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"Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But he can't hide from his past, and it's not long before it comes looking for him. Along with Plum, a brilliant young undergraduate with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and...
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All souls trilogy volume 1
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Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 35
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Discovering a magical manuscript in Oxford's library, scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant of witches who has rejected her heritage, inadvertently unleashes a fantastical underworld of daemons, witches, and vampires whose activities center around an enchanted treasure.
4) Akata woman
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With the help of her friends, fifteen-year-old Sunny embarks on a mission to find a precious object and return it to the spider deity Udide, but defeating the guardians of Udide's ghazal will put all of Sunny's hard lessons and abilities to the test.
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Thieves of shadow volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Callan and four other young criminals are recruited to pull off a difficult heist from the city's most powerful sorcerer"--
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Time warp trio series volume 12
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Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Thanks to their magical book, Fred, Sam, and Joe inadvertently travel through time to to 1000 A.D. where they sail with Leif Erikson, attempt to escape from his evil cousin, and try to find a way back to their own time.
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Time warp trio series volume 7
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Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children's books.
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Viking
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Odge Gribble travels to Vienna to find a mistmaker expert and meets Lina, a young girl looking for adventure, as they try, with the help of friends and some magic, to discover why the protective mist around Odge's beloved Island of Mist is disappearing.
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All souls trilogy volume 3
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Viking
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English
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"After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches--with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when...
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Viking
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"Witches have been banned from Arrett for years. Which is why Milly has tried to ignore the tingling light that appears in her palm anytime she conjures up a wish. She has too many responsibilities as the oldest girl at St. George's Orphanage to get caught up in magicks. Sweet, quirky Cilla, though, has always longed for that power, even if it could be dangerous for her. Milly has always kept an eye out for her, but then, in a case of mistaken identity,...
11) Ikenga
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Mnamdi is determined to avenge his police chief father, who was murdered while triyng to rid the town of criminals, but Nnamdi feels powerless until he receives a magical object which gives him superpowers.
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Viking
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English
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Syria, 2003. A blooming romance leads to a tragic accident when Hussam's father catches him acting on his feelings for his best friend, Wassim. In an instant, the course of their lives is changed forever. Ten years later, Hussam and Wassim are still struggling to find peace and belonging. Sponsored as a refugee by a controlling older man, Hussam is living an openly gay life in Vancouver, where he attempts to quiet his demons with sex, drugs, and alcohol....
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Smoke thieves volume 3
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Viking
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English
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A devastated March joins King Aloysius' child army, while Queen Catherine battles her secret smoke addiction and unresolved issues with Ambrose to gain military support from her Calidorian cousin.
16) Me oh Maya!
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Time warp trio series volume 13
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Viking
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IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.
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Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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During World War II, a Czechoslovakian Jewish boy is sent to northern Scotland to live in a castle that houses gifted children who are learning to harness their magical powers to support the Allies' cause.
18) The demon world
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Smoke thieves volume 2
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Viking
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English
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King Aloysius discovers that demons' smoke will enable him to build an army of children to help expand his realm and power. Princess Catherine calls upon her allies who can use their unique talents to stop him as he breaches the barriers between worlds and unleashes demons upon the kingdom.
19) The other Merlin
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Viking
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English
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Emry, the daughter of the famed wizard Merlin, must disguise herself as her twin brother to learn magic in Prince Arthur's court, where she finds scandal, danger, and romance.
20) Marco? Polo!
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Time warp trio series volume 16
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The Time Warp Trio find themselves in a desert in China and in order to retrieve their magical book from the court of Kublai Khan they must pose as astrologers and join the caravan of Marco Polo and his father.
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