Garth Nix
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix.
2) Abhorsen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lireal and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
This prequel to the Old Kingdom series tells the story of how Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, met.
In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, Elinor's only...
Author
Series
Left-handed booksellers of London volume 02
Language
English
Description
"There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity that inhabits the ancient hot spring. This time trouble comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger, requiring a desperate rescue attempt from his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, and art student Susan Arkshaw, who is still struggling...
6) Goldenhand
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer, wielder of the Dark Mirror. Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic. When Lirael finds Nicholas Sayre lying unconscious after being attacked by a hideous Free Magic creature, she uses her powers...
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
The story of how Clariel became a Free Magic Sorcerer, set 600 years before the birth of Sabriel.