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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Paul McCusker, C.S. Lewis
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFully dramatized and produced with cinema-quality sound design and music, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is the second of seven audio dramas in the Focus on the Family Radio Theatre production of The Chronicles of Narnia. Hosted by Douglas Gresham, stepson of C. S... -
![J'apprends à compter avec le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]()
J'apprends à compter avec le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 2000 Harcourt proudly reissued Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, in a sparkling new format. Newly translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard, this timeless classic was embraced by critics and readers across the country for its purity and beauty of expression... -
![When Angels Cry by MaryLu Tyndall]()
When Angels Cry by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the not too distant future…Wars, plagues, and famines ravage the world, immorality and violence are rampant, and the Bible is outlawed.Angelica Smoke, a single mother and cocktail waitress, ascends the steps of a megachurch to deliver a message from God to the one man she hoped to never see again... -
![Sword and Serpent by Taylor R. Marshall]()
Sword and Serpent by Taylor R. Marshall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn A.D. 299, the Roman oracles ceased to prophesy for the Emperor Diocletian. The silence of the gods sparks a bloody storm of persecution that sweeps across the Roman Empire. As the fires of suspicion and hatred ignite all around them, a young man and a young woman are united by a prophecy from the catacombs of Rome...one that will set them on a journey to battle an evil beyond imagining...Categorized as:
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![Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim's Progress by Oliver Hunkin, John Bunyan]()
Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim's Progress by Oliver Hunkin, John Bunyan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe world-famous, much-loved classic Pilgrim’s Progress is here retold for children. This abridged version uses the original words of John Bunyan as selected by Oliver Hunkin to present a gripping narrative. Filled with intricately detailed illustrations, this handsome, large-format book makes an ideal gift...Categorized as:
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![Scorched Treachery by Rebecca Ethington]()
Scorched Treachery by Rebecca Ethington
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhile Joclyn is trapped in the tormenting hell of Cail’s mind, the battle around her only continues to grow and spread.*Edmund has infiltrated the underground hallways of Prague, guiding the massacre that would end the lives of the last of the great magical race. In her attempts to stop him, Wynifred has been captured and her magic restrained... -
![Desert Outcast by Juddy Anderson C. Punzalan]()
Desert Outcast by Juddy Anderson C. Punzalan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Southern Empire of Kyrdas is a rogue nation. Ruled by Emperor Sarvasa, the richest man in Serestia, they are masters of nature, magic, and advanced technology deciphered from the sacred texts of the Ancients.For thousands of years, Kyrdas has continuously abused their power and have erected a super city for the lavish lifestyle of the elite... -
![The Winter War by Priscilla Shirer, Gina Detwiler]()
The Winter War by Priscilla Shirer, Gina Detwiler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years ago, the Prince Warriors lost one of their own, but now they must stand firm . . . because death is coming once again. In this sequel to Priscilla Shirer’s bestselling trilogy, the Prince Warriors return to Ahoratos to find it bare and dangerous. The Winter War is upon them... -
![Raavan: Enemy Of Aryavarta by Amish Tripathi]()
Raavan: Enemy Of Aryavarta by Amish Tripathi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWITHOUT THE DARKNESS, LIGHT HAS NO PURPOSE.WITHOUT THE VILLAIN, WHAT WOULD THE GODS DO?INDIA, 3400 BCE.A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don't give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of themost illustrious sages of the time. Blessed by the Gods with talents beyond all...Categorized as:
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![Duncton Quest by William Horwood]()
Duncton Quest by William Horwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Tryfan, son of Bracken and Rebecca, returns to the sacred Burrows of Uffington, he finds dreadful signs of death and destruction. For out of the chilly North have swarmed the grikes, a fanatical tribe of warrior moles bent on destroying all believers in the powers of the Stone...Categorized as:
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![The White House: A Novella by JaQuavis Coleman]()
The White House: A Novella by JaQuavis Coleman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe young heroine Draya lives paycheck to paycheck, laboring as a maid in a luxurious white house. One day, in the course of performing her duties, she is presented with an irresistible opportunity for a quick--and risky--payday. What unfolds in the white house changes the course of her life... -
![Supernova: Partikel by Dee Lestari]()
Supernova: Partikel by Dee Lestari
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDi pinggir Kota Bogor, dekat sebuah kampung bernama Batu Luhur, seorang anak bernama Zarah, dan adiknya, Hara, dibesarkan secara tidak konvensional oleh ayahnya, dosen sekaligus ahli mikologi bernama Firas. Cara Firas mendidik anak-anaknya mengundang pertentangan dari keluarganya sendiri... -
![Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen, Bahija Fattuhi Lovejoy]()
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen, Bahija Fattuhi Lovejoy
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn an ancient Arab nation, one woman dares to be different. Buran cannot—Buran will not—sit quietly at home and wait to be married to the man her father chooses. Determined to use her skills and earn a fortune, she instead disguises herself as a boy and travels by camel caravan to a distant city. There, she maintains her masculine disguise and establishes a successful business...Categorized as:
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![Lord of the Shadows by Jennifer Fallon]()
Lord of the Shadows by Jennifer Fallon
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDarkness threatens Ranadon again in the form of an eclipse. The Goddess wants to give the people of Ranadon a sign - and only Dirk Provin can interpret it. To do so, Dirk has systematically betrayed his one-time allies to join his most hated enemies. Now, with neither side trusting him, Dirk sets his own devious plot in motion... -
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![Forbidden Flight by H.G. Chambers]()
Forbidden Flight by H.G. Chambers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinged raptors, deadly sand-warriors, and a rebellious girl who breaks all the rules.Sixteen-year-old Kiva Fariq has always dreamed of soaring on the four-winged raptors that scour the desert skies. But the windwalker sect is closed off to women. What's more, the flying predators are said to kill any woman attempting to bond them.Undeterred, Kiva attempts the perilous windwalker trials in secret...Categorized as:
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![Staff & Crown by W.R. Gingell]()
Staff & Crown by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree years have passed since Annabel defeated Mordion in the Royal Castle and became the Queen Heir of New Civet. That’s a good thing, since the Castle spat her out three years into the past. Three years of statecraft, politics, and meeting important people are over...Categorized as:
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![The Whales' Song by Dyan Sheldon]()
The Whales' Song by Dyan Sheldon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis poetic, rhythmic text tells how a small girl believes the whales will come - as they did in past times - and fill the oceans, as big as the hills . . . as peaceful as the moon. Day after day, Lilly waits by the shore. If only she knew the secret of the whales' song... -
![Duncton Found by William Horwood]()
Duncton Found by William Horwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first trilogy of the Duncton Chronicles now reaches an inspiring and triumphant conclusion… Under the ruthless leadership of Henbane of Whern, the grikes have taken over moledom. Soon their ascendancy is to be consolidated by Lucerne, her son by Tryfan, and the last followers of the Stone rooted out and killed...Categorized as:
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![Shock: A Virals Short Story by Kathy Reichs]()
Shock: A Virals Short Story by Kathy Reichs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA riveting short story that takes us back to the beginning of the Virals series.A dazed Tory Brennan steps off the plane in Charleston. Reeling from the recent death of her mother, and nervous about meeting her dad for the first time, she could hardly be less excited at the prospect of starting this new chapter of her life...Categorized as:
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![Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard]()
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe glorious start to a middle-grade trilogy about a brilliant boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles that brings together adventure, humor, and real science! Darkus Cuttle's dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the Natural History Museum... -
![The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler]()
The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn a stand-alone series set in the world of Muirwood, eighteen-year-old Maia is the exiled princess of Comoros and heir to the throne. As a result of her father’s ceaseless need for authority, she was left disinherited and forced to live as a servant in her enemy’s home...Categorized as:
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![Eye of the Labyrinth by Jennifer Fallon]()
Eye of the Labyrinth by Jennifer Fallon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSince the Age of Shadows ended, the people of Ranadon have lived under the merciless heat of two suns and the tyranny of Antonov, the Lion of Senet. Consumed by his lust for power and his unshakable belief in the capricious, almighty Goddess, Antonov's rule is absolute. Only one man has the intelligence and will to break that hold... a man who could be King... -
![The Girl Who Became A Warrior by L.B. Anne]()
The Girl Who Became A Warrior by L.B. Anne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSOME BATTLES BREAK YOU. OTHERS MAKE YOU A WARRIOR.A few weeks have passed since the standoff against the Murk. Thirteen-year-old Sheena Meyer is hopeful that her world is normal again, but it isn’t. She hears a cry for help that no one else can and learns: evil doesn’t disappear; it finds a hiding place. It knows Sheena’s weakness and has set a trap for her... -
![Dreamteller by K.D. Shade]()
Dreamteller by K.D. Shade
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn heiress with everything to lose. A prophecy she never asked for.A glimpse of the past with the power to change the future.Lady Shannyn was raised to rule.But when a vision of the past uproots a buried betrayal, her secured future unravels.Spies whisper in the halls, assassins lurk in the shadows, and secrets fester behind silk-draped smiles, but rebellion isn’t the only danger in Megara... -
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![The Girl Who Spoke to the Wind by L.B. Anne]()
The Girl Who Spoke to the Wind by L.B. Anne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo save the people she loves, Sheena must dare to look where she’s most afraid and put her trust in angels. The mystery continues in this second installment of the Sheena Meyers series. Sheena learns her family has been hiding something from her. Something BIG. Ever since the day she first saw the being in the hospital, another world now exists for Sheena...Categorized as:
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![The Ale Boy's Feast by Jeffrey Overstreet]()
The Ale Boy's Feast by Jeffrey Overstreet
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 4 of the Auralia Thread seriesThe king is missing.His people are trapped as the woods turn deadly. Underground, the boy called Rescue has found an escape.Hopes are failing across The Expanse. The forests, once beautiful, are now haunted and bloodthirsty. House Abascar's persecuted people risk their lives to journey through those predatory trees... -
![Master Artificer: The Silent Gods Book 2 by Justin Call]()
Master Artificer: The Silent Gods Book 2 by Justin Call
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*An io9/Gizmodo Pick of the Month*A Manhattan Book Review Pick of Stunning Science Fiction for FallAnnev has avoided one fate. But a darker path may still claim him . . .After surviving the destruction of Chaenbalu, new mysteries and greater threats await Annev and his friends in the capital city of Luqura... -
![The Piano Girl, Part 1 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray]()
The Piano Girl, Part 1 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe plays from memory. Her memories. Part One is FREE on Amazon... The day after her sixteenth birthday party, Princess Alia finds out that she's been given away in marriage to a man she’s never met. The war has just ended, and for Alia’s protection, she must travel to her future kingdom disguised as a chicken farmer's daughter...Categorized as:
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![Ella by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee]()
Ella by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReserved yet resilient, Ella Blakeley lives with her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, without hope of escape—until the day Prince Kenton announces a ball that changes everything. Even without mice, magic, or fairy godmothers, Ella might discover a life that’s better than she ever dreamed. This intricately woven twist on Cinderella is an enchanting book you won’t be able to put down...Categorized as:
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![The Emerald Casket by Richard Newsome]()
The Emerald Casket by Richard Newsome
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's only been a month since Gerald Wilkins became the richest kid on earth and uncovered a plot of murder and deception stretching back hundreds of years. But the events of The Billionaire's Curse were just the beginning.As book two opens, Gerald, Sam, and Ruby discover that Gerald's family has been protecting a secret concerning nothing less than the fate of the world... -
![Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis]()
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world's best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans... -
![Queen of Tomorrow by Sherry D. Ficklin]()
Queen of Tomorrow by Sherry D. Ficklin
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSophie—now Catherine, Grand Duchess of Russia—had a tough first year at Imperial Court. Married at sixteen to Grand Duke Peter, heir to the throne, and settled in their own palace, things are finally looking up. As a new day dawns, she thinks only of securing her future, and the future of their country, during one of the greatest political upheavals of her time...Categorized as:
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![This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg]()
This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Winslow family lives by five principles:1. No one can know your real name.2. Don’t stay in one place too long.3. If you sense anything is wrong, go immediately to the meeting spot.4. Keeping our family together is everything.5. We wish we could tell you who we are, but we can’t. Please—do not ask... -
![The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln]()
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude always says, "She can't help her name." When a family reunion suddenly turns into a murder mystery, Shenanigan is determined to catch the perpetrator. A celebration of words and individuality, this remarkable debut is both brilliantly contemporary and instantly classic.shenanigan, noun 1... -
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![The Lehman Trilogy: A Novel by Stefano Massini]()
The Lehman Trilogy: A Novel by Stefano Massini
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMagnificent in scope, internationally lauded, and transcendent, the novel in verse that inspired the sensational West End and Off-Broadway play of the same name. The Lehman Trilogy follows the epic rise and fall of three generations of that infamous family and through them tells the story of American ambition and hubris... -
![Heir of Light by Michelle Sagara]()
Heir of Light by Michelle Sagara
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is always a price to be paid for power and justice. With the Academia now awakened from its centuries-long slumber, Robin, a student who hails from a prestigious family, must own up to his destiny... -
![Dzwony by Richard Harvell]()
Dzwony by Richard Harvell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDazzling, enchanting and epic, The Bells is the confession of a thief, kidnapper and unlikely lover — a boy with the voice of an angel whose exquisite sense of hearing becomes both his life's tragic curse and its greatest blessing...Categorized as:
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![PRALAY: The Great Deluge by Vineet Bajpai]()
PRALAY: The Great Deluge by Vineet Bajpai
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGripping sequel to Vineet Bajpai's bestselling title 'HARAPPA - Curse of the Blood River'. “Even death is afraid of the White Mask…”1700 BCE, Harappa – The devta of Harappa has fallen…tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa…forever... -
![Serpent Tide by K.L. Fogg]()
Serpent Tide by K.L. Fogg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWesley Vandergrift wonders why he isn't like the other boys in his coastal South Carolina town. It's not easy being the son of an eccentric billionaire mother. His life consists of big secrets in a big mansion and only one friend... -
![The Farwalker’s Quest by Joni Sensel]()
The Farwalker’s Quest by Joni Sensel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA classic fantasy quest about finding the truth and finding yourself.Ariel has always been curious, but when she and her best friend Zeke stumble upon a mysterious old telling dart she feels an unexplained need to figure out what it means... -
![Saints and Monsters by Ellen McGinty]()
Saints and Monsters by Ellen McGinty
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith her crooked spine and reckless heart, Princess Meera always knew she wasn't meant to become queen of Ezo. But when her sister, the rightful heir, is cursed on the eve of her coronation, Meera must defend her kingdom from ruthless invaders by taking the throne. Yet, while some countries have simple coronations, in Ezo . . .The princess must first claim a sea dragon... -
![Echo in Emerald by Sharon Shinn]()
Echo in Emerald by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Misfit and a Mystery In the royal city of Camarria, a street urchin named Chessie lives by her wits, always attended by her two faithful friends, Red and Scar. What no one realizes is that the “friends” are really echoes, creatures who look exactly like their originals but who possess no volition of their own...Categorized as:
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![Looking for Dei by David A. Willson]()
Looking for Dei by David A. Willson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifteen-year-old Nara Dall has never liked secrets. Yet it seems that her life is filled with them, from the ugly scar on her back to the strange powers she possesses. Her adoptive father refuses to say anything about her origins. And when Nara is invited to the town’s announcement ceremony, which tests youths for magical gifts, he forbids her from revealing her powers...Categorized as:
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![Rose's Garden by Peter H. Reynolds]()
Rose's Garden by Peter H. Reynolds
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA sweet fable dedicated to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy that celebrates the spirit of community, the beauty of nature, and the power of faith and imagination.A sweet fable dedicated to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy that celebrates the spirit of community, the beauty of nature, and the power of faith and imagination -- After traveling the world in her fantastic teapot, Rose is ready to put down roots...Categorized as:
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![The World of the End by Ofir Touche Gafla]()
The World of the End by Ofir Touche Gafla
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs an epilogist, Ben Mendelssohn appreciates an unexpected ending. But when that finale is the untimely demise of his beloved wife in a bizarre accident, Ben is incapable of coping. Marian was more than his life partner; she was the fiber that holds together all that he is, and Ben is willing to end his own life and enter the unknown beyond if it means any chance of getting her back... -
![The Goblin War by Hilari Bell]()
The Goblin War by Hilari Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTobin has finally crossed back from the Otherworld, where he was trapped in mortal peril for months—only to be captured by the dreaded, bloodthirsty barbarians the moment he enters his own Realm. Meanwhile, the pretty hedgewitch Makenna and her legion of goblins are still trying to find a way out of the Otherworld before it fatally drains their magic and life force... -
![The Fearless Travellers' Guide to Wicked Places by Pete Begler]()
The Fearless Travellers' Guide to Wicked Places by Pete Begler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt stsrts with a feeling. A feeling that beyond the world you see, there is another world... -
![Edmund Unravels by Andrew Kolb]()
Edmund Unravels by Andrew Kolb
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Consider this children’s book to be 2015’s version of Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Edmund, an adorable ball of yarn, sets off to explore the world. He meets interesting people and visits exciting places, but ultimately, finds that he can’t head out into the world alone without a little support from his family... -
![Hawthorne by Anthea Sharp]()
Hawthorne by Anthea Sharp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the shadowed land of the Dark Elves, one young woman struggles to master her magic, and trust her heart… Prince Brannilon Luthinor and his mortal bride, Mara Geary, have returned to the Hawthorne Court, but despite winning the war against the Void, their own personal struggles are just beginning... -
![Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel by Irving Karchmar]()
Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel by Irving Karchmar
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere is a tale set on the Path of the Heart, a beautifully written mystical adventure wherein a modern-day Sufi Master sends seven companions on a perilous quest for the greatest treasure of the ancient world - King Solomon's ring...
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