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61) Houdini and me
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini is NOT Harry Houdini--the famous escape artist who died in 1926. But Harry DOES live in Houdini's old New York City home, and he definitely knows everything there is to know about Houdini's life. What is he supposed to do, then, when someone starts texting him claiming that they're Houdini, communicating from beyond the grave? Respond, of course.
It's hard for Harry to believe that Houdini is really contacting him,...
62) Unsouled
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the destruction of the Graveyard, Connor and Lev are on the run, seeking a woman who may be the key to bringing down unwinding forever, while Cam, the rewound boy, tries to prove his love for Risa by bringing Proactive Citizenry to its knees.
63) 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
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Alejandra Kim doesn't feel like she belongs anywhere. At her wealthy Manhattan high school, her super Spanish name and super Korean face do not compute to her mostly white "woke" classmates and teachers. In her Jackson Heights neighborhood, she's not Latinx enough. Even at home, Ale feels unwelcome. And things at home have only gotten worse since Papi's body was discovered on the subway tracks. Ale wants nothing more than to escape the city for the...
Author
Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
For centuries there have been rumors of another continent on the dragons' planet -- another land far across the ocean, populated by tribes of dragons very different from those we know. But there's never been any evidence, and most dragons dismissed the rumors as fairy tales. Until now. Because it turns out the stories are true. And the other tribes are coming.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Born with bird wings, Ava Lavender is well aware that love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing obsession, which comes to a head with the rain and feathers that fly through the air during a nighttime summer solstice celebration.
69) The night hunt
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Atia, a monster hunted by the Gods, and mortal Silas join forces to avenge her family and break his curse and restore his humanity, they discover that only together can they finally rewrite their destinies.
Atia is a monster who feeds on fear. As the last of her kind, she hides in the shadows of the world to escape the wrath of the unpredictable Gods. Silas is a Herald, carrying messages and ferrying the dead as punishment for a past he can't...
Author
Series
Serafina (Robert Beatty) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a mysterious threat moves towards Biltmore, bringing with it violent storms and flooding, Serafina must fight to defend all she loves and become everything that she is meant to be.
71) Amina's voice
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 197 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
72) UnWholly
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
402 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa, and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens and, in the same stroke, providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A very small mouse of unknown origins runs away from school in the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace shortly before the celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, celebrating her sixty years on the British throne.
75) The meadows
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everyone hopes for a letter--to attend the Estuary, the Glades, the Meadows. These are the special places where only the best and brightest go to burn even brighter. When Eleanor is accepted at the Meadows, it means escape from her hardscrabble life by the sea, in a country ravaged by climate disaster. But despite its luminous facilities, endless fields, and pretty things, the Meadows keeps dark secrets: its purpose is to reform students, to condition...
Author
Series
Joey Pigza books volume 4
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Joey's father returns, calling himself Charles Heinz and apologizing for his past bad behavior, and he swears that once Joey and his mother change their names and help him fix up the old diner he has bought, their lives will change for the better.
77) Every day
Author
Series
Every day volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
70 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Trollhunter Jim Lake, Jr. grapples with his new responsibilities, as the Trolls and his best friend Toby try to help by looking back at previous Trollhunters in similar times of crisis.
80) Impostors
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey's existence, because she has been raised to be her sister's body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family's political power--but when their father sends Frey in her sister's place as collateral in a tricky deal, Col, the son of a rival leader, gets close enough to begin to suspect something, and Frey must...
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