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1) Twerp
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are effected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dear Miss Metropolitan tells the fragmented story of Fern, Gwinnie, and Jesenia, three girls abducted by a monster who calls himself Boss Man and held captive in a decaying house in Queens for a decade. Inspired by real events, the tale is inventively revealed by multiple narrators before, during and after their ordeal. Documents, newspapers, excerpts from books, photographs, interviews, and other forms of media piece together the larger story. By...
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation...
5) Winter
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Welcome to the Moon. Widely admired Princess Winter takes the ultimate stand against her manipulative stepmother, Queen Levana, by starting a revolution to win a long-fought war. The time has come for Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter, and their allies to battle the dangerously wicked queen in this conclusion to the Lunar Chronicles series.
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people--but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unraveling with each passing day... With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while...
8) Cress
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company.
Author
Series
Ranger's apprentice. Main series volume 10
(John Anthony)Ranger's apprentice volume 10
(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume 10
(John Anthony)Ranger's apprentice volume 10
(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume 10
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
438 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a faraway land, a young warrior must protect an emperor from an uprising and train an inexperienced army, with assistance from his Ranger friends.
Author
Series
Three dark crowns volume 1
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest...
11) The runaway king
Author
Series
Ascendance trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young King Jaron has taken the throne of Carthya, but after enemies attempt to assassinate him, and a neighboring kingdom threatens invasion, he finds that he has no friends in the palace, not even his bride-to-be, princess Amarinda--and his regents think it would be better for Carthya if he just disappeared again.
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Women of the Caesars explores what life was like for ordinary women in ancient Rome, and also details the lives of notable women of the time. With chapters devoted to such women as Livia and Julia; Agrippina; the sisters of Caligula; and Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero, the book is a lively and revealing history of the women who influenced the rulers of ancient Rome.
Author
Series
Roots of chaos volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané...
Author
Series
Queen of the Tearling volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The evil kingdom of Mortmesne invades the Tearling, with dire consequences for Kelsea and her realm.
Author
Series
Enchanted forest chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Queen Cimorene turns to her friends Morwen, Telemain, and Kazul for help when troublesome wizards make their way back into the Enchanted Forest and begin to soak up its magic.
Author
Series
Seven Realms novels volume 4
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
598 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the fourth and final novel in the Seven Realms series, Queen Raisa 'ana Marianna and Han Alister join forces to right a thousand-year-old wrong"--
A thousand years ago, two young lovers were betrayed?Alger Waterlow to his death, and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, to a life without love. Now, once again, the Queendom of the Fells seems likely to shatter apart. For young queen Raisa ana''Marianna, maintaining peace even within her own castle walls...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"This remarkable, deeply moving story brings you deep into the hearts and souls of a tight-knit group of friends--girls growing up in Queens, the polyglot borough of New York, where the streets sprawl for miles and echo with voices from all over the world, and the scent of bubbling oil, chopped garlic, and grilled meats waft through open windows as night comes to the neighborhood. Here Nadira, Mae, Trish, and Aisha become friends for life--or so they...
18) Cleopatra
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
[46] p. : col. ill., maps, ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cleopatra was not the renowned beauty of legend-her strength lay in her intelligence, courage, and charm, and she would need all three in her short and perilous reign. She became Queen of Egypt at eighteen and by twenty had been driven from her throne. But she raided an army and won the support of the great Julius Caesar, who helped her return to rule. In the note on sources, the authors indicate that much of the information about Cleopatra has been...
19) Tower of dawn
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken. His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica--the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire....
20) The yellow yacht
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 25
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
84 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen gold from Sammi's parents, the king and queen of Costra.
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