Thiede, Emily
Summary: Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa's gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner's magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island's only hope,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THILe, Vanessa
Summary: Nhika, a young woman hiding in the fringes of society, must use her forbidden healing ability to cure the only witness to a murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Summary: Barb and her best friend Porkchop the yeti must save her fellow warriors from the evil sorcerer Witch Head before he destroys the land of Bailiwick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: Perodia is threatened by Thorn, a powerful vulture, who is using magic to spread a terrible darkness--but when a young owl named Tag, and his best friend, the squirrel Skyla, rescue a golden egg from Thorn's Tiger bats they may have found the key to Perodia's salvation: the last firehawk, guardian of the ember stone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Summary: In West Africa in 2070, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OKOZhao, Amélie Wen
Summary: Lan's last remnant of her mother--and the fallen Hin dynasty of her ancestors--is a symbol seared onto her wrist, which, if the mysterious boy she encounters is to be trusted, may be the key to freeing her people by mastering the ancient, forgotten art of practitioning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZHAHunter, Erin.
Summary: "For many moons, a tribe of cats has lived peacefully near the top of a mountain. But prey is scarce and seasons are harsh--and their leader fears they will not survive. When a mysterious vision reveals a land filled with food and water, a group of brave young cats sets off in search of a better home. But great dangers await them. In this unfamiliar world, faced with loners and fierce rogues...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC HUNRutkoski, Marie
Summary: Nirrim endures a grim and punishing life as a Half Caste until she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possess magic and tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux 2020
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Summary: Tag, Skyla, and Blaze are on a new quest to find Blaze's family, and Thorn's twin brother, Claw (who claims to be nothing like his evil brother), has offered to guide them to the mysterious Golden Temple where the firehawks were last seen; but the jungle is full of dangers and Tag is not sure they can trust Claw--and even if they find the firehawks, will that help them return to their home in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CHACharman, Katrina
Summary: Now that Tag and Skyla have found Blaze's firehawk family they would like to return home to Perodia, even if it means leaving their friend behind; but in order to find the magic that will open a new portal they must first brave a mysterious underground maze where the walls are constantly shifting--and when they do find their way home there is a deadly surprise waiting for them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CHALasky, Kathryn
Summary: It is a time of trouble in the Northern Kingdoms because a group of power-hungry polar bears called Roguers has been snatching cubs from their mothers and killing those who resist; but Svenna is not about to relinquish her two cubs to that fate, so she agrees to go with the Roguers and serve Mystress of the Hands if her cubs, who have special powers, are allowed to stay with her cousin--but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION LASCharman, Katrina
Summary: Now that Thorn has been defeated, Tag and his friend Skyla embark on a new quest, to find Blaze's lost family and the other firehawks who disappeared through a portal to the Cloud Kingdom; but the Cloud Kingdom is full of new dangers, and when giant birds seize Blaze and carry her off Tag and Skyla are left to try and free their friend--with only a magic map to guide them, and the threat of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CHACharman, Katrina
Summary: Tag the owl, Skyla the squirrel, and Blaze the newly hatched firehawk journey north to the Crystal Caverns, searching for the next piece of the magical Ember Stone--but the evil vulture Thorn is also after the stone, and his ice leopards are close behindthe heroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CHAPark, Linda Sue
Summary: When Raffa makes a cure from a rare crimson vine he finds deep in the forbidden forest, the bat he saves transforms into something much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Summary: Their magical map is leading Tag, Skyla, and Blaze closer and closer to The Shadowlands, Thorn's territory--but now the Ember Stone has fallen into the well-named Lullaby Lake, which is defended by fairies who sing intruders to sleep, and the friends must figure out a way to convince the "nixies" to help them retrieve it before Thorn gets his claws on it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: Tag the owl, Skyla the squirrel, and Blaze the young firehawk continue their hazardous journey to find and reunite the pieces of the Ember Stone, the only power which can defeat the evil vulture Thorn, and save Perodia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches, Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is the outcast daughter of a bounty hunter who must use her powers to track her father's killer in a world of warring kingdoms and dangerous magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SUMRoberts, Nora
Summary: With the world in chaos and survivors heading west, those immune to the sickness that decimated half the world's population and the gifted are targeted by the authorities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Roberts 2017Kaufman, Amie
Summary: "Prince North's home is in the sky, in a gleaming city held aloft by intricate engines, powered by technology. Nimh is the living goddess of her people on the Surface, responsible for providing answers, direction--hope. North's and Nimh's lives are entwined--though their hearts can never be. Linked by a terrifying prophecy and caught between duty and fate, they must choose between saving their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KAUAbdo, Dan
Summary: A ragtag crew of Berzerkers and five Wise Wizards with rusty powers come together to stop an evil witch from taking over their land, as Barb attempts to harness the mystical power of the Ghost Blade and lead the charge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Rachel and Kirsty are going to an outdoor adventure camp, but Jack Frost has stolen the seven magical animals from their fairies and they must rush to help Ashley the Dragon Fairy get her dragon back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JBR RED RMMAF MEALackey, Mercedes.
Summary: Though born with the power for both Herald and Mage magic, Vanyel shuns the world of magic and of war, wishing instead to become a bard, but forces outside of his control may be conspiring to lure him deep into the world he resists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LACBracken, Alexandra
Summary: A modern New England boy must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family's curse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRABaker, Kylie Lee
Summary: In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, arrives in the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country and becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2023