John Lee
1) Stormchaser
Author
Series
Edge chronicles. Original series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
In his continuing adventures, Twig, now sixteen years old, joins the crew of his father's sky pirate ship and embarks on a dangerous mission to collect the powerful stromphrax, a substance that purifies water and also prevents the city of Sanctaphrax from floating away.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
Description
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the...
Author
Series
Edge chronicles. Original series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Twig, a young sky pirate captain, is the only one who can save the floating city of Sanctaphrax from the Mother Storm.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Set in Victorian Europe, heroine Celeste Temple, naval surgeon Abelard Svenson and criminal Cardinal Chang (who joined forces to combat an evil cabal in The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters) face new enemies when Celeste is suspected of a series of mysterious murders and they discover that the blue glass is more lethal than they'd ever imagined.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 26
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
To prevent the destruction of all life in the Four Lands, Allanon's spirit orders Par Ohmsford, descendant of the fabled Shea, to recover the long-lost Sword of Shannara, Wren to discover the vanished Elves, and Walker Boh to bring back the Druids and their ancient, vanished stronghold of Paranor.
Author
Series
New Crobuzon series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Yes, but what is Perdido Street Station about? To oversimplify: the eccentric scientist Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin is hired to restore the power of flight to a cruelly de-winged birdman. Isaac's secret lover is Lin, an artist of the khepri, a humano-insectoid race; theirs is a forbidden relationship. Lin is hired (rather against her will) by a mysterious crime boss to capture his horrifying likeness in the unique khepri art form. Isaac's quest for...
Author
Series
Eirlandia novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Ravaged by barbarian Scálda forces, the last hope for Eirlandia lies with the island's warring tribes. Wrongly cast out of his tribe, Conor, the first-born son of the Celtic king, embarks on a dangerous mission to prove his innocence. What he discovers will change Eirlandia forever. For the Scálda have captured the mystical Fae to use as an ultimate weapon. And Conor's own people have joined in the invasion." --From inside cover.
9) Elder race
Author
Language
English
Description
"Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living...
Author
Series
Eirlandia novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Conor and his sword companions must leave the safety of the fairy kingdom, for the barbarian Scálda threatens to overrun Eirlandia. As he fights for his people's survival, Conor discovers that several of the clan leaders have betrayed their nation by aiding the Scálda. The corruption is such that Conor and his men choose to become outcasts, clanless and open to attack by friend and foe alike. They form their own warband...and the beginning of a...
11) Arcadia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. He finds an unlikely confidante in his quick-witted, inquisitive young neighbor Rosie. One day, while chasing Lytten's cat, Rosie encounters a doorway in his cellar. She steps through and finds herself in an idyllic, pastoral land where Storytellers are revered above all others. There she meets a...
Author
Series
Eirlandia novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Conor mac Ardan is now clan chief of the Darini, and Tara's hill has become a refuge and haven for all those who were made homeless by the barbarian Scálda. With a large fleet of the Scálda's Black Ships at their shores, Conor joins Eirlandia's lords to defeat the monsters. He finds treachery in their midst...and a betrayal that is blood deep. And so begins a final battle to win the soul of a nation."--