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Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.
2) Game changer
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
With every rough tackle on the football field, high schooler Ash is bounced from one dimension to the next--in one place he lives in a gated community instead of tract housing and in another segregation continues to exist--forcing him to consider different perspectives while finding a way to save the universe from complete annihilation.
Author
Series
Beyonders volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel, who was also drawn there from our world, and a few rebels, to piece together the Word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor, Surroth.
Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the second book in the Books of Beginning Trilogy, Michael and Emma must track down the Chronicle of Life, while Kate must find a way back to present day from the year 1899"--
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an atomic physicist disappears on a secret mission, his son, daughter and their friend search for him, going on an interplanetary journey through time and space.
7) The insiders
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Héctor Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in each other.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume Bk. 5
Publisher
Miramax books/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Once again, Artemis will have to pair up with his old comrade, captain Holly Short, to track down the missing demon and rescue him before the time spell dissolves and the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume Bk. 7
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Teenaged criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must save the underwater fairy metropolis of Atlantis from danger, while battling a psychological affliction known as the Atlantis Complex.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume Bk. 6
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease -- and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save them. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet...his younger self.
Author
Series
Wilson Nathan D volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Possessing a supernatural ability to travel through time, Sam, a disabled foster child, discovers his heroic destiny alongside an adventurous girl and two unusual snakes while outmaneuvering a vengeful adversary.
Author
Series
Beyonders volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Jason and Rachel's adventures and friendships have made Lyrian more of a home to them than they could have imagined, so now, armed with the prophecy of a dying oracle, they are ready to become Lyrian's heroes whatever the cost to themselves.
14) Kaleidoscope
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
An astounding new feat of storytelling from Brian Selznick, the award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscope...
15) The upper world
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
Today; During arguably the worst week of Esso's life, an accident knocks him into an incredible world--a place beyond space or time, where he can see glimpses of the past and future. But if what he sees there is true, he might not have much longer to live, unless he can use his new gift to change the course of history. Tomorrow; Rhia's past is filled with questions, none of which she expects a new physics tutor to answer. But Dr. Esso's not here to...
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 1
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. Includes "An appreciation" by Anna Quindlen and an interview with the author.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 4
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack and Annie, joined by Teddy and Kathleen (from earlier books), travel in the Magic Tree House to a land of snow where the Ice Wizard has captured Morgan and Merlin. The four friends must find the Ice Wizard's missing eye - or is it really his heart that is missing? Jack and Annie are joined by Teddy and Kathleen as they travel to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds, where they search for the eye of the Ice Wizard and attempt to help Merlin and Morgan....
18) Rhinos at recess
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 37
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Africa where they must use magic to save a rhino and her baby from poachers"--
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Four mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever. By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner. But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda's mom...