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Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Rick Riordan · 1,032 pages

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The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud · 462 pages

Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.

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Frostborn

Lou Anders · 320 pages

Destined to take over his family farm in Norrøngard, Karn would rather play the board game, Thrones and Bones, until half-human, half frost giantess Thianna appears and they set out on an adventure, chased by a dragon, undead warriors, an evil uncle, and more. Karn, who would rather be playing the board game Thrones and Bones, and Thianna, half-frost giant, half-human, team up when they are chase

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The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding

Alexandra Bracken · 362 pages

A modern New England boy must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family's curse.

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The Call

Michael Grant

A seemingly average twelve-year-old learns that he is destined to gather a team of similarly gifted children to try to save the world from a nameless evil, which is threatening to reappear after having been imprisoned for three thousand years.

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Peter and the Starcatchers

Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson · 451 pages

Le jeune Peter et quatre de ses amis quittent la maison de redressement pour embarquer de force sur le Never Land. A bord, Molly montre à Peter une malle remplie de poussière d'étoiles qui permet de voler. Ils unissent leurs forces pour la protéger du pirate Black Stache. Premier épisode d'une série sur la rencontre de Peter et Stache, les futurs Peter Pan et capitaine Crochet.

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Tesla's Attic

Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman · 272 pages

"With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla"-- After their home burns down, Nick, his younger brother, and their father move into a ramshackle Victorian house they've inherited. In the attic room, he finds a collection of old junk. After getting rid of them in a garage sale, Nick and his friends

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Janitors

Tyler Whitesides · 300 pages

Have you ever fallen asleep during math class? Are you easily distracted while listening to your English teacher? Do you find yourself completely uninterested in geography? Well, it may not be your fault. The janitors at Welcher Elementary know a secret, and it's draining all the smarts out of the kids. Twelve-year-old Spencer Zumbro, with the help of his classmate Daisy Gullible Gates, must fight

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Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane

Suzanne Collins · 312 pages

In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.

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The Gates

John Connolly · 300 pages

Young Samuel Johnson witnesses strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe. Can one small boy defeat evil and save the world as we know it?

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Middleworld

Jon Voelkel, Pamela Voelkel · 415 pages

When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. Includes cast of characters, glossary, facts about the Maya cosmos and calendar, and a recipe for chicken tamales.

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Truckers

Terry Pratchett · 246 pages

Under the floorboards of the Store is a world of four-inch-tall nomes that humans never see. It is commonly known among these nomes that Arnold Bros. created the Store for them to live in, and he declared: "Everything Under One Roof." Therefore there can be no such thing as Outside. It just makes sense. That is, until the day a group of nomes arrives on a truck, claiming to be from Outside, tal

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The Menagerie

Tui T. Sutherland, Kari Sutherland · 288 pages

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The Game of Sunken Places

M.T. Anderson · 260 pages

When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure.

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The Fire Thief

Terry Deary · 253 pages

The Fire Thief hilariously reimagines the myth of Prometheus, the Greek demigod who stole fire from the gods and gave it to the human race. To escape the gods' revenge, Prometheus travels through time to Eden City in 1858. There, he befriends a young orphan, actor, and petty criminal named Jim. When Jim runs into trouble with the law, Prometheus is torn -- if he uses his powers to get his friend o

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Fergus Crane

Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell · 214 pages

FERGUS CRANE! YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER! I AM SENDING HELP.Signed T. C., your long-lost Uncle TheoFergus Crane has an almost ordinary life--having lessons taught by rather odd teachers on the school ship Betty Jeanne and helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home and Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure! The box is

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Measle And The Wrathmonk

Ian Ogilvy · 208 pages

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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 288 pages

Artemis Fowl is the first of a series of semi-realist novels produced by Eoin Colfer. They document the adventures of a precocious prodigal child of the criminal empire, Artemis Fowl. In this book, accompanied by his huge and loyal bodyguard/sidekick/advisor Butler, Artemis engages in a series of surreal activities; the absence of his missing father and the mental disorder of his mother allow him

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Knights of the Borrowed Dark

Dave Rudden · 388 pages

A young orphan learns that monsters can grow out of the shadows in our world, and there is an ancient order of knights who keep them at bay.

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The Sword in the Stone

T.H. White · 288 pages

When Merlyn the magician comes to tutor Sir Ector's sons Kay and the Wart, schoolwork suddenly becomes much more fun. After all, who wouldn't enjoy being turned into a fish, or a badger, or a snake? But Merlyn has very particular plans for the Wart. This is the children's story of King Arthur's childhood which was the basis for the still popular Disney cartoon of the same title.

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Who Let the Gods Out?

Maz Evans, Mary Evans · 368 pages

Elliot Hooper wants nothing more than a regular life for him and his mom. Then a Constellation of the Zodiac crashes from the sky into a pile of cow dung in front of him, and that wish explodes in a spray of ... well ... you know.

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The Blood Guard

Carter Roy · 279 pages

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