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Escape Into Fantasy July 2020
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Join our Summer Reading Program now through August 31st! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Summer Reading is one of our favorite ways to connect with you. This year is going to look a little different but we will have just as much fun! The program is online through Beanstack, an app or web-based program that allows you to track your reading and participate in engaging activities for all ages, including wee readers, kids, teens and adults. Also, connect to download-able eBooks and audio books from Libby/Overdrive. Download the app from your app store or visit our online catalog at https://piercecounty.overdrive.com/.
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Black leopard, red wolf
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Marlon James
Hired to find a mysterious boy who disappeared three years before, Tracker joins a search party that follows the boy's trail through ancient cities and into dense forests, and encounter creatures intent on destroying them
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Fire & blood
by
George R. R Martin
The first volume of a definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros is set centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones and answers key questions about the dynasty's origins, conflicts and relationships with dragons
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Queen of the conquered
by Kacen Callender
Sigourney Rose is the only surviving daughter of a noble lineage on the islands of Hans Lollik. When she was a child, her family was murdered by the islands' colonizers, who have massacred and enslaved generations of her people -- and now, Sigourney is ready to exact her revenge. When the childless king of the islands declares that he will choose his successor from amongst eligible noble families, Sigourney uses her ability to read and control minds to manipulate her way onto the royal island and into the ranks of the ruling colonizers. But when she arrives, prepared to fight for control of all the islands, Sigourney finds herself the target of a dangerous, unknown magic.
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The Raven tower
by Ann Leckie
The kingdom of Iraden, under the protection of a god known as the Raven, faces unrest and challenges from invaders when a usurper takes over the throne and discovers that the Raven's power is weakening.
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The children of Hurin
by 1892-1973 Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)
A fantasy adventure saga set in the early days of Middle-Earth features humans and elves, dwarves and dragons, orcs and dark sorcerers clashing in an epic battle between good and evil.
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The gunslinger
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Stephen King
Roland, the world's last gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic man in black toward a forbidding Dark Tower, fighting forces both mortal and other-worldly on his quest
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The hundred thousand kingdoms
by N. K. Jemisin
After Yeine Darr is summoned to the majestic city of Sky and named an heiress to the king of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, she is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had, drawing ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.
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The name of the wind
by 1973- Rothfuss, Patrick
A hero named Kvothe, now living under an assumed name as the humble proprietor of an inn, recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world.
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The priory of the orange tree
by 1991- Shannon, Samantha
A queen who would survive assassination attempts to continue her ruling line is protected with forbidden magic by a court outsider, while a secret society works to prevent a dragon war.
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The rage of dragons
by Evan Winter
Born into a never ceasing war dominated by women who summon dragons and magically strong men, Tau has no gifts, but pledges to do all in his power to avenge his murdered family members.
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The starless sea
by Erin Morgenstern
Discovering a mysterious book of prisoner tales, a Vermont graduate student recognizes a story from his own life before following clues to a magical underground library that is being targeted for destruction.
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Wards of Faerie
by Terry Brooks
During a tumultuous period in the Four Lands, young Druid Aphenglow stumbles on a dangerous secret about an Elven girl's heartbreak and the vanished Elfstones.
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For additional reading ideas, talk with your library staff!
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