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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
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"A special 25th anniversary edition of Paulo Coehlo's extraordinary international bestselling phenomenon--the inspiring spiritual tale of self-discovery that has touched millions of lives around the world.Combing magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical...
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Johannes Cabal volume 2
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English
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Stealing the identity of a minor bureaucrat after reclaiming his soul from the Devil, Johannes Cabal escapes aboard a passenger aeroship before encountering an enemy from his past with whom he is forced to collaborate to solve a murder.
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Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the man she's engaged to nearly lose his life when it isn't even his fight. Once Gary was a gentle and very human researcher. Now he's a fearless and lethal Carpathian warrior with the blood of an ancient lineage coursing through his vein--a man Gabrielle still needs and dreams of with every breath she takes. All she wants is a life far away from the Carpathian mountains, far from vampires and...
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Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume 10
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English
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When she discovers that a would-be creator is determined to make his (or her) own demons and needs her blood, former witch-turned-day-walking-demon Rachel Morgan, a bounty hunter, faces her toughest adversary yet--humanity.
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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
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This is a story of people whose lives are changing - a southern gentleman returning home to lead a more peaceful life and his talented New York wife who is not quite sure she is ready to make the transition. They are moving north to south, fast pace versus slow pace, downsizing. And while they are doing this, they are getting glimpses into other people's lives over the course of a summer, holidays that will amuse, shock and transform them.
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Secluded on an island off the west coast of Ireland, Orpen begins training to fight the skrake, powerful, flesh-eating zombies that have been devouring the country, and must head to the dangerous mainland after her mother is bitten.
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Age of discovery volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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In Nalenyr, the family of the Royal Cartographer explores and maps uncharted territories, and when the Royal Cartographer's two grandsons set out to explore the darkest corner of the unknown, they face an ancient magic that threatens to destroy their world.
10) Sea of poppies
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Ibis trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Indians and Westerners are thrown together on the Ibis, a former slave ship, that is crossing the Indian Ocean to join in China's nineteenth-century Opium Wars. Cooped up on the voyage, an unlikely bond forms among the crew and travelers and ultimately ties the races and generations together.
Preparing to fight China's nineteenth-century Opium Wars, a motley assortment of sailors and passengers, including a bankrupt rajah, a widowed tribeswoman,...
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Lotus Kingdoms volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to conclude her acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy of the Lotus Kingdoms, which began with The Stone in the Skull and The Red-Stained Wings, bringing it all to a surprising, satisfying climax in The Origin of Storms. The Lotus Kingdoms are at war, with four claimants to the sorcerous throne of the Alchemical Emperor, fielding three armies between them. Alliances are made, and broken, many times over--but...
12) Jest right
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Xanth volume 43
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Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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There's no shortage of laughs when Jess is around; she's been cursed to have nobody take her seriously. But her dubious talent comes in handy when she meets the very handsome showman Magnus. He promises to fake taking her seriously--if Jess joins his traveling show. But first they must see the Good Magician. He will give them the use of the flying Fire Boat to tour the realm if they complete a quest. The only problem is, he can't remember what quest....
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Song of ice and fire volume 2
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Vintage Español, una división de Random House, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
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Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon are dead, both victims of royal treachery. Chaos reigns in the wake of their deaths as six factions battle for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms.
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Running Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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In this anthology of new stories, Sherlock Holmes travels to the far ends of the Earth in search of truth and justice. A host of writers, while remaining respectful towards Conan Doyle's work, present a new and thrilling dimension to Holmes's career.
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Book of the new Sun volume 3-4
Publisher
Tor Essentials
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Brings together the final two books of "The Book of the New Sun" tetralogy--"The Sword of the Lictor," which chronicles the odyssey of a wandering pilgrim called Severian, and "The Citadel of the Autarch," in which Severian fulfills an ancient prophecy that forever alters the realm of Urth.
"Gene Wolfe has been called "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced" by the Washington Post. THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is unanimously acclaimed...
16) The dark defiles
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Land fit for heroes volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"Joe Abercrombie's Best Served Cold meets George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones in the final novel in Richard K. Morgan's epic A Land Fit for Heroes trilogy, which burst onto the fantasy scene with The Steel Remains and The Cold Commands. Ringil Eskiath, a reluctant hero viewed as a corrupt degenerate by the very people who demand his help, has traveled far in search of the Illwrack Changeling, a deathless human sorcerer-warrior raised by the bloodthirsty...
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One does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight. But Amity Doncaster barely escapes with her life after she is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Her quick thinking, and her secret weapon, save her . . . for now. But the monster known in the press as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived...
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