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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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"The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons-and reconsider what it means to be a hero . . . by destiny or by choice"--
Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was...
2) Dune
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 28
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English
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the...
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"For more than a hundred years humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, and now the races fight each other once again. In this tumultuous time a child is born: Ciri. She has strange powers and a stranger destiny, for a prophecy names her as one with the power to change the world, for good or for evil. The witcher Geralt has taken Ciri to relative safety, but it soon becomes clear that Ciri is not...
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2020.
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English
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"The day Sam Waxworth arrives in New York to write for The Interviewer, a street-corner preacher declares that the world is coming to an end. A sports statistician, data journalist, and newly minted media celebrity who correctly forecasted every outcome of the 2008 election, Sam's familiar with predicting the future. But when projection meets reality, things turn complicated. Sam's editor sends him to profile disgraced political columnist Frank Doyle....
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Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri. A child of prophecy, she will have the power to change the world for good or for ill -- but only if she lives to use it. A coup threatens the Wizard's Guild. War breaks out across the lands. A serious injury leaves Geralt fighting for his life ......
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As a punishment from Odin, the witch Angrboda is throw into the fire. She escapes injured and powerless to the forest where she meets Loki and has three children with unusual powers. As Angrboda's prophetic powers slowly return, she learns that her blissful life is in danger. She must choose whether she'll accept the fate that she's foreseen for her beloved family...or rise to remake their future.
"Angrboda's story begins where most witches' tales...
7) Black sun
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Between earth and sky volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"A god will return when the earth and sky converge under the black sun in the holy city of Tova... The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose...
8) Fevered star
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Series
Between earth and sky volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded? As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected...
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Series
Forest of Good and Evil volume 2
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ashleigh Charmaine-Ansskelisa is known as the Glass Princess, born with a weak heart and unfit to rule. She dreams of being treated like anyone else, but unlike her headstrong sisters she received no magical ability at birth and lives every day expecting to die. Then an oracle announces that Ashleigh is fated to wed a handsome royal and save the Kingdom of Sevon from the evil king and queen who once ruled the land. The king is a reincarnation of the...
10) Window wall
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Series
Glass thorns volume 4
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For nearly two years, Cade has been rejecting his Fae gift, his prescient Elsewhens--simply refusing to see or experience them. But the strain is driving a wedge between him and his theater troupe, Touchstone, and making him erratic on stage and off. It takes his best friend Mieka to bully Cade into accepting the visions again. But when Cade finally looks into the possible futures, he sees a royal castle blowing up, though his vision does not tell...
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