Books like 'Saints and Sinners: Paint Your Dragon and Open Sesame'
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The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting... -
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The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 69 ratings"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can... -
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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsMagnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about... -
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Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRupert Venables is a Magid.It's a Magid's job to oversee what goes on in the vast Multiverse. Actually, Rupert is really only a junior Magid. But he's got a king-sized problem. Rupert's territory includes Earth and the Empire of Korfyros. When his mentor dies Rupert must find a replacement. But there are hundreds of candidates...Categorized as:
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When It's A Jar by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaurice has just killed a dragon with a bread knife. And had his destiny foretold. . . and had his true love spirited away. That's precisely the sort of stuff that'd bring out the latent heroism in anyone. Unfortunately, Maurice is pretty sure he hasn't got any latent heroism.Meanwhile, a man wakes up in a jar in a different kind of pickle (figuratively speaking)... -
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A Sudden Wild Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor aeons the mages of Arth, a neighbouring universe, have been looting Earth of ideas, innovations and technologies, all the while manipulating events and creating devastating catastrophes for their own edification. Now this brazen piracy is threatening Earth with total extinction... -
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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsConstance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she’s sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to assassinate her fairy godmother and become the one thing she’s never been: ordinary.Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become one of the world’s great adventurers... -
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Doughnut by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe doughnut is a thing of beauty. A circle of fried doughy perfection. A source of comfort in trying times, perhaps. For Theo Bernstein, however, it is far, far more.Things have been going pretty badly for Theo Bernstein. An unfortunate accident at work has lost him his job (and his work involved a Very Very Large Hadron Collider, so he's unlikely to get it back). His wife has left him... -
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Batteries Not Included by J.L. Merrow
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow would you react if you woke up one morning to find you were in bed with your favorite rock star? More to the point: how would the rock star react?Animal rescue worker Sam is content to dream of rock sensation Cain Shepney... -
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xxxHolic, Vol. 15 by Clamp
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKimihiro is having some wish-granting success with his very first customer, but his efforts are interrupted by a disturbing dream of the witch Yuko vanishing forever. Even people Yuko has helped are saying they've never heard of her. Too bad there is no such thing as "just a dream" in Kimihiro's universe. . . . xxxHOLiC crosses over with Tsubasa, also by CLAMP... -
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xxxHolic, Vol. 14 by Clamp
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKimihiro is a mystery even to himself. He has no memory of his past, or even of his beloved parents’ names. Neither does he have any idea why he is being followed by malicious spirits. But his boss, the witch Yûko Ichihara, knows, and in this volume many of Kimihiro’s secrets are finally revealed!xxxHOLiC crosses over with Tsubasa, also by CLAMP... -
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xxxHolic, Vol. 19 by Clamp
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFINAL VOLUME Kimihiro Watanuki has passed through many trials by fire. Once an indentured servant, he has matured and become the poised and skilled keeper of the shop that grants wishes. But Watanuki’s final wish is for himself: to meet the witch Yûko one more time... -
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xxxHolic, Vol. 17 by Clamp
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIncludes special extras after the story!Watanuki no longer leaves the wish-granting shop he inherited from the witch Yûko. What’s more, he must help everyone who walks through its doors—even the monster that ate his eye! How can the still-inexperienced Watanuki handle what can only be called one dangerous customer? xxxHOLiC crosses over with Tsubasa, also by CLAMP... -
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xxxHolic, Vol. 18 by Clamp
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIncludes special extras after the story! Watanuki's vow to the witch Yuko, who has disappeared, leaves him in charge of the shop where wishes must be granted to those who meet the price. Enter a deranged customer who is determined to capture the heart of the man she is stalking... -
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