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41) Once a witch
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born into a family of witches, seventeen-year-old Tamsin is raised believing that she alone lacks a magical "Talent," but when her beautiful and powerful sister is taken by an age-old rival of the family in an attempt to change the balance of power, Tamsin discovers her true destiny.
Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Milo is stuck spending the winter holidays in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem-again! He will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul"--
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
166 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mandy, who dyes her hair black and hates almost everyone, is not like her mother, the tall, sparkly alien superhero Starfire, so when someone from Starfire's past arrives, Mandy must make a choice about who she is and if she should risk everything to save her mom.
44) Buffalo flats
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada"--
Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her father and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community with other Latter-Day Saints. Rebecca is old enough to get married, but what kind of man would she marry and who would have a girl like...
45) Everblaze
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
609 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sophie Foster is ready to fight back. Her talents are getting stronger, and with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she's determined to find her kidnappers - before they come after her again. But a daring mistake leaves her world teetering on the edge of war, and causes many to fear that she has finally gone too far. And the deeper Sophie searches, the farther the conspiracy stretches, proving that her most dangerous enemy might...
46) Nightshade
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
454 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Calla and Ren have been raised knowing it is their destiny to mate with one another and rule over their shape-shifting wolf pack, but when a human boy arrives and vies for Calla's heart, she is faced with a decision that could change her whole world.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
237 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Erin Powers navigates growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee being raised by a white, closeted lesbian mother. Based on the author's experience.
Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. --Adapted from jacket....
49) One jar of magic
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Joining her family in her community's annual New Year's Day magic-capturing ceremony, a 12-year-old girl who has always been lucky captures just one tiny jar of magic, revealing the true nature and beliefs of her loved ones.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Abdo Spotlight
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Reinforced library bound edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Notebook of Doom is missing and Alexander and his fellow monster-hunters Rip and Nikki are convinced that the boss-monster has it. But is that monster the mysterious Principal Vanderpants--who is certainly behaving oddly--or someone else? They need to figure that out quickly because a mistake could have deadly consequences for Stermont Elementary.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember!"--Publisher's description.
52) Clockwork prince
Author
Series
Infernal devices volume 2
Language
English
Description
As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, sixteen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past.
53) Dreamland
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2004, c2000
Physical Desc
250 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
54) I like myself!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, a little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.
55) Chain of gold
Author
Series
Last hours (Shadowhunters) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cordelia Carstairs, a Shadowhunter trained to battle demons, travels with her brother to London where they reconnect with childhood friends but soon must face devastating demon attacks in the quarantined city.
56) Skin again
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, Skin Again offers new ways to talk about race and identity. Race matters, but only so much--what's most important is who we are on the inside."--
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meilan Hua's world is made up of a few key ingredients: her family's beloved matriarch, Nai Nai; the bakery her parents, aunts, and uncles own and run in Boston's Chinatown; and her favorite Chinese fairy tales.
After Nai Nai passes, the family has a falling-out that sends Meilan, her parents, and her grieving grandfather on the road in search of a new home. They take a winding path across the country before landing in Redbud, Ohio. Everything in...
58) Sunrise
Author
Series
Warriors (Erin Hunter). Power of three volume 6
Warriors power of three volume 6
Warriors. Power of three volume 6
Warriors power of three volume 6
Warriors. Power of three volume 6
Language
English
Description
"When Firestar's grandchildren, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather, finally discover who their true parents are, there are dire consequences for ThunderClan and the Warrior Code" --
59) Seraphina
Author
Series
Seraphina volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.
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 10 years since their parents disappeared to protect them. Now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy. First in the Books of Beginning series.
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