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61) After Alice
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice's disappearance? Ada, a friend of Alice's mentioned briefly in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is off to visit her friend, but arrives a moment too late--and tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself. Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect...
Author
Series
Heroes of Wamara volume 1
Publisher
Laina Lloyd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Immobile as a petrified carcass of human flesh, our hero waits as the army of felines march closer. The ground rumbles, causing him to tremble in fear. Warm air escapes her nostrils as she faces him, nose to nose, and he sweats. "Who are you? And where did all these animals come from?" he asks, her fur scratching his forehead. Then his skin prickles and he learns she is the Lion Queen, and those animals are her loyal subjects. "Blayz Attenbery,"...
64) The fates divide
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
When Cyra's father Lazmet Noavek, a soulless tyrant thought to be dead, reclaims the throne, Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are desperate to stop him from igniting a barbaric war.
65) Amberlough
Author
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Amberlough City, the illustrious but corrupt cosmopolitan beacon of Gedda. The radical One State Party--nicknamed the Ospies--is gaining popular support to unite Gedda's four municipal governments under an ironclad, socially conservative vision. Not everyone agrees with the Ospies' philosophy, including master spy Cyril DePaul and his lover Aristide Makricosta, smuggler and emcee at the popular Bumble Bee Cabaret. When Cyril's cover is...
Author
Series
Reborn Empire volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Into Kisia's conquered north, a Levanti empire is born. Loyal to the new emperor, Dishiva e'Jaroven must tread the line between building a new life and clinging to the old. But his next choice will challenge all she thinks she knows and everything she wants to believe. Now empress of nothing, Miko is more determined than ever to claim her empire, yet as her hunt for allies grows increasingly desperate, she may learn too late that power lies not in...
67) Aenir
Author
Series
Seventh tower volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
The dream world Aenir is not a safe place. Tal and Milla must find the Codex, a strange and magical object that will decide their fate in this world. But finding the Codex may endanger them more than they dreamed.
Dream or nightmare? The dream world Aenir is not a safe place. One wrong step can lead to danger, entrapment ... or death. Tal and Milla must fight their way through this shifting landscape. They are searching for the Codex, a magical...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Baffled by the sudden disappearance of the letter D, a young woman is summoned to the home of a former history teacher before arriving in an enslaved, wintry land where free thinking is under threat.
Between England and the wintry land of Liminus, a world enslaved by the monstrous Gamp and populated by fearsome, enchanting creatures, the letter D disappears. First it vanishes from Dhikilo's parents' conversation at breakfast, then from the road signs...
70) Goldenhand
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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
Edge chronicles volume 4
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Apprenticed to the Most High Academe of Sanctaphrax, a floating city of scholars, gossip, and treachery, fourteen-year-old Quint runs increasingly dangerous errands, which eventually bring him to a place of gruesome monsters that threaten his life and those of his friends.
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye, and the Dora Milaje, fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa's death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fate wants nothing more than to save Roxy from certain death in Galia, a death to which her fellow holy knights condemned her. As he follows Roxy's trail, he encounters a Galian girl he once met: Myne, who wields a black axe that eerily resembles Fate's own black sword. Myne agrees to help Fate fight the monsters between him and Galia--but once they get there, he must repay her favor in kind"--
74) Reign of ash
Author
Series
Ascendant Kingdoms saga volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Blaine McFadden endured six long years in the brutal Velant prison colony, exiled for murder. War devastated his homeland of Donderath and destroyed the magic on which the Ascendant Kingdoms relied. Now Blaine and a small group of fellow exiles have returned to a lawless wasteland, where unrestrained magic storms wreak havoc and monsters roam free. Yet, amidst the chaos, rumors persist of a new magic that could restore the kingdoms. But the key lies...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Description
After Nynaeve and his friends conquer the Seanchan forces they travel to Caemyln to reclaim the throne, but on their way they encounter enemies more powerful than they imagined, and they may have to sacrifice their lives to save the world.
77) Anthem
Publisher
Electronic Arts Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anthem is a shared-world action-RPG in which players delve into a vast world teeming with amazing technology and forgotten treasures. The world is also filled with savage beasts and ruthless marauders where Freelancers are called to defeat the forces plotting to conquer humanity. In Anthem, up to 4 friends unravel the world's mysteries and take on its most fearsome challenges together. Shared danger means shared glory, and successful Freelancers...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Lady of Caladan is a brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series. Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atreides. The choices she made shaped an empire, but first the Lady of Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal of the Bene Gesserit. She has already betrayed her ancient order, but now she must decide if her loyalty to the Sisterhood is more important than the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The heart is a battlefield. War has raged for a decade in Lir, and orphaned soldier Talasyn has learned to keep her powers hidden to survive. As the last known Lightweaver on the continent, she can create radiant weapons that cut through the invading Shadowforged warriors' dark magic. But all that changes when she is forced to reveal her abilities on the battlefield to defend herself from the Shadowforged prince himself, Alaric Ossinast. In a clash...
80) A little hatred
Author
Series
Age of madness volume 1
Publisher
Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. Savine dan Glokta plans to claw her way to the top of the...