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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with his books on heaven, faith, and the true meaning of life comes his most imaginative novel yet - a compelling fable about the first man on earth to count the hours. The man who became Father Time. Print run 1,500,000.
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"In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Alix E. Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement. In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters -- James...
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""Intricate and extraordinary." - New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015) The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin. THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS...FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter....
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Broken Earth novels volume 1
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English
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Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent,...
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Kylar Chronicles volume 1
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English
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"After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again, but an impending amnesty will pardon the one murderer he can't let walk free. He promises himself this is the last time. One last hit to tie up the loose ends of his old, lost life. But Kylar's best, and maybe only, friend, the High King Logan Gyre, needs him. To protect a fragile peace, Logan's new kingdom, and the king's twin sons, he needs...
6) Jade city
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Green Bone saga volume 1
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English
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"Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. Ithas been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for -- and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Now, the war is over and a new generationof Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending...
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Kingdom of the wicked (Maniscalco) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.
Two curses.
One prophecy.
A reckoning all have feared.
And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.
Emilia is reeling from a shocking discovery...
Two curses.
One prophecy.
A reckoning all have feared.
And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.
Emilia is reeling from a shocking discovery...
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Dagger and the coin volume 3
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The great war cannot be stopped.
The tyrant Geder Palliako had led his nation to war, but every victory has called forth another conflict. Now the greater war spreads out before him, and he is bent on bringing peace. No matter how many people he has to kill to do it.
Cithrin bel Sarcour, rogue banker of the Medean Bank, has returned to the fold. Her apprenticeship has placed her in the path of war, but the greater dangers are the ones in her...
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Shepherd king novels volume 1
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English
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"Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest...
10) The stone sky
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Broken Earth novels volume 3
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English
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"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 what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be...
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Tarnished crown volume 1
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English
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A royal son, falsely believed to be dead, fights for his father's stolen throne against a bastard-born lord and a duke's widow.
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A rich Nigerian boy; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. When a vital new force takes root and flourishes, their lives converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls and women now have immense physical power-- they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And everything changes.
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Terra incognita volume 3
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"The third volume of the Terra Incognita trilogy brings brave explorers and mortal enemies across the world to clash at a mysterious lost continent"--Provided by publisher.
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Terra incognita volume 2
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After Uraban leader Soldan-Shah Omra captures the city of Ishalem from the Tierrans, his people discover an ancient map to the Key to Creation, prompting Omra to send his adoptive son across an uncharted sea to find the relic.
15) The revisionists
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An agent from the future where all the world's problems have been solved goes back in time to ensure that every disaster throughout history runs its course.
16) Fade to black
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In Under, the dark lower levels of the towering city of Mahala, Rojan Dixon finds the shadows a suitable place to secretly practice forbidden pain-magic, until a journey into the Pit forces him to use his magic for the good of the city.
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Forsaken Lands volume 2
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English
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After sailors plunder Ardhi's homeland of both its riches and its magic, Ardhi embarks on a journey to retrieve what was stolen.
18) The Stolen Heir
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!
An Instant #1 Indie Bestseller!
Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires, with this first book of a captivating new duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.
A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both.
Eight years
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Duelists trilogy volume 2
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Wanted for murder and pursued by adversaries who want them dead, siblings Vocho and Kacha form an uneasy truce to battle their enemies together.
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Crimson Empire (Alex Marshall) volume 1
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English
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"Twenty years ago, feared general Cobalt Zosia led her five villainous captains and mercenary army into battle, wrestling monsters and toppling an empire. When there were no more titles to win and no more worlds to conquer, she retired and gave up her legend to history. Now the peace she carved for herself has been shattered by the unprovoked slaughter of her village. Seeking bloody vengeance, Zosia heads for battle once more, but to find justice...
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