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The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan · 586 pages

Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appe

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The Outcasts

John Flanagan · 443 pages

Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as play.

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Blood Captain

Justin Somper · 569 pages

As fans of the Vampirates series know, nothing is quite as it seems when Vampirates and pirates are involved, so twins Connor and Grace have to keep up their guards. But with every new challenge pulling them farther apart, it seems that the time has finally come for the twins to explore their separate fates. Grace, unable to forget the blindness she caused her Vampirate friend Lorcan, chooses to

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The Revenge of the Shadow King

Derek Benz, J.S. Lewis

Max Sumner and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia-who form the secret club The Grey Griffins-seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen. When creatures like goblins and fairies and unicorns, all characters from a card game the Grey Griffins play, begin to make appearances in Max's backyard, Max and his friends

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The Evertree

Marie Lu · 188 pages

Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have journeyed across Erdas, racing to stop a merciless foe. Now that journey is about to end. They must reach a place forgotten by time and face off against an ancient enemy breaking free from his prison. They have just one chance to stop him -- or the whole world will shatter. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan must reach a place forgotten by time and face off a

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Fire and Ice

Shannon Hale · 185 pages

Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan, supported by their spirit animals, follow a lead in the cold North only to arrive in a deceptively beautiful village where everything is not as it seems.

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Hunted

Maggie Stiefvater · 192 pages

In the world of Erdas, only a rare few are able to summon a spirit animal in the way Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have. The bond they share with their animals is a partnership that allows them to access more-than-human abilities. But what if there was another way to create a spirit animal--to force the bond, giving the human partner total control? And what if someone with selfish intentions

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Blood Ties

Garth Nix, Sean Williams · 224 pages

Erdas is a land of balance. A rare link, the spirit animal bond, bridges the human and animal worlds. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each have this gift-and the grave responsibility that comes with it. But the Conquerors are trying to destroy this balance. They're swallowing whole cities in their rush for power-including Meilin's home. Fed up with waiting and ready to fight, Meilin has set of

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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Trenton Lee Stewart · 391 pages

Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome must unravel clues relating to a nefarious new plot, while their search for answers brings them closer to danger than ever before.Filled with p

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Shipwreck

Gordon Korman · 129 pages

Six kids, Nick, J.J., Will, Lyssa, Charla, and Ian, are thrown together against their will on a small boat that will make a one-month journey on the Pacific Ocean. They have all been sent for different reasons. Luke is taking his only choice besides being sent to a juvenile detention facility for a crime he didn't commit. Will and Lyssa are quarreling siblings sent by their parents, who hope the t

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Crooked Kingdom

Leigh Bardugo · 560 pages

Crooked Kingdom is a fantasy novel written by Leigh Bardugo.The book is set in a world loosely inspired by 20th century Europe.Crooked Kingdom takes place days after the events of the first book, Six of Crows, finishes.The plot is told from the close third-person viewpoints of six different characters, plus a first and last chapter from two minor characters' points of view.

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Half the World

Joe Abercrombie · 383 pages

Espina Bathu es una de las pocas chicas de Gettlandia que ha recibido el don de la Madre Guerra. Desesperada por vengar la muerte de su padre, vive para la lucha. Pero tras un trágico accidente en el cuadrado de entrenamiento, su propio instructor la tacha de asesina y se convierte en una proscrita. Zafándose del destino, la joven queda atrapada en una conspiración cuando se embarca en la nave

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Empire of Storms

Sarah J. Maas · 704 pages

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect t

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Mountain of Black Glass

Tad Williams · 736 pages

Teacher Renie Sulaweyo, the Bushman!Xabbu, and their companions struggle to solve the mysteries of Otherland before the virtual reality realm run by the ruthless Grail Brotherhood takes over the minds of Earth's children forever.

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Eulalia!

Brian Jacques · 389 pages

Lord Asheye of Salamandastron has a prophecy: A new Badger Lord must take his place and reign over the legendary badger fortress. But who is this young warrior who shuns both armor and sword? And how is he to be found? Mad Maudie, a feisty haremaid of the Long Patrol, is just the one to track him down. Meanwhile, the unsuspecting future Badger Lord has been captured by a scurrilous group of Sea Ra

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A Mutiny in Time

James Dashner · 196 pages

Time has gone wrong, and best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste, together with the young Hystorian Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa María--to correct history and defeat the SQ.

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Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld · 444 pages

**Choose Your Weapon: Beastie or Clanker** Alek is a prince without a throne. On the run from his own people, he has only a fighting machine and a small band of men. Deryn is a girl disguised as a guy in the British Air Service. She must fight for her cause--and protect her secret--at all costs. Alek and Deryn are thrown together aboard the mighty airship *Levithan*. Though fighting side

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A Curse of Krakens

Kevin Hearne · 672 pages

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The Exposed

Katherine Applegate · 176 pages

The Animorphs must use a giant squid morph to rescue their android friends the Chee, who are stuck in a deep trench on the ocean floor, and they have to get there before Visser Three does.

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Impossible Creatures

Katherine Rundell · 358 pages

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Oblivion

Anthony Horowitz · 667 pages

Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 1

Gene Luen Yang, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino · 76 pages

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The Alchemyst

Michael Scott

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Stranded

Jeff Probst, Chris Tebbetts · 176 pages

Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.

Ocean and ShipsMiddle GradeAdventureMultiple POV

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