Looooooooong BooksWhat do you mean you’re bored? Just one of these puppies will fill up your dance card for weeks. |
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 | Aidinoff, Elsie |
| The Garden |
Aidinoff offers an astonishing interpretation of the story of Adam, Eve, and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden in this debut novel.
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 | Allende, Isabel |
| Kingdom of the Golden Dragon |
| Allende has written a tantalizing tale that follows Alexander and his journalist grandmother Kate into the Himalayan heights in search of the mystical Forbidden Kingdom. |
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 | Barker, Clive |
| Days of Magic, Nights of War |
| This sequel to Barker’s Abarat pits Candy Quackenbush against the forces of Night even as she learns the truth about who she is. |
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 | Block, Francesca Lia |
| Dangerous Angels: the Weetzie Bat Books |
| Here are collected all five books in Francesca Lia Block’s atmospheric, surreal, and enchanting series about the ethereal kids from SoCal. |
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 | Bloor, Edward |
| Story Time |
| The Whittaker Magnet School promises extraordinary educational opportunities, but delivers something a little more sinister. |
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 | Bray, Libba |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty |
| In 1895, Gemma returns from America to England, where she discovers some latent supernatural abilities. |
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 | Brennan, Herbie |
| Purple Emperor |
| Henry and Mr. Fogarty return to the Faerie Realm to battle Lord Hairstreak and the Faeries of the Night. |
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 | Cann, Kate |
| California Holiday: or How the World’s Worst Summer Job Gave Me a Great New Life |
| British teen Rowan begins a summer as a Seattle nanny, but soon abandons her family (with their pet lizard) and embarks on a rollicking holiday. |
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 | Clement-Davies, Clive |
| Fire Bringer |
| Red deer are the protagonists in this sweeping adventure of battle, betrayal, and ultimate triumph, set in the atmospheric forests of medieval Scotland. |
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 | Crossley-Holland, Kevin |
| King of the Middle March |
| Young Arthur de Caldicot (yes, THAT Arthur) steps forward to become a man worthy of his name, in this medieval story full of texture and dazzling detail. |
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 | Datlow, Ellen, editor |
| The Faery Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm |
| Nineteen original stories explore the darker corners of faery lore, with surprising, addictive results. Not to be missed! |
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 | Hidier, Tanuja Desai |
| Born Confused |
| Dimple struggles to integrate her hard-won American-ness with her Indian parents’ traditional notions of culture, behavior, and, (ouch!) dating. |
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 | Jeapes, Ben |
| The New World Order |
| In a novel of breathtaking originality, the 17th century English civil war is interrupted by an attack by Holekhor, alien force with its own martial powers. |
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 | Jones, Diana Wynne |
| Fire and Hemlock |
| Polly’s memories are overlapping and conflicted – some dealing with school and her parents’ divorce, and others with heroic adventures in another world… |
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 | Jones, Diana Wynne |
| The Merlin Conspiracy |
| Roddy and Nick, still mastering their new magical powers, must battle power-hungry wizards bent on pillaging their home planet. |
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 | Kerr, M.E. |
| The Books of Fell |
| All three, complete novels about John Fell and his tangled journey down a path of danger and intrigue are collected in one omnibus volume. |
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 | MacHale, D.J. |
| Black Water |
| The fifth book in the Pendragon series follows Bobby as he struggles to understand his purpose as a “traveler.” |
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 | Meyer, L.A. |
| Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady |
| Jacky, the wild and wanton crewmember of HMS Dolphin (really a girl) first introduced in Bloddy Jack, is enrolled in an elite Boston school for girls. Good luck! |
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 | November, Sharyn, editor |
| Firebirds: an Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| This special anthology contains 16 original stories that showcase the genre’s most admired authors. |
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 | Paolini, Christopher |
| Eragon |
| If you haven’t already read it, now’s the time to grab this publishing phenomenon! |
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 | Pattou, Edith |
| East |
| A young woman goes to the ends of the earth on the back of a great white bear to rescue the man she loves in this sweeping epic. |
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 | Pierce, Tamora |
| Lady Knight |
| In the fourth and final book in the Protector of the Small series, Kel realizes her dream of becoming a knight, with surprising consequences. |
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 | Pullman, Philip |
| The Amber Spyglass |
| The final volume in Philip Pullman’s extraordinary His Dark Materials trilogy adds a mythical level to the crackling energy and deep character development we’ve come to expect. |
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 | Stevermer, Caroline |
| A College of Magics |
| Faris Nallaneen is sent to Greenlaw College to study magic. When Faris makes an enemy of classmate Menary of Aravill, life could get downright ... deadly. |
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 | White, John |
| The Iron Sceptre |
| The Iron Sceptre, the source of King Kardia's power to rule, is in peril, sought by Mirmah and her chief sorcerer, Archimago. What awaits is much more than mere adventure. |
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