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1) The familiar
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
Author
Series
Shadow age volume 1
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
452 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Petra Grady has known since adolescence that she has no talent for magic--and that's never going to change. But as a sweeper first-class, she's parlayed her rare ability to handle dross--the damaging, magical waste generated by her more talented kin's spellwork--into a decent life working at the mages' university. Except Grady's relatively predictable life is about to be upended. When the oblivious, sexy, and oh-so-out-of-reach Benedict Strom needs...
Author
Series
Magic ponies volume 3
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although she is sad that she has to give up the pony she has outgrown, Steph is soon distracted from her own problem when she meets Comet, a magical pony who needs her help to find his twin sister.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to...
5) Wayfinders
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To save a group of fairytale creatures, Chloe and her dad must open a secret portal to a magical world while stopping others from taking the magic for themselves, which requires bravery, teamwork and facing their fears to get their new friends home.
Author
Series
Magic ponies volume 4
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her pony is injured while attempting a jump, Alexandra meets Comet, a magical pony who needs her help to find his twin sister.
Author
Series
Jujutsu Kaisen volume 3
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural!
Tensions are high as the Goodwill Event between...
Author
Series
Tyrant Philosophers volume 2
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiv, 585 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline. Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows...he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit....
Author
Series
Unfamiliar volume 2
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
132 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young kitchen witch Planchette and her new friends must help an angry ghost bride rest in peace. To do that, they'll need to brave a profoundly evil forest and a diabolical Faerie King. Will whipping up a friend protection frittata be enough to save them?
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction.
Author
Series
Daughters of the lamp volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
Author
Series
These feathered flames volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
464 p.
Language
English
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Description
The queen is dead, and someone must pay.
When twin heirs are born in Tourin, their fates are decided at a young age. While Izaveta remained at court to learn the skills she’d need as the future queen, Asya was taken away to train with her aunt, the mysterious Firebird, who ensured magic remained balanced in the realm.
But before Asya’s training is completed, the ancient power blooms inside her, which can mean only one thing: the queen is dead,...
15) Hogwarts Legacy
Author
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Games
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 disc : clear plastic case ; 3 cm.
Language
English
Description
EXPLORE AN OPEN WORLD. The wizarding world awaits you. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area.
BE THE WITCH OR WIZARD YOU WANT TO BE. Learn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts along your journey. Get sorted into your house, forge relationships, and master skills to become the witch or wizard you want to be.
EXPERIENCE A NEW WIZARDING WORLD ADVENTURE. Experience the wizarding...
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Penniless and stranded in France after a bid to escape her cruel uncle goes awry, Cornelia Shaw is far from the Parisian life of leisure she imagined. Desperate and lacking options, she allows herself to be recruited to Napoleon’s Grande Armée. As a naturalist, her near-magical ability to heal any wound with herbal mixtures invites awe amongst the soldiers…and suspicion. For behind Cornelia’s vast knowledge of the natural world is a secret...
17) Wonka
Series
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 disc (116 min) : color video, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wonka tells the wondrous story of how a young dreamer named Willy Wonka becomes the world's greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate maker.
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
418 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband's back. Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region's jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess's blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable...
19) Fervor: a novel
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
276 p. ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe--unearthing a terrible secret from his time in the...
Author
Series
Elden Ring volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First Yen Press Edition ;
Physical Desc
156 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aeso the Tarnished's exploration of Stormveil Castle puts him on a collision course with the demigod Godrick the Grafted! Now they must face each other in a fierce... sculpture competition? Who will make the best impression with their most definitely serious and legitimate art skills--and why is Melina one of the judges?