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Traitor's game volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Now firmly on the side of the Coracks, sixteen-year-old Kestra Dallisor plans to use the magic Olden Blade to kill the evil Lord Endrick, but when she fails, Endrick turns her into one of his Ironheart soldiers, without any memory of her rebellion, and bound to obey him, his spy within the Coracks; the rebel Simon is desperate to return her to the Kestra he loves, but he is reluctant to use the magic that might heal (or destroy) her--and neither Simon...
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The Unwanteds volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Divided by their society into Wanted and Unwanted at thirteen, estranged twin brothers Aaron and Alex have both run into trouble--as mage of Artime, Alex must defend the island from attack, while Aaron continues to scheme to take over the islands and get rid of the Unwanteds altogether.
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The Keepers (Ted Sanders) volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Better than the first, unexpected twists and secrets
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While Horace and Chloe struggle to master new powers under the shadow of a rising adversary who threatens all Keepers, a faraway new Keeper, April, travels with a mysterious woman in the hope of fixing her damaged Tan'ji magical object.
4. Switch
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Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 3.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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The author, Ingrid Law, seems to thrive on hope and alway having someone to count on; the main character is never alone. The writing style also has a out in the country feel and a funny streak, but so do all the other books.
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Gypsy Beaumont's magical savvy switches to its opposite when she learns that her mean and decidedly non-magical grandma has Alzheimer's and is going to move in with her family.
5. Scumble
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Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Mibs's cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover that his "savvy"--the magical power unique to each member of their family--is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry's ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah.
6. Savvy
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Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Finished in TWO days!
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Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
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Peter & the Starcatchers volume 4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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When shadow creatures search for a secret cache of starstuff that fell to London many centuries ago, Wendy Darling employs the help of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys to protect the Sword of Mercy--the key that unlocks the vault where the starstuff is hidden.
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Magisterium volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Things have been better for Callum Hunt since the evil Constantine Madden was "officially" destroyed, even his relations with his father have improved, so he is happy to get back to the Magisterium for his Bronze Year to continue his magical studies--but when one of the students is murdered, Call and his friends, Tamara and Aaron, must track down the killer, without revealing the fact that Call is Madden reborn.
9. Magyk
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Septimus Heap volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.
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Peter & the Starcatchers volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin.
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
11. The silver mask
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Magisterium volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Continues the adventures of Call and his friends in the Magisterium.
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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An epic fantasy about Luna, a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her to protect her family.
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 6.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his only vulnerability.
Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses.
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Magisterium volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Callum Hunt's life has been difficult ever since he was admitted to the Magisterium, since his father suspects him of being evil, and his closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf--but when he discovers that his father may be trying to destroy both him andHavoc, he escapes back to the magical world and he and his friends Aaron and Tamara, become involved in the search for the stolen Alkahest, a copper gauntlet with dangerous powers.
15. The iron trial
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Magisterium volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
16. The last council
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Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Emily and her friends think they'll find the help they need in Cielis, but something isn't right. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in fear. Emily is soon escorted to the Academy where she's expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, a group of the the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of competitors gets smaller and smaller, a terrible secret is slowly uncovered--a secret that,...
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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A unique book about friendship and the changes two girls go through when they enter middle school. And a mysterious boy.
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"New York City middle-schooler Val teams up with a strange boy who lives in an even stranger bookshop to save her best friend who has lost her way in this story about universal friendship"--
18. 100 cupboards
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100 cupboards volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Henry York goes to Kansas after his parents are kidnapped while traveling. His uncle Frank, aunt Dotty, and cousons Penny, Henrietta, and Anastasia take him in and Henry temporarily sleeps in the attic. He hears thumping behind his wall and peels back the plaster to see what it is. underneeth there are ninety-nine cupboards, each one different. He and Henreitta figure out how to open a few; in one is a bright yellow light and an ocasional pant leg. In another is the smell of thick wet moss and trees. Once they find a way to go through them an adventure begins.
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After his parents are kidnapped, timid twelve-year-old Henry York leaves his sheltered Boston life and moves to small-town Kansas, where he and his cousin Henrietta discover and explore hidden doors in his attic room that seem to open onto other worlds.
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 5.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Fifteen-year-old wizard Harry Potter struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.
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The Unwanteds volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.