Anthea Bell
2) Inkheart
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
3) Inkspell
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Now thirteen, Meggie "reads" herself into Inkworld, where she, her family, and the characters in the book face chaos and danger as the original creator of the world frantically tries to redirect the story.
4) Inkdeath
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
As Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, asking for Bluejay's surrender or the children will be doomed to slavery in the silver mines.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Since learning she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, nothing has gone right for Gwen and she holds suspicions about both Count Saint-German and Gideon, but as she uncovers the Circle's secrets she finally learns her own destiny.
6) Ruby red: #1
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London trying to discover whom they can trust.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing the violence and destruction of his native Bosnia with his family for safety in Germany, Aleksandar Krsmanoviæ remains haunted by the past and his memories of Asija, the mysterious girl he had tried to save and whose fate he is desperate to discover.
12) My wish list
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 bestselling international phenomenon that asks, If you won the lottery, would you trade your life for the life of your dreams? Jocelyne lives in a small town in France where she runs a fabric shop, has been married to the same man for twenty-one years, and has raised two children. She is beginning to wonder what happened to all those dreams she had when she was seventeen. Could her life have been different? Then she wins the lottery-and suddenly...
13) The Murder Farm
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A whole family has been brutally murdered with a pickaxe at their remote farm home, now dubbed "The Murder Farm". The newspapers are full of stories and rumors about the sensational case, but the police have no firm leads an little sense of how to find the killer. The reader learns about the case when a former resident of the village returns home to collect evidence and attempt a solution to the case. Written as a collage of first-person recollections...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An epic tale of murder, treachery, bravery, and love In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolted against the harsh treatment of their aristocratic overlords. Agnes is the daughter of one of these overlords, but she is not a typical sixteenth-century girl, refusing to wear dresses and spending more time with her pet falcon than potential suitors. There is only one suitor she is interested in: Mathis, a childhood friend...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A lone writer finds himself in a small Andalusian fishing village trying to put his failed life back together. He meets and befriends one of the many feral cats in the area and believes the creature has a special message for him about how to obtain happiness.
16) Before the feast
Author
Publisher
Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's the night before the feast in the village of Furstenfelde (population: an odd number). The village is asleep. Except for the ferryman--he's dead. And Mrs. Kranz, the night-blind painter, who wants to depict her village for the first time at night. A bell-ringer and his apprentice want to ring the bells--the only problem is that the bells have gone. A vixen is looking for eggs for her young, and Mr. Schramm is discovering more reasons to quit...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve, searches through history for the other time-travelers, aided by friend Lesley, James the ghost, Xemerius the gargoyle demon, and Gideon, the Diamond, whose fate seems bound with hers.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
Author
Series
Nicholas series volume 5
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Nicholas and his friends sell raffle tickets for a good cause, learn how to cross the road safely, and bring all kinds of interesting things to school to the surprise and consternation of their long-suffering teacher.