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Neverseen by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSophie Foster is on the run—but at least she's not alone.Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they settle into their new lives, they uncover secrets far bigger than anything they’d imagined... -
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Nightfall by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSophie Foster is struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeated.The Neverseen have had their victories—but the battle is far from over. It’s time to change tactics. Make sacrifices. Reexamine everything. Maybe even time for Sophie to trust her enemies... -
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Exile by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsSophie Foster thought she was safe. Settled into her home at Havenfield, surrounded by friends, and using her unique telepathic abilities to train Silveny--the first female alicorn ever seen in the Lost Cities--her life finally seems to be coming together. But Sophie's kidnappers are still out there... -
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Bonus Keefe Story by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis short story told from Keefe's point of view was originally included in the Barnes & Noble exclusive edition of Nightfall... -
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Legacy by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIllusions shatter—and Sophie and her friends face impossible choices—in this astonishing eighth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerous discovery. Even the smallest secret comes with terrifying new responsibilities... -
![A Dragon's Dare by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle]()
A Dragon's Dare by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLife is a balance—at least that’s what I’m told by people smarter than me.Try as I might to spend quality time with Sloan, family, friends, and companion animals my magnet of mayhem often has other ideas.Adulting is hard.So when I move an adolescent dragon into my backyard why don’t I anticipate the craziness that will ensue?Maybe Sloan’s right and I am ridiculous.I like to think I’m an optimist... -
![Dead or Alive by Derek Landy]()
Dead or Alive by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSkulduggery, Valkyrie and Omen return in the 14th and penultimate novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series - and their most epic test yet...In a matter of days, the world will change.Billions of lives will be wiped away in a final, desperate search for the Child of the Faceless Ones - she who is destined to bring about the return of humankind's ancient overlords... -
![Harry Potter Schoolbooks Box Set: Two Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by J.K. Rowling]()
Harry Potter Schoolbooks Box Set: Two Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by J.K. Rowling
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThere is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here.Fans of Harry Potter will love the chance to really get inside the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Now, straight from the Hogwarts School Library, come two textbooks used by Harry and all his fellow wizards-in-training. Written by J. K... -
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L'Œil d'Otolep by Pierre Bottero
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDe retour à Gwendalavir, Ewilan découvre qu'une méduse aux tentacules mortels tente d'envahir l'Imagination. Alors qu'un mal sourd infecte son organisme, elle se joint à l'expédition qui part vers Valingaï afin de ramener Illian, un jeune garçon aux pouvoirs incroyables, dans sa famille. Après avoir combattu de terribles ennemis, la troupe parvient aux confins de l'Empire devant l'oeil d'Otolep... -
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Flashback by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn this unforgettable seventh book, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased.Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or whom—to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst mistake can be focusing on the wrong threat... -
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Неуловимый Хабба Хэн by Max Frei
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsПолное название: Неуловимый Хабба Хэн. История, рассказанная сэром Максом из Ехо Некоторые тайны остаются тайнами только потому, что не могут высказаны словами: звуки и буквы – неподходящие символы для составления этих магических формул. Иные же тайны – и не тайны вовсе, так, мелкие секреты, зато – чужие. Личные. Приватные... -
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Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe next thrilling installment of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities...Categorized as:
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The Inquisitor's Mark by Dianne K. Salerni
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter the all-out Eighth Day war in Mexico, Jax, Riley, and Evangeline have gone into hiding. There are still rogue Transitioners and evil Kin lords who want to use Riley, a descendant of King Arthur, and Evangeline, a powerful wizard with bloodlines to Merlin, to get control over the Eighth Day... -
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![The Oracle by K.B. Hoyle]()
The Oracle by K.B. Hoyle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA year ago Darcy Pennington would have laughed at the idea of magical worlds, prophecies, and talking animals, but everything changed when she visited Cedar Cove Family Camp and stumbled through a gateway. It is the summer before freshman year, and Darcy and her five friends have returned through the gateway to the world of Alitheia... -
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The White Thread by K.B. Hoyle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarcy Pennington spent her freshman year agonizing over the sacrifice of her dear friend Yahto Veli, the nark who gave himself to the Oracle to set her free. But when she returns to Alitheia determined to rescue him, she soon comes to realize there's much more at stake than just the fate of her friend. Alitheia is in turmoil, and a new riddle from the Oracle hangs over their heads... -
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Magic Required by Obert Skye
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final answer to the existence of magic.Ozzy and his friend Sigi are in more danger than ever before. After being injected with the mindcontrolling serum, Ozzy is learning to control the minds of people, but he is still being hunted by Ray, the power-mad villain who will stop at nothing to find and possess the formula... -
![The Lost Tide Warriors by Catherine Doyle]()
The Lost Tide Warriors by Catherine Doyle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Fans of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson can add Fionn Boyle as a generous and brave hero from the Emerald Isle.” – School Library Connection on The Storm Keeper's Island There is magic deep within Arranmore Island, and Fionn Boyle is beginning to discover how it has woven its way through generations of his family's history...Categorized as:
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Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Betrayal by Lydia Sherrer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWould you betray your friends to save them?It has been months since Lily Singer’s harrowing adventure in England, yet there has still been no word of her father or Morgan le Fay. Far from being able to relax, Lily has been kept busy doing the last thing in the world she ever imagined: dating Sebastian Blackwell.Insanity must run in her family... -
![The Legend of the Rift by Peter Lerangis]()
The Legend of the Rift by Peter Lerangis
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the epic final installment of the series. This edition begins right after Aly has been kidnapped by King Uhla'ar and pulled back into Atlantis. The rift is guarded by a behemoth, and Aly simply cannot be rescued easily. Frantic, the kids come to believe that their only hope is to find the rest of the lost Loculi in order to rescue Aly...Categorized as:
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Sticks & Stones by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe kids in Upside-Down Magic know their magic is a little out of control. But that doesn't make them weird--it only makes them human.Strange things are happening at Dunwiddle Magic School-and the Upside-Down Magic class is getting blamed!Yes, Marigold did shrink Lacey Clench to the size of a gerbil. But that was an accident... -
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The Stolen Chapters by James Riley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOwen, Kiel, and Bethany confront secrets, stolen memories, and some very familiar faces in the second book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves—which was called a “fast-paced, action-packed tale” by School Library Journal—from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy... -
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The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsArtemis’s mother has contracted a deadly disease—and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save them. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet... his younger self... -
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The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsIt's Armageddon Time for Artemis FowlOpal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminate mankind and become fairy queen.If she succeeds, the spirits of long-dead fairy warriors will rise from the earth, inhabit the nearest available bodies and wreak mass destruction... -
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Shell Game by Ridley Pearson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAs the Disney Fantasy joins the cruise fleet, a special treat is in store for guests aboard its inaugural sail from Cape Canaveral to Los Angeles: the Disney Host Interactive teenage guides will be part of the Fantasy crew.Finn, Maybeck, Charlene, Willa, and Philby are to attend the cruise as celebrity guests, and to perform a ribbon cutting for the DHI server to go live... -
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Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Identity by Lydia Sherrer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIdentity is a choice. Who will you choose to be? Lily is in trouble. Deep, deep trouble. Alone and without her magic, she doesn’t know where she is or how she got there. All she wants is to go home and be left in peace. But what part of her will she have to sacrifice to get there? Sebastian is doomed. Spent, wrecked, devastated... -
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The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents by Nicki Pau Preto
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA middle grade magic school fantasy perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and Witchlings, in which a girl with unparalleled power must work with her misfit classmates to save her new school.Lavinia “Vin” Lucas is out of control and out of options... -
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The Box and the Dragonfly by Ted Sanders
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsExperience the fantastic adventure filled with magical objects, secret sects, and life as we know it on the line! Mixing magic and physics, Ted Sanders has created an epic story that has the feel of classic fantasy but twists it into something new and innovative.From the moment Horace F. Andrews sees the sign from the bus a sign with his own name on it everything changes...Categorized as:
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Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder by Obert Skye
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"Do you think he'll be able to do it?" Clover asked, worried. "I'm not sure," Geth replied, amazed by his own doubt. "I'm not sure." In the fifth and final volume of the epic saga of Leven Thumps, all of Foo is rushing madly to exit the realm of dreams while Leven is headed in the opposite direction. Fate snatches him to the island of Alder, where he is poised to pass or fail the final test... -
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Scumble by Ingrid Law
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNine years after Mibs's Savvy journey, her cousin Ledge has just turned thirteen . . . But Ledger Kale's savvy is a total dud-all he does is make little things fall apart. So his parents decide it's safe to head to Wyoming, where it's soon revealed that Ledge's savvy is much more powerful than anyone thought... -
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Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA seven-day book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic... -
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Lost in Babylon by Peter Lerangis
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe adventure continues as Jack and his friends travel to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the pulse-pounding second title in the Seven Wonders series.With Marco gone and the first Loculus lost, Jack, Cass, and Ally are no closer to saving themselves (or the world) than when they first arrived at the Karai Institute... -
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Witch's Broom by Ruth Chew
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmy's mother found the little broom in their back yard, near the peach tree. It didn't sweep very well... -
![Eva Ibbotson 3-in-1: Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13 & Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson]()
Eva Ibbotson 3-in-1: Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13 & Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhich Witch?Arriman the Awful, the Wizard of the North, needs a wife, and, naturally, the only woman a wizard can marry is a witch. But which witch will Arriman choose? Warty, wicked, or just plain rude-witches galore enter his spell-casting competition. Poor Belladonna doesn't have a chance. Her spells conjure up pink begonias or ice-cream sundaes, not a single viper or toad...Categorized as:
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![The Six by K.B. Hoyle]()
The Six by K.B. Hoyle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarcy Pennington hates her life. She is an insufferably average teenager with no true friends, crushing social anxiety, and an indescribable sense of not fitting in anywhere. When her parents force her to attend Cedar Cove Family Camp the summer before her eighth-grade year, Darcy once again finds herself on the outside of an established social circle... -
![The Warble by Victoria Simcox]()
The Warble by Victoria Simcox
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKristina receives an unusual Christmas gift which transports her to the land of Bernovem.In Bernovem, she is honored as "the chosen one" the only one who can release the land from Queen Sentiz's control.To save Bernovem, she must place the gift she was given, the famous "Warble" in its resting place... -
![Invincible by DelSheree Gladden]()
Invincible by DelSheree Gladden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMason is not imaginary. He's not a ghost, either. And he's definitely not a hallucination. Mason is the one Aerling capable of saving an entire world. He thought he was going home, but surviving Sentinel attacks and making it back to the Aerling world is only the beginning of Mason’s fight to protect the ones he loves... -
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The Key by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime is short for Mack MacAvoy and the Magnifica Mack hates doing homework (that's what golems are for), but it seems that the only way to defeat the Pale Queen and her evil daughter, Risky, is to learn the magical language of Vargran. If only ancient, magical languages came with cheat sheets . . .. . . Oh But they do (Or at least, this one does... -
![The Last Windwitch by Jennifer Adam]()
The Last Windwitch by Jennifer Adam
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMany years ago, in the kingdom of Fenwood Reach, there was a powerful Windwitch who wove the seasons, keeping the land bountiful and the people happy. But then a dark magic drove her from the realm, and the world fell into chaos.Brida is content in her small village of Oak Hollow... -
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The Memory Thieves by Dhonielle Clayton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEager to wield their stapiers for Marvel Combat, Ella, Brigit, and Jason are back for their second year at the Arcanum Training Institute. With Ella’s celebrity growing throughout the Marvellian world after thwarting the Ace of Anarchy’s diabolical plans, it’s proving hard for her to focus on her coursework... -
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The Pocket and the Pendant by Mark Jeffrey
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMax Quick is a pickpocket, a vagabond, an orphan, and a thief. Even so, nothing about him seems particularly special . . . until one day when time mysteriously stops. Suddenly, nearly everyone in the world is frozen in time—except for Max.Now Max must journey across America to find the source of the Time-stop... -
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Disney Lands by Ridley Pearson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith the defeat of the Overtakers behind them, the five teenagers known as the Kingdom Keepers should be celebrating. By all accounts they saved Disneyland from certain destruction. Why then did their mentor leave one last puzzle for them to decipher? The Keepers must solve a puzzle of the past, or be crushed under an evil that makes the Overtakers seem like gentle souls... -
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The Ancient One by T.A. Barron
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThey stood untouched for thousands of years, hidden within a fog-filled hollow. Now Kate, visiting Oregon, has discovered the grove of giant redwoods in Lost Crater. And their existence has become a source of bitter conflict—between those who believe the trees are the dying mill town’s last hope, and those who wish to keep the area a protected sanctuary...Categorized as:
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Switch by Ingrid Law
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree years after Ledge's adventure in Scumble, Gypsy narrates this brand new addition of the Savvy Series... -
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Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, the thrilling conclusion to the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians saga.As a Knight of Crystallia, I, Bastille, swore to protect the Smedry clan from the Evil Librarians. (And believe me, screwups like them constantly need protecting... -
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The Chaos Curse by Sayantani DasGupta
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCreating order out of chaos has frightening consequences in this New York Times bestselling series!Kiranmala must leave the Kingdom Beyond and travel to her hometown of Parsippany to save Prince Lal, who has been spirited to the unlikeliest of places -- a tree in the yard of her best-enemy-for-life... -
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The City Beyond the Sea by Pari Thomson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDaisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the spellbinding sequel to New York Times bestseller The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson.In a land ruled by water, treachery runs deep . . . Daisy Thistledown and the Five O'Clock Club might have defeated a terrifying foe, but their journey to find the missing Botanists is only just beginning... -
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The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsTen thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilisation underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All the fairy families agreed on this, except the eighth family, the demons... -
![The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull]()
The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFour young friends are befriended by the owner of a new candy shop. However, the gray-haired, grandmotherly Mrs. White is not an ordinary candy maker. Her confections have magical side effects. Purposefully, she invites the kids on a special mission to retrieve a hidden talisman under Mt. Diablo Elementary School... -
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The Doll People by Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAnnabelle Doll is 8 years old--and has been for over 100 years. Nothing much has changed in the dollhouse during that time, except for the fact that 45 years ago, Annabelle's Auntie Sarah disappeared from the dollhouse without a trace. After all this time, restless Annabelle is becoming more and more curious about her aunt's fate...
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