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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Billy's father mysteriously disappears and his mother responds by becoming more and more reclusive, Billy maintains hope that his father's absence is not by choice—despite the rumors and taunts of his classmates who believe otherwise. Twelve days before Christmas, Billy acquires a magical tree with a dozen ornaments, each of which holds a clue to finding his father. In order to do so, however, Billy must solve one puzzle each day, so he enlists...
22) Story magic
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Kaya must harness the power of story magic--ignoring her society's bias against female magic wielders--to save her brother and find herself"--
23) Terra Nova
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The city of Terra Nova was founded on a lie: that the spirits who cross over from the spirit world are evil and must be captured for the safety of humanity. But Molly Stout and her family have learned that the spirits are thinking, feeling beings, enslaved to enrich the wealthy, especially the spirit-harvesting company Haviland Industries and its founder, Charles Arkwright.
With the help of her family and the aetheric spirits Ariel and Legerdemain,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Tessa has heard her grandfather’s stories about the fabled barbegazi since she was little. Now, after his death, she’s determined to see the gnome-like creatures for herself and prove her grandfather wasn’t just a confused old man.
When Tessa discovers Gawion, a young male barbegazi, she’s overjoyed. She can finally show everyone that her grandfather was telling the truth. But Gawion needs her help. His sister is missing and may have been...
25) A pinch of magic
Author
Series
Never girls volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Baking-talent fairy Dulcie helps Mia make treats for a neighborhood bake sale but must return to Never Land before they are done, and Mia may not be able to finish without her help.
26) Unwritten
Author
Series
Unwritten duology volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old storybook character Gracie Freeman lives in the real world but longs to discover what happened in the story she came from.
Author
Series
Princess books (Jessica Day George) volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Petunia, youngest of the dancing princesses, is ambushed by bandits in wolf masks on her way to visit an elderly neighbor, the line between enemies and friends becomes blurred as she and her sisters get a chance to end their family's curse once and for all.
28) Soundless
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"A fantasy adventure steeped in Chinese folklore about a teenage girl named Fei. When her village is suddenly in danger, Fei finds herself on a journey from the peak of her jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiguo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever"--
For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village, where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from self-sustaining....
29) A game of Noctis
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Pia Paro questions the system she once believed in and joins the Seafoxes, a ragtag team of players seeking to win the deadly Noctis games, to saver her grandfather.
30) Rebel belle
Author
Series
Rebel belle volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Harper Price's charmed life is turned upside down when she discovers she's been given magical powers in order to protect her school nemesis David Stark, who's an Oracle"--
Author
Series
Rymworld Arcana volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Locked away in a secret prison in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle, fourteen-year-olds Antares and Magdavellía set out to discover a lost and forgotten island that holds the key to foiling the evil mystics' plan to control time.
32) Encanto
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Relive the magic of Disney's Encanto through this beautiful retelling of the film that got everyone talking about Bruno. The story of Mirabel, her extraordinary family, and their life in the mountains of Colombia is accompanied by stunning development art from the original Disney Studio artists."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Otherworld chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Artie Kingfisher's quest to claim his throne as King Arthur reborn approaches its end as he reaches the mythical isle of Avalon, sets off in search of the Holy Grail, and prepares to face off in battle agains the wizard Merlin"--
34) Unlucky charms
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Three kids must save the world from the diabolical schemes of an evil breakfast cereal company, which has been luring magical creatures to our world through a rift in the time-space continuum"--
35) Paris on repeat
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stuck in a time loop in Paris, fourteen-year-old Eve Hollis has to take big risks to discover what trapped her there"--
37) The equinox test
Author
Series
School for unusual magic volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic--but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.
38) The apprentices
Author
Series
Apothecary series volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Two years after parting from Benjamin, Janie reunites via magical communication to prevent a global catastrophe"--
39) Dreamwood
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Language
English
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Description
"12-year-old Lucy Darrington goes on a quest to find her missing father in a remote, magical territory in the Pacific Northwest"--
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
To escape a government that needs antigens in aboriginal blood to stop a plague, sixteen-year-old Cassandra and her family flee to the Island, where she not only gets help in communicating with the spirit world, she learns she has been chosen to be theirvoice and instrument.
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