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Tristan Strong volume 1
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HL: High-Low 680L
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan...
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The talented team of Robert Venditti and Olivia Stephens brings to glorious full color the novel that best-selling author Jason Reynolds called "A brilliant action adventure rooted in African American lore." Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month...
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Publisher:
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale. a Cengage Company
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
"Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend Eddie when they were in a bus accident together. But on his first night at his grandparents' farm, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. When Tristan chases after, he finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these...
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Supernatural investigations volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
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Series:
Supernatural investigations volume 1
Lexile measure:
700L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
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Outlaw saints volume 1
Language:
English
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When sixteen-year-old Mateo and Chela discover each other and their powers during a political battle between neighborhood factions, they set aside their differences to unravel the mystery behind their sunken homeland and to stop a dangerous political operative who is trying to harness their gifts to unleash terror on the world.
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Maya and the rising dark volume 2
Language:
English
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In this highly anticipated sequel, Maya and the godlings must return to the sinister world of The Dark to retrieve the one thing keeping the veil between the worlds from crumbling: her father's soul. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Willa of the Wood.
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Supernatural investigations volume 3
Language:
English
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"War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari's two worst enemies are leading the charge. Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind. Meanwhile, Dylan Van Helsing, the newly crowned leader of the League of Magicians--and Amari's former partner--is after a destructive new power that would not only ensure the magicians'...
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Thieves of Weirdwood volume 3
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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In this action-packed and hilarious fantasy trilogy finale by Newbery Honoree Christian McKay Heidicker, two former thieves and friends turn enemies in an earth-shattering battle between the forces of the Real and Imaginary worlds! Once best friends, Arthur and Wally find themselves on opposites sides of an epic war. Arthur, now officially a Novitiate of the Wardens of Weirdwood, is tasked with defending the border between the Real and Imaginary realms....
12. The Insiders
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Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Average Rating:
2 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Haector Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in each other.
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Paola Santiago volume 2
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English
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Months after confronting the legendary La Llorona, Paola starts dreaming again, this time about fantasmas that are stalking her and someone who might be even more dangerous--her estranged father.
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Gifted clans volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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"For Riley Oh, life as the Godrealm's last fallen star is not all it's cracked up to be. Her new divine heritage doesn't even come with cool magical powers; half of her friends and family (including her parents) can't remember her; and to top it all off, the entire Gom clan is mad at her for killing the Cave Bear Goddess and stripping away their healing abilities. But when their anger boils over and a group of witches curse Riley's home, she knows...
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Publisher:
Harlequin Audio
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
Return to Peerless Academy in this sequel to Keynan Masters and the Peerless Magic Crew, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Amari and the Night Brothers. Keynan Masters knows the power of his rhymes-without them he wouldn't have been able to fend off the corrupt sorcerer Ratchet and save Peerless Academy. But when his poetry reveals truths that challenge everything that he's ever known, he's suddenly whisked back to Peerless...
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Thieves of Weirdwood volume 2
Publisher:
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
In this second action-packed and hilarious Weirdwood adventure, two thieves and their ghost friend wage a battle against a shadowy magical organization intent on opening a Rift between the worlds of the living and the dead. 12-year-old reformed thieves Arthur and Wally are determined to join the Wardens of Weirdwood - defenders of the border between the Real and Imaginary worlds. Their mission: defeat the Order of Eldar, a shadowy group that exploits...
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Publisher:
Rick Riordan Presents
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade debut about a pre-teen vampire slayer with a strong helping of Ghanaian folklore. For most kids, catching fireflies is a fun summer activity. For twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng, it's a matter of life and death. That's because Serwa knows that some fireflies are really adze, shapeshifting vampires from the forests of Southeastern Ghana. Adze prey on the...
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Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the thrilling conclusion to Graci Kim's best-selling Gifted Clans trilogy. "Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all this cool information."-New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan "The Last Fallen Star folds Korean culture as well as diaspora feelings into a magical adventure. Readers who love...
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Publisher:
Rick Riordan Presents Digital
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents ten new stories-including one of his own-about beloved heroes that sprang from the imaginations of some of the best middle grade authors working today. "I hope you enjoy your trip through the multiverse mansion as much as I did. The real danger is that once you start exploring all the wonders herein, you may want to stay forever."-Rick Riordan A cave an abandoned a ghost who wants to erase a killer These are...
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Publisher:
Rick Riordan Presents Digital
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in Graci Kim's magical and mysterious Gifted Clans trilogy. "Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all this cool information."-- New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan For Riley Oh, life as the Godrealm's last fallen star is not all it's cracked up to be. Her new divine heritage...