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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
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. One of Publishers Weekly's top ten most anticipated books of 2022! Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians...
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicle volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st paperback ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 39
Physical Desc
661 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"A magician linked to three murders and suspicious deaths years ago disappears in the middle of his new act in New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin's latest thriller featuring Robin Lockwood Robin Lockwood is a young criminal defense attorney and partner in a prominent law firm in Portland, Oregon. A former MMA fighter and Yale Law graduate, she joined the firm of legal legend Regina Barrister not long before Regina was forced into retirement...
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....
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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...
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
Atlas volume 2
Publisher
A Tor Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
403 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six-guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Society. Two paths lay before them. All must pick a side. Alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, and The Society of Alexandrians will be revealed...
12) 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
Witch Hat Atelier volume 6
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following Olruggion and Luluci to take a wounded Qifrey to the underwater Great Hall where the witches gather, Coco and her friends are offered another trials, but the spells and tests of Beldaruit are not what they seem. Original. Illustrations.
Author
Series
Witch Hat Atelier volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now that Coco has been fully accepted into Qifrey's Atelier, it's time for her and her colleagues to move onto the next test: The Sincerity of the Shield. Passing the test involves escorting some feathery friends to their nesting grounds, which sounds simple enough, except that the path before the young witches is a winding road filled with ancient magical traps! The test must also be completed in a group, and there's one witch-in-training from outside...
Author
Series
Witch Hat Atelier volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the new trial comes to an end, one of Coco's rewards from Beldaruit the Wise is the story of Qifrey's past and how he came to desire the mysteries of magic. Feeling a connection with her own desire to save her mother, Coco departs for the source of all answers: the Tower of Tomes. But it is a perilous journey to make on her own, and the secrets held within could sway even the most virtuous of witches...
Author
Series
Witch Hat Atelier volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the depths of the Serpentback Cave, a brimmed cap casts its murky shadow upon Qifrey and his apprentices. The brimmed cap's dark magic has transformed Euini into a wild beast, and Coco, Tetia, and a critically injured Qifrey find themselves surrounded by the venomous stares of the cursed Romonons. In the face of doom, these witches must once again find a path to safety using their wits and their unique qualities, but will that be enough as they...
Author
Series
Witch Hat Atelier volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After traveling to the mystical township of Kalhn with her new master to buy a casting wand, a strange, masked witch transports Coco and her three sister apprentices to an eerily quiet city. But they soon find out that they're not alone, and they encounter a ferocious dragon! Do these fledgling witches have what it takes to defeat the fire-breathing beast, or will their plans and lives go up in flames?!
Author
Series
Witch Hat Atelier volume 8
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Coco and her friends return to the atelier, Tartah from Kalhns asks them to appear at a witches festival, Silver Eve, and Coco is reunited with Custas, a young boy she once saved.
Author
Series
Witch Hat Atelier volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that, on the inside, she already is what she wishes she could be. Reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, this lushly-drawn story was voted one of the top 10 manga of the year in 2018 by the Japanese manga industry. A TOUCH OF MAGIC In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch....