Jacqueline West
1) The shadows
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats
Author
Series
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
Han pasado solo unas semanas desde que Van descubrió un secreto mágico: que los deseos realmente pueden hacerse realidad y que una sociedad misteriosa llamada los Coleccionistas nos protege de las terribles consecuencias que incluso el más mínimo deseo puede acarrear. Van sabe muy bien cómo los deseos pueden salir mal: su madre se está recuperando de una pierna rota, su amigo Pebble ha sido robado por el malvado coleccionista de deseos, el señor...
3) Long lost
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Feeling lonely and out of place after her family moves to a new town, eleven-year-old Fiona Crane ventures to the local library, where she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance.
Author
Series
Collectors (Jacqueline West) volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Van Markson embarks on a quest to rescue his best friend from a dangerous wish collector"--
6) Still life
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 5
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"An old magic resurfaces in twelve-year-old Olive's house, and in order to save herself, those she loves, and all of Elsewhere, she must uncover the complex history of this eerie, painted world, its magical origins, and its creator"--
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 4
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Olive Dunwoody takes her friends trick-or-treating, they're in for a shock--and being follwoed by an ominous creature is only the beginning. Strangers have come to Linden Street, and they seem awfully interested in Olive's house and in portals to Elsewhere. Can Olive trust them? -- from publisher.
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After plummeting through a hole in her backyard and finding herself once again in the room of mysterious jars, eleven-year-old Olive unwittingly releases two of Elsewhere's biggest, most cunning, most dangerous forces.
9) Spellbound
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Olive finds herself drawn to the grimoire of the witches who built her house and tries to use its spells to uncover the house's magic and control the cats themselves, but the book is more wicked than it seems
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Two former groupies used to get it on with every late 60's music legend with a guitar and a Y-chromosome. Decades later, Suzette is still her brassy, sassy self and Lavinia is now a proper suburban wife and mother. When Suzette loses her job, she seeks out her "sister". Once they get together, their two world's collide
12) Dune
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey that tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest...
13) Rising sun
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After a call-girl is strangled in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation, a retired foreign liaison with expertise on Japanese culture is called in to help the special liaison officer to investigate the murder. As the two men unravel the mystery, they must face political pressure and an underground "shadow world" of futuristic technology.
14) To the wonder
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Neil is an American traveling in Europe who meets and falls in love with Marina. After visiting Mont Saint-Michel, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Marina meets a priest and fellow exile, who is struggling with his vocation, while Neil renews his ties with a childhood friend, Jane.