Juliet Marillier
1) Foxmask
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Saga of the Light Isles volume 2
Language
English
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Foxmask is a book of a fantasy duet from Juliet Marillier, weaving history and folklore into a saga of adventure, romance, and magic.
The Norseman Eyvind, a fierce and loyal Wolfskin, came to a new land on top of the world to find his destiny. With his priestess bride Nessa he saved the land and weathered the treachery that was caused by Eyvind's blood-sworn friend Somerled. After much pain and sorrow the two lovers have managed to create a society...
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English
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A mysterious and magical tale plays out in the fabulous lands of Sevenwaters...this is a must for fans of Juliet Marillier's enthralling series. Long ago, the sorceress, Lady Oonagh cast a curse over her own child. Now a druid, an ill-tempered raven and an adventurous young woman are drawn together as the time approaches for the evil magic to be undone.
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Warrior bards volume 1
Language
English
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"A young woman is both a bard--and a warrior--in this thrilling historical fantasy from the author of the Sevenwaters novels."--
Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player; her brother Brocc has a voice to melt the hardest heart, and a rare talent on the harp. But Liobhan's burning ambition is to join the elite warrior band on Swan Island. While training, their unusual blend of skills makes them ideal for a particular job, which requires...
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English
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Whistling Tor is a place of secrets, a mysterious, wooded hill housing the crumbling fortress belonging to Anluan-a chieftain whose name is spoken throughout the region in tones of revulsion and bitterness. A curse lies over Anluan's family and his people, and the woods themselves hold a perilous force whose every whisper threatens doom. Then the young scribe Caitrin appears in Anluan's garden, admiring the rare plant known as heart's blood. Retained...
Author
Series
Warrior bards volume 3
Language
English
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"A young warrior who wields both the power of her music and the strength of her sword faces a grave threat in this enthralling historical fantasy. Bard and fighter Liobhan is always ready for a challenge. So when news arrives at Swan Island that the prince of Dalriada has gone missing after an assault by both masked men and the sinister Crow Folk, she's eager to act. While Liobhan and her fellow Swan Island warriors seek answers to the prince's disappearance,...
6) Shadowfell
Author
Series
Shadowfell volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill-a uniquely powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk-Neryn sets out for the legendary Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a secret rebel group determined to overthrow the evil King Keldec.
During her dangerous journey, she receives aid...
7) The Caller
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Series
Shadowfell volume 3
Language
English
Description
In the final book in this gripping, romantic fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Robin McKinley, Kristin Cashore, and Shannon Hale, the band of rebels reach their climactic confrontation with the king.
Just one year ago, Neryn had nothing but a canny skill she barely understood and a faint dream that the legendary rebel base of Shadowfell might be real. Now she is the rebels' secret weapon, and their greatest hope for survival in the fast-approaching...
8) Raven Flight
Author
Series
Shadowfell volume 2
Language
English
Description
Neryn has finally found the rebel group at Shadowfell, and now her task is to seek out the elusive Guardians, vital to her training as a Caller. These four powerful beings have been increasingly at odds with human kind, and Neryn must prove her worth to them. She desperately needs their help to use her gift without compromising herself or the cause of overthrowing the evil King Keldec.
Neryn must journey with the tough and steadfast Tali, who looks...
9) Wolfskin
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Series
Saga of the Light Isles volume 1
Language
English
Description
All young Eyvind ever wanted was to become a great Viking warrior--a Wolfskin--and perform honorable deeds out in the name of his War fathergod, Thor. He can think of no future more glorious. And the chance to make it happen is his when his older brother Ulf is brought the tale of a magical land across the sea, a place where men with courage could go to conquer a land and bring glory to themselves. They set out to find this fabled land and discover...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 31
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English
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When an arsonist sets fire to their barns one by one, destroying her beautiful murals, Sarah Kauffman must help outsider and arson investigator Nate MacKenzie process the crime scenes while adhering to Amish ways in a community riddled by fear.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
When an arsonist sets fire to their barns one by one, destroying her beautiful murals, Sarah Kauffman must help outsider and arson investigator Nate MacKenzie process the crime scenes while adhering to Amish ways in a community riddled by fear.
Author
Series
Sevenwaters fantasies volume 4
Publisher
Roc
Language
English
Description
After her newborn brother is kidnapped under her care, Clodoagh must enter the shadowy Otherworld and confront its powerful ruling prince in order to recover the heir to Sevenwaters.
15) Wildwood dancing
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.
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Series
Sevenwaters fantasies volume 6
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Maeve returns to Sevenwaters to find the country in turmoil after Prince Mac Dara's desperate attempts to return his only son to the Otherworld put innocents in peril.
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Series
Blackthorn and Grim volume 1
Publisher
ROC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After escaping her wrongful imprisonment, magical healer Blackthorn, living on the fringe of a mysterious forest with a former prison mate named Grim, is duty bound to assist anyone who asks for her help.
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The greatest gift to us is caring and sharing, no matter who we are.
What would the world be like without someone to care for or to care with? Would love survive if we don't care? From the world of twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors comes a world that can be funny, heartwarming, strange, or sad. Or not what we expect.
How can a henchman keep up with a mischievous retired supervillain? Can a dog help a hockey player score again? Will...