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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred"--
Author
Series
The Paper Magician volume 1
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bound to a magic she never wanted, a young apprentice falls deeper into its mysteries when she must use everything she's learned from her master in order to save him, and his heart.
Author
Series
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2002, c1947
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
258 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Freddy the pig becomes a magician to entertain his friends at the Bean Farm, but he gets suspicious of another magician who suddenly comes to town.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the sequel to the "captivating"* Zig Zag Girl, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer after two children are murdered in a tragic tableau of a very grim fairy tale. *Wall Street Journal It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about a local production of Aladdin, starring the marvelous Max Mephisto. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He's investigating the murder of two children, Annie...
7) Innate magic
Author
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cloth mage Paul Gallagher is desperately trying to make a name for himself in a reimagined postwar London...Paul is hiding a secret, however: he possesses a powerful--and illegal--innate magic that could help him achieve his wildest dreams. Unfortunately, Paul confides in the wrong person--his latest crush, Captain Hector Hollister--and is drawn into a sinister plot that risks reigniting the machinery of war...The only way to set things right may...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. A Merlin mission volume 50
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
The Paper Magician volume 2
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now well into her apprenticeship with magician Emery Thane, Ceony Twill is continuing to discover the joy of paper magic, and secretly hoping that the romance she foresaw blossoming between her and Emery becomes real. But another magician with a penchant for deadly scheming believes that Ceony is harboring a secret, and he vows to uncover it, no matter the cost.
10) To catch a ghost
Author
Series
Hocus pocus hotel volume 2
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
102 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tyler Yu, school bully, is convinced that there is a ghost stealing things at Abracadabra Hotel, and he enlists the help of Charlie Hitchcock to solve the mystery.
Author
Series
Hocus pocus hotel volume 1
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Charlie Hitchcock, the smartest kid at school, gets a note from the school bully, Tyler Yu, demanding a meeting, he fears the worst--but it turns out that Tyler wants him to solve the mystery of the missing magician at the Abracadabra Hotel.
Author
Series
The Paper Magician volume 3
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Throughout her studies, Ceony Twill has harbored a secret, one she's kept from even her mentor, Emery Thane. She's discovered how to practice forms of magic other than her own--an ability long thought impossible. While all seems set for Ceony to complete her apprenticeship and pass her upcoming final magician's exam, life quickly becomes complicated. To avoid favoritism, Emery sends her to another paper magician for testing, a Folder who despises...
Author
Series
Kingdom of Cards volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition ;
Physical Desc
452 pages : 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats to find the next headliner of the Conquering Circus. Fame and glory await the winner, but no contestant is safe when an unseen danger begins striking behind the scenes.
Accidents, injuries, missing magicians. Though each act grows riskier, the show must go on--and the three entangled within the dark heart of it will do whatever it takes to keep their...
Author
Series
Carmer and Grit volume 2
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (8 hr., 45 min.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carmer and Grit investigate a mysteriously magical flying circus in the follow-up to"a fun and frolicking middle grade adventure full of enough fantasy, humor and heart to make giddy even the most finicky reader." (BookPage)
Shortly after saving the faeries of Skemantis, magician's apprentice Felix Carmer III and his faerie companion, Grit, head out to see the world. They soon come across a mysteriously magical flying circus. As they get to know...
Author
Series
The Paper Magician volume 4
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alvie Brechenmacher has arrived in London to begin her training in Polymaking--the magical discipline of bespelling plastic. Polymaking is the newest form of magic, and in a field where there is so much left to learn, every Polymaker dreams of making the next big discovery. Even though she is only an apprentice, Alvie is an inventor at heart, and she is determined to make as many discoveries--in as short a time frame--as she can. Luckily for her,...
17) Acts of violet
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From Margarita Montimore, the author of GMA Book Club pick and national bestseller Oona Out of Order, Acts of Violet is a dazzling and twisty new novel about a famous magician who disappears, leaving her sister to figure out what really happened. Nearly a decade ago, iconic magician Violet Volk performed her greatest trick yet: vanishing mid-act. Though she hasn't been seen since, her hold on the public imagination is stronger than ever. While Violet...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As a little girl raised amid the hardships of Michigan's Copper Country, Fenna Vos learned to focus on her own survival. That ability sustains her even now as the Second World War rages in faraway countries. Though she performs onstage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist, behind the curtain she's the mastermind of their act. Ultimately, controlling her surroundings and eluding traps of every kind helps her keep a lingering trauma at bay....
19) The immortalists
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Language
English
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The instant New York Times bestseller and celebrated family love story heralded as perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt (People). If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak...
20) The circus train
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Language
English
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"When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward? 1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena--who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio--yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life...