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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIt has all been leading to this.Every victory. Every loss. All the thrills and sadness; the hope and despair. Bobby Pendragon's heart-pounding journey through time and space has brought him to this epic moment. He and his fellow Travelers must join forces for one last desperate battle against Saint Dane. At stake is not only the tenth and final territory, but all that ever was or will be... -
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The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . .When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase... -
Elsewhere by Will Shetterly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Ron runs away, he ends up in Bordertown, a grim city that lies between the real world and the world of faerie, a place where elf and human gangs stalk the streets side by side, and where magic works better than technology. If the city doesn't kill him, it just may teach him what it is to be human... -
The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for 0006755259 "You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but it will be against the rules for you to enter play in any world. If you suceed in returning Home, then you may enter play again in the normal manner...Categorized as:
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Ink by Hal Duncan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's twenty years since the Evenfall swept across the Vellum and the bitmites took reality apart, twenty years since Phreedom Messenger disappeared into the wilderness and Seamus Finnan was imprisoned in his own past. Twenty years of chaos but the Dukes, the remnants of the Covenant, still cling to power in their enclaves of order in the bitmite-devastated wilderness . . -
Restoration by Guy Adams
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNONE WHO ENTER THE WORLD HOUSE LEAVE IT UNCHANGED. In some rooms, forests grow; animals roam and objects come to life. Great secrets and treasures await the brave or foolhardy. And at the very top of the house, the prisoner it was all built to contain sat behind a locked door waiting for the key to turn. The day that happened, the world ended.A sequel to the stunning "The World House"... -
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel. Pray they are hungry.Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house...Categorized as:
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UR by Stephen King, Holter Graham
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWesley Smith buys an Amazon Kindle to keep his mind off his recent nasty breakup, but he finds that his version is no ordinary e-reading device. Smith's Kindle has a special Ur option, which reveals the future and all the works his favorite authors have written in parallel dimensions... -
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... -
Havenfall by Sara Holland
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA safe haven between four realms and the girl sworn to protect it—at any cost.Hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado lies the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary that connects ancient worlds—each with its own magic. For generations, the inn has protected all who seek refuge within its walls, and any who disrupt the peace can never return... -
The Silver Dream by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSixteen-year-old Joey Harker has just saved the Altiverse—the dimension that contains all the myriad Earths—from complete destruction. After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, Joey and his fellow InterWorld Freedom Fighters are on a mission to maintain peace between the rival powers of magic and science who seek to control all worlds... -
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Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons--and reconsider what it means to be a hero . . . by destiny or by choice...Categorized as:
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Vellum by Hal Duncan
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn extraordinary, incendiary debut from a rare new talent, Vellum showcases a complex and sophisticated level of writing coupled with a fecund imagination that defies description. VELLUM: THE BOOK OF ALL HOURSIt's 2017 and angels and demons walk the earth. Once they were human; now they are unkin, transformed by the ancient machine-code language of reality itself... -
Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf you could change your story, would you?Jane has lived a mostly ordinary life, raised by her recently deceased aunt Magnolia, whom she counted on to turn life into an adventure. Without Aunt Magnolia, Jane is directionless... -
InterWorld by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsWhen Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award winner Michael Reaves teamed up, they created the bestselling YA novel InterWorld. InterWorld tells the story of Joey Harker, a very average kid who discovers that his world is only one of a trillion alternate earths. Some of these earths are ruled by magic. Some are ruled by science. All are at war...
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