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Candlewick Press
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English
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Do you wonder how Harry Houdini performed his amazing escapes? Are you burning to learn the art of making a beautiful woman appear to levitate? Look closely, for the secrets of the world's most famous magicians and illusionists - from the ancient Egyptians through the early twentieth century "Handcuff King" himself - are contained within! More than a fascinating history of magic through the ages, Illusionology is an indispensable guide unveiling step-by-step...
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Clockwork crow volume 2
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English
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After rescuing Tomas from enchantment, orphan Seren Rhys is enjoying her first summer at Plas-y-Fran. But as autumn arrives, it brings with it a mysterious new governess who seems intent on drawing Tomas away from Seren and his family. Dangerous figures from a bewitched toy carousel stalk the house and, fearing the worst, Seren calls on the clockwork crow to help her. But can he reach her in time, and will Tomas be able to escape the magical creatures...
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Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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It's not easy to enjoy a picnic when you have unseeable interlopers to contend with! In a new trio of stories for beginning readers, the affable Max the dog and mischievous Baby Cakes the cat encounter a scare-happy ghost who has a run-in with a mirror, the wind at its blustery best, and a teeny-tiny fairy with a wayward wand who may have met her match. -- From the publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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When the Tootings return to Zobrowski Terrace at the end of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, they find that "home" is looking a lot like Jurassic Park. But this is no theme park - a very real and very hungry T. rex is charging them! Thanks to Dad's inadvertent yanking of Chitty's "Chronojuster" lever, the spirited car has ushered them back to prehistoric times, where the family (and especially Baby Harry) make a narrow escape. But Chitty has a...
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English
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The Tootings are stuck in 1966! Somebody's stolen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and left them behind. But that's not their biggest problem. Their biggest problem is that Little Harry's been kidnapped by whoever stole their magical car. There's only one solution: the Tootings must find the Potts - the family that originally built Chitty. Sharing their combined knowledge of how Chitty works, the families may stand a chance of rescuing Little Harry and finding...
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The family of animals at the Bed and Biscuit are expected to welcome and help protect Malicia, a mean-spirited city chicken who tours with a magic show, but all are afraid of her temper and powers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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During what seems like an ordinary museum visit, a tour guide lures Sunni and Blaise through a painted doorway, where they discover they've stepped into eighteenth-century London. When they realize their "tour guide" will do anything to learn what Sunni and Blaise know about magical paintings, they attempt to flee and encounter body snatchers, art thieves, and forgers in this gripping sequel to The Blackhope Enigma. Can they evade their captors and...
10) Journey
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Series
Journey trilogy (Aaron Becker) volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.
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Trelian volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
A mage's apprentice, a princess, and a dragon combine their strength and magic to bring down a traitor and restore peace to the kingdom of Trelian.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
As a turnaway girl in a cloister, Blightsend, who makes gold from the singing of the Masters who reside outside, Delphernia is given a chance to leave and meets a prince who recites poems and a girl who speaks of freedom.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. A compelling fantasy looks at issues of privilege, protest, and justice. All light in Chattana is created by one man -- the Governor, who appeared after the Great Fire to bring peace and order to the city. For Pong, who was born in Namwon Prison, the magical lights represent freedom, and he dreams of the day he will be able to walk among them. But when Pong escapes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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When a mysterious oil lantern and a box of painted slides appear at Blackhope Tower, Sunni and Blaise are drawn back to the place where their adventures first began. When they discover that the slides conceal secrets about artist-magician Fausto Corvo, the pair find themselves once again caught up in a deadly pursuit. An old enemy is still tracking Corvo and will stop at nothing to find him. Sunni and Blaise must fight to protect Corvo's secrets and...
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Philippa Fisher volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Philippa and her fairy godsister, Daisy, are asked by the High Counsel to go on a fantastic journey together to find a missing fairy and preserve the portals that connect the fairy and human realms.
16) Quest
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Series
Journey trilogy (Aaron Becker) volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Two children are swept up in an imaginative quest to save the king and his realm from dark forces when the king emerges from a magical door at the park and presses a map and strange objects into their hands before being captured and disappearing.
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Series
Trelian volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Apprentice mage Calen desperately plans to escape from the evil mage Krelig while Princess Meg trains her dragon to fight enemy forces.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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When the Tooting family finds an old engine and fits it to their camper van, they have no idea what kind of adventure lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary car . . . and it wants its bodywork back! But as the Tootings hurtle across the world rebuilding the original Chitty, a sinister baddie is on their trail - one who will stop at nothing to get the magnificent car for himself. Fueled by wry humor , this much-anticipated sequel...
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Worst witch volume 4
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English
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Mildred's beloved tabby cat has been deemed "unsuitable" for a witch, and is relegated to the kitchens to be a mouser. But when her class flies off on a school trip, Mildred concocts a plan to rescue Tabby - and bring him along in secret!
20) Horizon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
Description
Aluna and Hoku, Kampii from the City of Shifting Tides, and their friends, Equian Dash and winged Aviar Calli, are determined to stop a war. The maniacal ex-scientist Karl Strand is planning to conquer the world with his enormous army of tech-enhanced soldiers . . . unless the four friends can get to Strand first. Aluna's plan is dangerous: pose as Upgraders and infiltrate the army. But the enemy isn't what they expected and the strategy begins to...
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