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Keeper of the lost cities
by Shannon Messenger
At age 12, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always made her different from others actually identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, she discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.
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Where the black flowers bloom
by Ronald L. Smith
Set in an alternate African world in which a Black girl finds her power, this intricately woven story follows Asha as she journeys through Alkebulan, searching for the truth about her family and the evil sorcerer stalking her every move. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The pearl hunter
by Miya T. Beck
"When her twin sister is stolen by the legendary ghost whale, pearl hunter Kai strikes a deal with the gods to save her sister's soul, forcing her to make impossible choices and risk everything to bring her home. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. "
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New dragon city
by Mari Mancusi
"Three years after the world was decimated by dragons, Noah follows his heart to find out if peace between humans and dragons is possible when a chance encounter with a young dragon forces him to question everything he thought he knew. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
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The enchanted life of Valentina Mejâia
by Alexandra Alessandri
"Dragged along on another magical creature hunt with their father, 12-year-old Valentina, who loves to draw the world around her, and her younger brother Julián are transported to an alternate Colombia where the legends are real. Simultaneous eBook. "
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Cameron Battle and the hidden kingdoms
by Jamar J. Perry
When Cameron opens the barrier between their world and Chidani, a fabled West African country protecting its people from the slave trade centuries ago, he learns that he is the only one who can save it from danger. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Lia Park and the missing jewel
by Jenna Yoon
When an act of rebellion sets free an evil diviner spirit who kidnaps and ransoms her parents for a powerful jewel her family has guarded for years, 12-year-old Lia Park follows the clues to Korea to become the hero her parents need. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Splendors and glooms
by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Newbery Medal-winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village presents a gothic and darkly comic thriller set in Victorian England.
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Theo Tan and the fox spirit
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Inheriting a grieving fox spirit named Kai after his older brother Jamie dies, Theo Tan and Kai must cast aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding Jamies death, which is linked to a mysterious corporation. Simultaneous eBook.
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Liesl & Po
by Lauren Oliver
Escaping from her attic bedroom with the help of a kind ghost, Liesl comes into the possession of a powerful magic box that is being sought desperately by its alchemist creator, a situation that is further complicated by the schemes of Liesl's cruel stepmother. By the best-selling author of Before I Fall. 250,000 first printing.
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Scumble
by Ingrid Law
In a book that begins 13 years after the action of Newbery Honor-winning and New York Times best-selling Savvy, Mibs' cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover that his "savvy"--the magical power unique to each member of their family--is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry's ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah. 100,000 first printing.
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The magician's elephant
by Kate DiCamillo
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
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The unfinished angel
by Sharon Creech
In a tiny village in the Swiss Alps, an angel meets an American girl named Zola who has come with her father to open a school, and together Zola and the angel rescue a group of homeless orphans, who gradually change everything
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Small persons with wings
by Ellen Booraem
Adopting a strictly scientific approach to life after being teased for her belief in fairies, Mellie learns that her family comes from a long line of fairy guardians, but their position is compromised when the fairies want their magic back, a power-hungry enchantress in disguise wants to steal it and Mellie is transformed into a frog. By the author of The Unnameables.
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The mostly true story of Jack
by Kelly Regan Barnhill
Jack is practically invisible at home, but when his parents send him to Hazelwood, Iowa, to spend a summer with his odd aunt and uncle, he suddenly makes friends, is beaten up by the town bully, and is plotted against by the richest man in town
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The seer of shadows
by Avi
In trying to make money off grieving families by taking photos of the ghosts of the dead, a photographer's young apprentice frees the ghost of a dead girl determined to seek her revenge on people from her past. 25,000 first printing.
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Keeper
by Kathi Appelt
Believing she is part mermaid because of her ocean birth, 10-year-old Keeper searches for the beautiful mother who swam away years earlier and finds herself caught in a dangerous storm. By the National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor-winning author of The Underneath.
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The false prince
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
A first entry in a new trilogy by the author of Elliot and the Goblin War finds court nobleman Conner endeavoring to unify a kingdom on the brink of civil war by finding an impersonator of the king's long-lost son, a role desperately played by a defiant youth who faces life-threatening dangers.
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Starry River of the Sky
by Grace Lin
Discovering that the moon has disappeared from the sky above a Chinese village where he works, runaway Rendi wonders about strange local behaviors until a mysterious storyteller arrives at the town's inn and astonishing transformations begin to happen. By the award-winning creator of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. 75,000 first printing.
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The Ogre of Oglefort
by Eva Ibbotson
When the Hag of Dribble, an excitement-hungry orphan boy named Ivo, a wizard and a troll are sent to rescue Princess Mirella from the dreaded Ogre of Oglefort, it turns out to be far from the routine magical mission they expect.
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Book of a thousand days
by Shannon Hale
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, after sacrificing her own freedom to follow her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, into exile, brings Saren safely to the lands of the man they both love where they are forced to hide their true identities as they vie for his attention. 75,000 first printing.
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In a glass Grimmly
by Adam Gidwitz
Companion to: A tale dark & Grimm and The Grimm conclusion
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Tuesdays at the castle
by Jessica Day George
Loving life in a magical castle that adjusts its appearance every Tuesday, Princess Celie enthusiastically maps out every subsequent change and is challenged to put her knowledge to the test when her parents disappear during an ambush. By the author of Princess of Glass.
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Odd and the Frost Giants
by Neil Gaiman
Odd has had some terrible luck, but it's about to change when he rescues a bear who is more than he seems to be in this brilliantly inventive short novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology from a Newbery-winning New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist.
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Dragon castle
by Joseph Bruchac
Frustrated by subjects who seem incapable of thought, young Prince Rashko tackles a dual challenge in the form of his parents' disappearances and an impending invasion by the evil Baron Temny, a situation that forces Rashko to tame a dragon and hone his sword-fighting skills. By the author of Code Talker.
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Breadcrumbs
by Anne Ursu
Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hope of saving Jack's life. 25,000 first printing.
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The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in triumphing over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
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Frostborn
by Lou Anders
Preferring to spend his time playing a favorite fantasy board game rather than preparing to take over his family's farm in Norrøngard, Karn teams up with half-giantess Thianna and flees into the woods to escape a dragon, an undead warrior and other fantastical adversaries. Simultaneous eBook.
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Wildwood
by Colin Meloy
When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest at the edge of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants
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The shadows
by Jacqueline West
Moving into a Victorian mansion that contains the previous late owner's antique artworks, 11-year-old Olive finds a strange pair of glasses that enable her to see and travel into the troubled world of the paintings where she meets the temperamental Morton. A first novel.
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Falling in
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
A fantasy debut by the best-selling author of Shooting the Moon finds Isabelle falling into a parallel universe where she must find a true friend and prove that her infamous grandmother is not a witch. 75,000 first printing.
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The castle behind thorns
by Merrie Haskell
Awakening in the ruin of a castle with no memory of how he got there, Sand discovers that he is trapped inside by a thorny bramble before encountering the castle's lost heir, Perrotte, and embarking on an effort to gain their freedom. Simultaneous eBook. 25,000 first printing.
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Gabriel Finley & the raven's riddle
by George Hagen
Searching for his missing father, 11-year-old Gabriel, who shares a magical bond with a Paladin raven whose form he can assume, flies through the foreboding land of Aviopolis, where he confronts a series of life-threatening challenges. A first children's novel by the author of Tom Bedlam. Simultaneous eBook.
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The islands of Chaldea
by Diana Wynne Jones
Aileen's family of magic makers includes Aunt Beck, the most powerful magician on Skarr, but Aileen's own magic does not show itself until a mission for the King and a magical cat help her find strength and confidence. 75,000 first printing.
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Ophelia and the marvelous boy
by Karen Foxlee
A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum introduces young skeptic and unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard, who on her first day in the strange museum where her father works discovers a boy locked away in a long forgotten room as a prisoner of Her Majesty the Snow Queen—and he has been waiting for Ophelia's help.
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The iron trial
by Holly Black
Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past. By the best-selling co-author of the Spiderwick Chronicles and the best-selling author of the Infernal Devices series. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
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Upside-down magic
by Sarah Mlynowski
Placed in the Upside-Down Magic class at an elite magical academy, students Nory, Elliott, Andres and Bax cast spells that go frustratingly wonky at the worst possible times. Simultaneous eBook.
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A snicker of magic
by Natalie Lloyd
Arriving in a town where magic has been driven away by a curse, 12-year-old Felicity, a girl who possesses a supernatural ability to see words around the people and places she visits, befriends mysterious do-gooder Jonah, who introduces shimmering new words while helping her break the curse. A first novel.
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Bad magic
by Pseudonymous Bosch
Believing that magic is fake and cheesy, young Clay is shocked when he is wrongly blamed for vandalism when words from his journal magically appear on a wall at school, an occurrence that causes Clay to be sent to a camp for troubled kids on a remote volcanic island where he encounters more magic than he ever thought possible. By the best-selling author of the Secret Series. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
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Pip Bartlett's guide to magical creatures : a novel by
by Jackson Pearce
Possessing an ability to talk with magical creatures (such as griffins, unicorns and fuzzles), Pip uses her talent to update a magic reference book and investigate a fuzzles invasion in spite of her friend Tomas' allergies. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
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When the sea turned to silver
by Grace Lin
Inspired by Chinese folklore, a companion to the Newbery Honor-winning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon follows the efforts of young Pinmei to rescue her beloved storyteller grandmother from a greedy Emperor who seeks to claim a Luminous Stone of legendary power. Simultaneous eBook. 75,000 first printing.
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This is not a werewolf story
by Sandra Evans
"This is the story of boarding school student Raul, who waits for sunset--and the mysterious, marvelous phenomenon that allows him to go home"
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Going wild
by Lisa McMann
Discovering a mysterious bracelet after moving to Arizona, Charlie Wilde finds that she has developed supernatural strength and speed and teams up with new friends to discover what is happening to her and how to control her powers. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
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The Peddler's road
by Matthew Cody
The first installment in a trilogy by the author of Powerless finds tough, pink-haired Max and her little brother being lured away by the Pied Piper to a summer land where they encounter the same children who were stolen centuries earlier. Simultaneous eBook. 10,000 first printing.
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The wonderling
by Mira Bartók
A debut novel by the award-winning author of The Memory Palace follows the experiences of a foxlike foundling with one ear who endures an oppressive life in an orphanage for part-animal humans until an unexpected act of courage leads to a friendship and a quest to discover his destiny.
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The adventurer's guide to dragons (and why they keep biting me)
by Wade Albert White
Anne and her best friends Penelope and Hiro are tasked with an unwanted quest that could start a war between the Hierarchy and the dragon clan, and so to avoid disaster and save the world, the three friends must face dragon trials, defeat robots, and circumvent bureaucracy
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The trials of Morrigan Crow
by Jessica Townsend
Born on the unluckiest day of the year and blamed for all misfortunes that occur in her community, a girl doomed to die at midnight on her 11th birthday is unexpectedly whisked away by a stranger on horseback who brings her to a magical city, where she learns she has been chosen to compete for a position with an organization comprised of highly talented individuals. A first novel. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook.
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The last gargoyle
by Paul Durham
Fearlessly protecting his Boston building from haunting spirits, a grotesque stone gargoyle, the last of his kind, struggles to protect his newest ward from an underworld king at the same time he considers partnering with a mysterious young ally. By the award-winning author of The Luck Uglies. Simultaneous eBook.
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Goldeline
by Jimmy Cajoleas
Traveling between camps in the magical forests of the Hinterlands, a young girl with gold-flecked eyes and hair as white as summer snow survives on items pillaged by her gang of bandits while being tracked by a witch hunter who wants to cleanse the forest of anyone who is different. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Wizardmatch
by Lauren Magaziner
Twelve-year-old Lennie Mercado's grandfather, the current Prime Wizard of Pomporromp, is retiring and decides to host a tournament for Lennie and her cousins to compete to win his title, land, position, castle, and unlimited magical powers, but when Poppop introduces new rules to eliminate sibling rivalry, Lennie decides the games are unfair and makes plans to sabotage the event
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Aru Shah and the end of time
by Roshani Chokshi
Telling fibs in order to fit in better with her wealthier peers, 12-year-old Aru Shah spends her school break at the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, where her decision to light a cursed lamp unwittingly releases an ancient demon. By the author of The Star-Touched Queen.
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Across the dark water
by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
A debut entry in a new fantasy trilogy by the author of the Guardian Herd series follows the experiences of a young stable groom who endeavors to forge a bond of trust with the leader of a herd of wild pegasi in order to protect both the winged horses and the groom's clan from escalating conflicts with invading giants. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The last
by Katherine Applegate
Believed to possess mythical powers as the youngest member of her doglike dairne pack, Byx fears she has become the last of her species when her family is hunted to near-extinction, forcing her to band together with a ragtag group of animals and humans who help put into motion events that could trigger war throughout their kingdom. 200,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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City of Islands
by Kali Wallace
Losing her home and chance to study magic when her guardian is killed by a rival, Mara is forced into ocean scavenging work to survive before her discovery of the remains of an extinct species leads to an opportunity in the fortress of a murderous sorcerer. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The revenge of magic
by James Riley
Losing his father during a giant creature attack on Washington, D.C., young Fort becomes a student at a secret government school where he studies the magic in a mysterious collection of books to protect the world from dangerous forces. By the best-selling author of the Story Thieves series. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Changeling
by William Ritter
When a changeling swap goes wrong, leaving two identical babies to be raised as human twins, the brothers are called upon to be heroes and protectors of magic while trying to discover which of them is actually a goblin. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. Maps.
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The star shepherd
by Dan Haring
Tending the evening skies to rescue falling stars, an 11-year-old from an ancient family of Star Shepherds finds himself alone on a night when so many protective stars fall that the world becomes subject to the dark forces of a starless sky. Illustrations.
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