Fool's fate
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Series
Tawny man volume 3
Language
English
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“Complex . . . an atmosphere-filled adventure . . . with a fair quota of surprises . . . a winning combination of strong characters and colorful societies.”—Kirkus Reviews
In the final book in the Tawny Man Trilogy, Fitz and the Fool are tested more severely than ever in a book the Monroe News-Star calls “a breathtaking ride from beginning to end.”
FitzChivalry Farseer has become firmly...
In the final book in the Tawny Man Trilogy, Fitz and the Fool are tested more severely than ever in a book the Monroe News-Star calls “a breathtaking ride from beginning to end.”
FitzChivalry Farseer has become firmly...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Digory and Polly discover a secret passage that links their homes, and they are taken into the World of Charn, where they wake up the evil Queen Jadis. There, they witness the creation of the Land of Narnia as it is sung into being by the Great Lion, Aslan. "--
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Series
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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Black jewels series volume 8
Language
English
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The Black Widows see visions that will change the land--and Lady Cassidy--forever even as she makes it her duty to restore the land and people of Shalador and prove her ability to rule.
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Series
Cinder spires volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense...
96) Fireborne
Author
Series
Aurelian cycle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"Two dragonriders must go head-to-head for the top position in the Callipolan fleet, and protect the new regime from those who lost power"--
Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world. Now they are both rising stars in the new regime. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries. Growing up in the same orphanage forged their friendship, and seven...
97) Iron council
Author
Series
New Crobuzon series volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new cast of characters shares mythical adventures in the sprawling, phantasmagoric city of New Crobuzon.
Author
Series
Inheritance trilogy (N. K. Jemisin) volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Shahar and the godling Sieh must face off against the terrible magic threatening to consume their world in the incredible conclusion to the Inheritance Trilogy, from Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.
For two thousand years the Arameri family has ruled the world by enslaving the very gods that created mortalkind. Now the gods are free, and the Arameri's ruthless grip is slipping. Yet they...Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
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'On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a grinning cat and a rabbit with a pocket-watch, joins a mad tea party and plays croquet with the Queen. Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute'--Back cover.
100) Boy, snow, bird
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
A reimagining of the Snow White story set in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty-the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but elements of the familiar...
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