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Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
When the world's deadliest terrorist organization, Scorpia, stirs up trouble in the Middle East, it is up to fourteen-year-old MI6 agent Alex Rider to thwart their plans.
''Alex Rider is now an IMDb TV/Amazon Original Series! Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author! Scorpia has dogged Alex Rider for most of his life. They killed his parents, they did their...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The Shadowhunter Chronicles meets Chinese diaspora folklore in Darker by Four, the first in an epic contemporary fantasy duology from Jade Fire Gold author June Tan. A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god. Rui has one goal in mind—honing her magic to avenge her mother's death. Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious family. The world would be at his feet—had he been born with magic. Nikai is a Reaper, serving the Fourth King of Hell....
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 10
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became a spy.
''Alex Rider is now an IMDb TV/Amazon Original Series! Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author! Alex Rider's life changed forever with the silent...
4) Greenhorn
Author
Publisher
NewSouth Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A young Holocaust survivor arrives in 1946 at a New York yeshiva where he will study and live. His only possession is a small box that he never lets out of his sight. Daniel, the young survivor, rarely talks, but the narrator, a stutterer who bears the taunts of the other boys, comes to consider Daniel his friend"--Provided by publisher.
"In Anna Olswanger’s Greenhorn, a young Holocaust survivor arrives at a New York yeshiva in 1946 where he will...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider—that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave—even trading in the occult. Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed....
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers - and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking. Selena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailor's child should be) has been frightened of the water ever since she lost her father at sea. But with no one else to care for her, she's sent to foster with the Martins - a...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The McCready sisters have just settled into their new home on Pine Island when they get word that an unwelcome houseguest is coming to visit for months.
By the Newbery Honor author, Polly Horvath, comes a sequel to her popular Pine Island Home about orphaned sisters who find a way to make a new family. Fiona, Marlin, Natasha, and Charlie McCready have been adopted by their unlikely guardian, Al, and finally settled into their new home on Pine Island...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"A girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears"--
"In Where Sleeping Girls Lie - a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah {grave}Ab©Ưk©♭-©y©Ưm©Ưd©♭, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades - a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.''--
Author
Series
Adventurers wanted volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When young orphan Alex Taylor sees an odd sign in a shop window and goes inside to investigate, he is sent on a quest to defeat an evil dragon, and in the process he confronts his fears and learns about his future and his past.
''Do you have the courage, the wits, and the skill to claim a dragon's hoard? If so, apply within . . . The sign is small, tucked into the corner of Mr. Clutter's bookshop window: "Adventurers Wanted. Apply Within." No one...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An enchanting fairy tale retelling of the Japanese Cinderella, set in the magical world of Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch. Once upon a time, Alliana believed in dreams and fairy tales as sweet as spun-sugar clouds. Alliana wished on shooting stars, sure that someday she and her grandmother would be able to travel to the capital city to see the queen. Then her grandmother passed away-and those dreams disappeared in a disenchanted puff. Now Alliana's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
''A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of the new must-read magical series destined to take the world by storm—perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, Skandar and Eragon. Let the competition begin! "A new classic fantasy adventure." — Eoin Colfer, author of the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series An outsider in her village above the cloud sea, 12-year-old orphan...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Kress makes ends meet by fighting monsters, but her debts keep piling up until she is finally forced to make a deal and join a desperate rescue mission.
''From the author of Monsters Born and Made comes an action-packed South Asian inspired fantasy that will have your heart racing at every turn. Seventeen-year-old Krescent Dune is buried under the weight of her dead parents' debt and the ruinous legacy they left behind. The only...
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