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Eleven-year-old Danny Monteverde believes in magic, he believes that the enchanted land of Rio Luna in his older sister's favorite book is real, and most of all he believes that if he can find the way to Rio Luna he will find his sister Pili there, because he does not believe that his sister would run away from the group home where they lived and leave him behind; but after years of being passed from one foster family to another his faith begins to...
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Stevie and Alex are still looking for answers about the mysterious Ender crystal Stevie discovered, and the sinister voice that seems to emanate from it. Their search leads them to a strange book filled with writing in a strange language, and pictures that seem to show two adventurers trapping the evil Ender Dragon in the End.
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From Christina Soontornvat, the visionary and versatile author of two 2021 Newbery Honor Books, comes a high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. In a fantasy adventure every bit as compelling and confident in its world building as her Newbery Honor Book A Wish in the Dark, Christina Soontornvat explores a young woman's struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon's...
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"With her thirteenth birthday just around the corner, Giada Bellantuono has to make a big decision: Will she join the family business and become a healer or follow her dreams? But even though she knows her calling is to heal vulnerable animals, using her powers to treat magical creatures is decidedly not allowed. When a group of witches kidnaps her beloved older brother, Rocco, and her parents are away, Giada is the only person left who can rescue...
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"Geronimo Stilton has been called to the Kingdom of Fantasy so many times. Each visit is more of an adventure than the last! This time there was big trouble! Queen Imaginaria has been kidnapped. The evil witch is using her wand to take treasures from the kingdom. Can I help stop the evil witch before all the treasures are gone?"--
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"Mikaleh can hardly believe her eyes when she returns to base camp one morning--after a long evening of satisfying zombie-killing--to find that the Husks appear to have. . . reached out to them! A mysterious message, seeming to be from the very monsters themselves, urges Squad #43 to attend a secret rendezvous in Canny Valley where more will be revealed"--
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Grey is back in Battle Royale -- but will he make it out this time? With Grey as its leader, his squad soars up in the ranks of Fortnite: Battle Royale. With only a few weeks left in the season, the squad members are closing in on those top five spots that will free them from virtual reality. Grey believes that a little more practice will get them there, but not everyone in his squad is so sure. When a top ten squad comes recruiting for veteran...
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"Young Plum is shocked to discover that she's been accepted to the Guardian Academy on Lotus Island, an elite school where kids learn how to transform into Guardians, magical creatures who are sworn to protect the natural world. The Guardian masters teach Plum and her friends how to communicate with animals and how to use meditation to strengthen their minds and bodies. All the kids also learn to fight, so they can protect the defenseless if needed....
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Drawn once again into the Kingdom of Fantasy, Geronimo discovers that the Land of Books is being threatened by a wave of grayness spreading from the Kingdom of Swamp Valley rotting books and turning all the characters gray, sad and worried--and it will be up to Geronimo, Winglet (daughter of Blossom and newly crowned empress), and the intrepid characters from fiction who join them along the way, to locate the source of this new evil and put a stop...