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1) Jinx's magic
Author
Series
Jinx trilogy (Sage Blackwood) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
"A young wizard's apprentice, Jinx, learns that his forest home, the Urwald, is under threat, and to save it he must travel to a new land"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"To get what they want most, Zara and Jude search for Emer, an orphaned witch with dark and deadly powers, but when a serial killer targets Emer's clients, the three girls form an uneasy alliance to hunt the killer before they meet the same fate"--Provided by publisher.
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English
Description
A teenager's longing for family and a place to call home is poignantly portrayed in this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting story of life in the foster-care system. A teenager's longing for family and a place to call home is poignantly portrayed in this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting story of life in the foster-care system from bestselling author Eve Ainsworth. Feeling betrayed when her long-term foster placement breaks down, Amy is sent to live...
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Language
English
Description
Mrs. Pepper and her five lively children Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie, and Phronsie have had many hard times in the Little Brown House since the children's father died. But no matter how tough things get, the Little Peppers always handle their difficulties with great courage and cheer. They have learned to take delight even in the smallest of pleasures because the children are sure that good times are just around the corner. One day, the Peppers meet a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Vince Elgin is an orphan, having lost his mother and his father in a fire when he was young, but beyond that, his life hasn't been much of a fairy tale. With only a senile grandfather he barely knows to call family, Vince was interned in a group home, where he spun fantastical stories and dreamed that his father, whose body was never found, might one day return for him. But it's been a long time since the fire, a long time since Vince has told himself...
7) Rose Heart
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Language
English
Description
A coming of age story about a girl trying to find herself.The story is set in an African village, which despite modernity, still clings to traditions.Abandoned as a child, she's adopted by a kindly man who brings her up as his own. Though she is seen as a foreigner by most and is often teased for her looks, in her father's house she finds happiness, acceptance, and eventually love.
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Language
English
Description
Questions asked by our children are sometimes the most precious and can even be thought-provoking. Read this book and witness this little child's search for the answers to their questions. Why can't we see Jesus? Keep reading and learn the different ways that Jesus can be found in our everyday lives, in our everyday movements.
10) The unnameables
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
On an island in whose strict society only useful objects are named and the unnamed are ignored or forbidden, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual and powerful creature, half-man, half-goat, and together they attempt to bring some changes to the community.
11) Minaret
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leila Aboulela's American debut is a provocative, timely, and engaging novel about a young Muslim woman - once privileged and secular in her native land and now impoverished in London - gradually embracing her orthodox faith. With her Muslim hijab and down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty years ago, Najwa, then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined...
12) Egg-drop blues
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Judge Jenkins has a low science grade because of his dyslexia, so he convinces his twin brother Jury to work with him in a science competition in order to earn extra credit.
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Series
Language
English
Description
DAD. That's what I answer when someone asks what kind of story The Vox Oculis Trilogy is. DAD stands for "Defies All Description." That answer annoys many people, understandably as it is kind of a dodge on my part, but as most people are indulging and kind, they usually have the patience to ask a follow-up question, which is almost always, "Okay, well perhaps you can tell me what the genre is?" "That's easy. It is a CYACOAMTWATOSF&R novel," I reply....
Author
Series
School for scoundrels volume 3
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Simeon Jones has a secret--he is soft-hearted. Despite his scandalous exterior, he will quietly give money to orphans (after all, he was one himself), animals, and damsels in distress. One such damsel is Lady Myrtle Allen--but it's not her funds that are lacking, but rather she needs to get to London--fast. And so begins a wild adventure. First, the pair tells all the ton that they are engaged to be wed--how else to prevent scandal once they are...
15) Angel and Bavar
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Language
English
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Description
"After the death of her parents, Angel has a lot to get used to: a new home, a new family, a new school. The last thing she's interested in is making new friends. Until she meets Bavar--a strange boy who slips through the shadows, a boy who might understand her nightmares. But Bavar doesn't want to let anyone in. Everyone--and everything--in his enchanted house is already urging him to step up and protect the world from a magical rift and the fearsome...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late 19th century Scotland. Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven farm, Lizzie Craig discovers at a young age that she can see into the future. Her gift of sight is selective--she doesn't, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family on...
17) Trace
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In a debut novel that's perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Erin Entrada Kelly, award-winning author/illustrator and educator Pat Cummings tells a poignant story about grief, love, and the untold stories that echo across time.
Trace Carter doesn't know how to feel at ease in his new life in New York. Even though his artsy Auntie Lea is cool, her brownstone still isn't his home. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident...
18) Merlin
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Series
Language
English
Description
The boy wizard's adventure comes to a triumphant conclusion in this magical tale by the acclaimed author of the Pit Dragon Chronicles.
In flight from the magic visions that plague him, Merlin falls into the hands of the wodewose, wild folk who, according to legend, live in the company of wolves and devour children. But, far from being wild, the wodewose are an enormous family of the unwanted, the abandoned, and the homeless. For once Merlin has found...
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Jacob Unger arrives to retrieve his runaway orphaned niece, Amish widow Dorcas Bitler sees the conflict between the pair and suggests an arrangement. The teenager will stay with her for a while to give them both a much-needed break. Only Jacob's frequent visits--and Dorcas's growing attraction--aren't part of the plan. Now she's faced with an even bigger challenge: mending a broken relationship...while keeping her own heart intact." -- Page...
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Getting left at the altar wasn't in Elisa Hartley's planner--but neither was gaining custody of her two orphaned nieces. Determined to be the best guardian possible, Elisa moves them into a newly renovated house. When landscape architect Sean Peters arrives to fix up her yard, he might just be able to heal her heart, too. Except Sean's got a secret...and revealing it could throw a wrench in their happily-ever-after." -- Page [4] cover.
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