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Elliot and the Goblin War

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The Sword of Summer

Rick Riordan · 512 pages

Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about. When Magnu

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The Wizards of Once

Cressida Cowell · 384 pages

Once there were Wizards, who were Magic, and Warriors, who were not ... except for two. Xar, son of the King of Wizards, can't cast a single spell. And Wish, daughter of the Warrior Queen, stumbles across gifts of her own. When they collide in the wildwood, on the trail of a deadly witch, it's the start of a grand adventure that just might change the fabric of their worlds.

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The Iron Trial

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare · 299 pages

I would describe this book as the opening to a series that you will not stop reading. This is filled with Magic, Secrets, Power, and Fear that you will read over and over again. You feel like you are sucked in with the characters of the book. Join Callum, Aaron, Tamara, and all the others, who are trying to pass the Iron Trial, even though it is forbidden? Read this book to find out, an

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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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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great

Gerald Morris · 92 pages

Relates tales of Sir Lancelot, the bravest knight in King Arthur's court.

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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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The Shadow Thieves

Anne Ursu · 432 pages

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Here Be Monsters!

Alan Snow · 529 pages

While gathering food to bring to his grandfather, young Arthur becomes trapped in the city of Ratbridge, where he and some new friends try to stop a plot to shrink the monsters of Arthur's home, the Underworld, for a nefarious purpose.

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Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress

Sarwat Chadda · 320 pages

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The Farfield Curse

Kaleb Nation · 464 pages

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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 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 Blood Guard

Carter Roy · 279 pages

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The Wishing Spell

Chris Colfer · 448 pages

Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel & Gretel),

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The Menagerie

Tui T. Sutherland, Kari Sutherland · 288 pages

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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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The Flight of the Phoenix

R.L. LaFevers · 137 pages

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The Trap

Michael Grant

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Monster War

Dean Lorey

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The Kingdom of Fantasy

Geronimo Stilton

"The Kingdom of Fantasy" is a children's novel written by Italian author Geronimo Stilton. The book follows the adventures of Geronimo, a mouse journalist who is magically transported to a fantasy world called the Kingdom of Fantasy. In the story, Geronimo receives a mysterious invitation to visit the Kingdom of Fantasy from a queen who is in danger. He sets off on a quest to save her, encounte

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Half Upon a Time

James Riley

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Conrad's Fate

Diana Wynne Jones · 375 pages

Chrestomanci #5 When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic overcomes his bad karma and discovers in the mansion's winecellar the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes.

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