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Black Witch chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 26
Lexile measure
840L
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English
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Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch, Carnissa Gardner, who drove back the enemy forces and saved the Gardnerian people during the Realm War. But while she is the absolute spitting image of her famous grandmother, Elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all else. When she is granted the opportunity to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an apothecary, Elloren joins her...
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Lovecraft Country volume 1
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English
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"The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George -- publisher of The...
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"It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided--between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been rebuilding for a better future. And everyone knows the future is industry and technology--otherwise known as Mechomancy--not the traditional mystical arts. Laura disagrees....
4) Riot baby
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""Riot Baby bursts at the seams of story with so much fire, passion and power that in the end it turns what we call a narrative into something different altogether."-Marlon James. Rooted in foundational loss and the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is both a global dystopian narrative and an intimate family story with quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience. Ella and Kev are brother and sister,...
5) Girl on Fire
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant.
Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with his studies; her dad's business constantly teeters on the edge...
6) Wandfasted
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The New York Times bestselling series!
Magic, romance, fantasy, and adventure collide in Wandfasted, the irresistible ebook prequel to The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Forest.
Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at Verpax University, the Realm War was tearing apart Erthia. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had...and an irresistible draw...
Magic, romance, fantasy, and adventure collide in Wandfasted, the irresistible ebook prequel to The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Forest.
Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at Verpax University, the Realm War was tearing apart Erthia. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had...and an irresistible draw...
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Murder and magic volume 02
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English
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Nothing bothers Hetty and Benjy Rhodes more than a case where the answers, motives, and the murder itself feel a bit too neat. Raimond Duval, a victim of one of the many fires that have erupted recently in Philadelphia, is officially declared dead after the accident, but Hetty and Benjy's investigation points to a powerful Fire Company known to let homes in the Black community burn to the ground. Before long, another death breathes new life into the...
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Court of Fives trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
850L
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English
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When a scheming lord tears Jes's family apart, she must rely on her unlikely friendship with Kal, a high-ranking Patron boy, and her skill at Fives, an intricate, multi-level athletic competition that offers a chance for glory, to protect her Commoner mother and mixed-race sisters and save her father's reputation.
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Sunlit Lands volume 1
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English
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When Madeline, a teen with terminal lung disease, accepts healing in exchange for a year of service in the Sunlit Lands, she and her friend Jason enjoy being privileged members of Elenil society, until they learn that magic carries a high price.
10) The shadow wand
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Black Witch chronicles volume 3
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English
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Elloren Gardner is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph, or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction. Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to Commander Lukas Grey. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel, the holder of the all-consuming...
11) Light Mage
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2018
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The New York Times bestselling series!
Journey to the magical world of Erthia in this exciting prequel to The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed fantasy author Laurie Forest.
Before Elloren came to possess the Wand of Myth, the Wand was drawn to Sagellyn Gaffney. Sage's rare magical ability makes her the perfect protector for the one tool that can combat the evil forces in Erthia. But in order to keep the Wand...
Journey to the magical world of Erthia in this exciting prequel to The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed fantasy author Laurie Forest.
Before Elloren came to possess the Wand of Myth, the Wand was drawn to Sagellyn Gaffney. Sage's rare magical ability makes her the perfect protector for the one tool that can combat the evil forces in Erthia. But in order to keep the Wand...
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Sunlit Lands volume 2
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Madeline's health continues to deteriorate after she returns home, bringing Shula and Yenil along, and she yearns to return to the Sunlit Lands, but the magic fueling that land is failing, threatening its inhabitants.
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Sometimes, it is the hero that needs saving the most.
Chace, a teenage orphan with the power to see the future, saves people anonymously by leaving them a letter to find in their moment of crisis. When his friends are in danger, he is there. He saves them but cannot predict the consequences. He can see their future, but he cannot see his own.
He is interrupted, while writing to save his best friend, Sarah. With an incomplete letter, her rescue feels...
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The land-dwelling Erdlanders don't know about her.
The amphibious Sualwets reject and resent her.
Serafay is anomaly, an unwanted outcast from both worlds. Fearing the people who tortured and experimented on her mother's waterborne race, Sera remains hidden and isolated, feeling like she doesn't belong. When she meets a stranger, Tor, another misfit like herself, Sera realizes that she's not alone, finally discovering a sense of home. With the war...
15) Gifts
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Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability-with a glance, a gesture, a word-to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another. Two young people, friends since childhood, decide not to use their gifts. One, a girl, refuses...
16) Voices
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Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools, and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle House, where the last few undestroyed books are hidden, is seething with demons. But to seventeen-year-old Memer, the house is the only place where she feels truly safe. Then an Uplands poet named Orrec and his wife, Gry, arrive,...
17) The iron flower
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Black Witch chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
870L
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English
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"Elloren Gardner and her friends were only seeking to right a few wrongs when they rescued a Selkie and freed a military dragon. The last thing they expected was to be thrust into a realm-wide underground resistance against Gardnerian conquest. While the Resistance struggles to fight back against the harsh rulings of the Mage Council, more and more Gardnerian soldiers descend upon the University... led by none other than Lukas Grey, now commander...
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Sixteen-year-old Rachel Abramson will do anything to protect her friends and family. It's a tall order for a Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied Denmark, but Rachel is no ordinary girl. She has the ability to erase people's memories, making German soldiers forget her face or easing her friends' grief over lost loved ones. When the Danish resistance attempts to smuggle Jews to safety in neutral Sweden, her sister is forced to stay behind. Rachel delays her...
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Kentucky, 1836. Joshua and Marie were only going to tour Mammoth Cave. Amanda and her Daddy's slave, Steven, were only going for a picnic in the cave. Only the way out didn't lead out. It led in. In to another world where they were desperately needed to save the lives of dozens of women and children.
But, it wasn't what they thought. It wasn't against an army. The army only wanted them to fight... something else. Something worse. Something worse...
20) The Story King
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Sunlit Lands volume 3
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"The magic of the Sunlit Lands has been reset, but that doesn't mean all is well. Unrest and discord are growing by the day, and Hanali is positioning himself as ruler of the Sunlit Lands. But, in order for Hanali to seize control, there must be a sacrifice, one that very few are willing to make. Jason, Shula, Baileya, and others must work together to save the lives of those Hanali would sacrifice for his own gain"--
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