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1) Jinx's fire
Author
Series
Jinx trilogy (Sage Blackwood) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jinx travels throughout the Urwald to unite its people and creatures against encroaching threats"--
2) Jinx's magic
Author
Series
Jinx trilogy (Sage Blackwood) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young wizard's apprentice, Jinx, learns that his forest home, the Urwald, is under threat, and to save it he must travel to a new land"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer's favorite area for long walks and it's on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Love and the erratic heart are at the center of Hardy's story. Set in the beautiful Blackmoor Vale, The Woodlanders concerns the fortunes of Giles Winterborne, whose love for the well-to-do Grace Melbury is challenged by the arrival of the dashing and dissolute doctor, Edred Fitzpiers. When the mysterious Felice Charmond further complicates the romantic entanglements, marital choice and class mobility become inextricably linked.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One girl caught between the freedom she always wanted and a sister she can't bear to leave behind. Under the cover of the Night Forest, will Lucha be able to step into her own power ... or will she be consumed by it? This gorgeous and fast-paced fantasy novel from acclaimed author Tehlor Kay Mejia is brimming with adventure, peril, romance, and family bonds--and asks what it means for a teen girl to become fully herself"--
10) Nuts to you
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
After surviving being carried off by a hawk, a young squirrel resolves to find his way home, as his best friends begin their search for him.
11) Little Owl's day
Author
Publisher
Viking, published by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Owl explores the forest at daytime after being awakened by a noisy squirrel.
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual, nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave, but that he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist within...
16) Bunnies!!!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A monster searches everywhere to find the things he loves: bunnies!!!"--
Author
Series
Land of Elyon volume 1
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish to explore the mysterious forests and mountains that lie beyond the wall.
18) North woods girl
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An admiring granddaughter hikes in all seasons with Grandma, the quintessential north woods girl. Together they see squirrels gathering nuts, hear wood frogs peep, inhale piney scents, and choose the finest skipping stone"--
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
While summering in her grandparents' small Oregon town, where a serial murderer lurks, eighteen-year-old Magdalena faces recovery from a scandal at her Manhattan private school, schizophrenia, and falling in love with "Wildboy." Told partly through journal entries.
20) Strange grace
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Every seven years, the people of Three Graces send a sacrifice to the woods. The death of their 'best boy' ensures seven years free from disease, blight, and pain. But this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early, and three, not one, will run into the forest as a sacrifice"--
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