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Flyte (Septimus Heap, Book 2)

Angie Sage - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

It's been a year since septimus heap discovered his real family and true calling to be a wizard. As Apprentice to Extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, he is learning the fine arts of Conjurations, Charms, and other Magyk, while Jenna is adapting to life as the Princess and enjoying...
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The Cabinet of Earths

Anne Nesbet - Harper
Format: Book

On their first day in Paris, Maya and her little brother, James, find themselves caught up in some very old magic. Houses with bronze salamanders for door handles, statues that look too much like Maya's own worried face, a man wearing sunglasses to hide his radiant purple eyes . . . nothing...
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The Menagerie

Tui T. Sutherland - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series, Tui T. Sutherland, and her sister, Kari Sutherland, comes the Menagerie series, perfect for fans of Brandon Mull's Fablehaven series and The Spiderwick Chronicles. In the small town of Xanadu, Wyoming lies the Menagerie,...
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Oliver Moon and the Potion Commotion

Sue Mongredien - Usborne
Format: Print book

Enter the world of Oliver Moon, Junior Wizard, in these fun illustrated adventures full of gruesome details, extraordinary characters and a massive dose of magic. Oliver Moon is the hardest working wizard at Magic School and now he's been nominated for Young Wizard of the Year. But at home...
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The Mostly True Story of Jack

Kelly Barnhill - Little
Format: Hardcover

Enter a world where magic bubbles just below the surface. . . .When Jack is sent to Hazelwood, Iowa, to live with his strange aunt and uncle, he expects a summer of boredom. Little does he know that the people of Hazelwood have been waiting for him for quite a long time.When he arrives,...
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Small Persons with Wings

Ellen Booraem - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Ever since she was teased for believing in fairies, Mellie has adopted a strictly scientific and logical approach to life. But when her parents inherit her grandfather's inn, she learns that for generations, her family members have been fairy guardians. The fairies exchanged some of their...
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Circle of Heroes

Adam Jay Epstein - Harper
Format: Print book

Aldwyn, a street-smart alley cat, pretended he had telekinetic powers so young wizard Jack would chose him as a familiar. Aldwyn then learned that he and two other familiars - Skylar the blue jay and Gilbert the tree frog - were destined to undertake a perilous quest to defeat Paksahara,...
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A Dash of Magic

Kathryn Littlewood - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

This second book in the acclaimed Bliss trilogy mixes the down-home heart-punch of Ingrid Law's Newbery Honor Book Savvy, the always-on-the-edge-of-chaos comedy of Cheaper by the Dozen, and a humorous magic all its own to create a thoroughly original confection to please every reader's...
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Troubletwisters Book 3: The Mystery

Garth Nix - Scholastic
Format: Hardcover

The third thrilling installment of the new middle-grade fantasy series from bestselling authors Garth Nix and Sean Williams. Just as Jaide and Jack Shield are settling into their crazy new lives in Portland, The Evil threatens another Ward, and the twins will need to put their growing powers...
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Dragonborn

Toby Forward - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book

When Flaxfield the great wizard dies, his apprentice Sam is left without a master. Sam has great power-but he doesn't know it yet. All he knows is that he needs a new master if he wants to finish his education in magic.With his dragon Starback at his side, Sam sets out alone on his quest....
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Shell Game: Kindom Keepers V

Ridley Pearson - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Print book

As the five Kingdom Keepers enter high school, everything is about to change. The Maintenance Base that controls all four parks in Disney World is under attack by the Overtakers, a group determined to change Disneyforever. Relationships between the Keepers are no longer as simple as they...
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The Serpent's Shadow

Rick Riordan - Thorndike Press
Format: Large Print Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller -- When young magicians Carter and Sadie Kane learned how to follow the path of the ancient Egyptian gods, they knew they would have to play an important role in restoring Ma?at -- order -- to the world. What they didn?t know is how chaotic the world would become....
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Mortal Coil

Derek Landy - HarperCollins Children's
Format: Paperback

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yeah. And dead. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back - just in time to see their whole world get turned upside down. With Valkyrie struggling to protect her dark secret, Skulduggery and the gang are more vulnerable than...
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Chasing the Prophecy

Brandon Mull - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling Beyonders fantasy trilogy comes to a stunning and epic conclusion.Jason and Rachel were not born in Lyrian. They did not grow up in Lyrian. But after all of the battles and losses, the triumphs and adventures, and most of all, the friendships forged...
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The Second Spy: The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 3

Jacqueline West - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In Olive's third adventure in the New York Times bestselling Books of Elsewhere series, what lurks below the house could be as dangerous as what's hidden inside. . . Some terrifying things have happened to Olive in the old stone house, but none as scary as starting junior high. Or so she thinks....
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Through the Skylight

Ian Baucom - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Two tantalizing tales, magically intertwined, cross cultures and span centuries as three kids set out to save the lives of three others - who just happen to live in the Middle Ages!A stone lion roars....A sleek black cat speaks....A faun leaps from the canvas of a painting.... When Jared,...
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City of Death

Laurence Yep - Starscape
Format: Hardcover

Two-time Newbery Honor Award-winning author Laurence Yep brings his epic City Trilogy to an action-packed and heart-pounding conclusionScirye and her loyal companions chase the villainous Mr. Roland for a final showdown at Riye Srukalleyis, the City of Death, located in the heart of the Kushan...
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Iron Hearted Violet

Kelly Barnhill - Little
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Medal winner Kelly Barnhill spins a wondrously different kind of fairy-tale: In most fairy tales, princesses are beautiful, dragons are terrifying, and stories are harmless. But this isn't most fairy tales...Princess Violet is plain, reckless, and quite possibly too clever for her own good....
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The Spindlers

Lauren Oliver - Harper
Format: Book

Evocative of Alice in Wonderland, this novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver is a bewitching story about the reaches of loyalty and the enduring power of hope. Perfect for fans of the author's other middle grade novels: Liesl & Po and the Curiosity House series.Looking...
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The Dragon Prophecy (Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy, No.4)

Danilo ill Barozzi - Scholastic
Format: Hardcover

Join Geronimo on his fourth trip to the Kingdom of Fantasy!I, Geronimo Stilton, was astonished to find myself in the Kingdom of Fantasy for the fourth time. Sterling, the Princess of the Silver Dragons, needed my help! The last existing dragon egg had been stolen from Sterling. If that...
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The Peculiar

Stefan Bachmann - HarperCollins
Format: Print book

The international bestseller and debut novel by teenage author and classical musician Stefan Bachmann is part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part clockwork adventure. Best-selling author Rick Riordan said of The Peculiar, "Stefan Bachmann breathes fresh life into ancient magic."Don't...
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The Secret Zoo: Secrets and Shadows

Bryan Chick - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

"We will need you as Crossers, and we will need you not only to be brave - but to be fearless." Mr. Darby paused, giving the scouts time to digest his words. Then he continued. "I want you to think before answering. Can you accept this challenge?"Only weeks after their...
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Ghoulish Song

William Alexander - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her town in this lively, fast-paced companion to National Book Award winner Goblin Secrets.Kaile lives in Zombay, an astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and curses. Kaile wants to be a musician...
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Arthur Quinn and the Fenris Wolf

Alan Early - Mercier Press
Format: Paperback

Life is finally back to normal for Arthur Quinn. Three months ago, he and his friends put their lives at risk to stop the trickster god Loki from taking over the world. However, just when Arthur is starting to relax again, the dreams start once more; dreams of gods, dreams of war, dreams...
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The Star Shard

Frederic S. Durbin - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Book

This beautifully written fantasy tackles the issues of slavery and freedom. Twelve-year-old Cymbril is a slave on Thunder Rake, a gigantic wagon city that rolls from town to town carrying goods to be sold by its resident merchants. The Rake s master purchases a new slave, a mysterious boy named...
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