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1) Dragonslayer
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Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago. Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one. Wren doesn't trust anyone. She swore off humans after her village tried to sacrifice her to the dragons. She only has one friend,...
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"The Dragonet Prophecy didn't call for a RainWing dragonet, but Glory knows she's far more powerful than she gets credit for. So it's devastating when she finally finds the rest of her tribe and discovers that RainWings do seem a little lazy. They nap every day, no one really wants to be queen, and worst of all, only a few have noticed that RainWings are disappearing--mysteriously vanishing from the safety of the rain forest without a trace. Glory...
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"Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia's dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war and choose the next queen of the SandWings, she's ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her. But Sunny's faith in the prophecy has been shaken. As the dragonets forge ahead, confronting buried secrets and deadly surprises in the shifting sands of the desert, Sunny...
5) Quest
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In the Caldecott Honor-winning Journey, much of Becker's energy was devoted to the story's exquisite backdrops. Now, in the second wordless book of his planned trilogy, the focus is on his characters. On a rainy day in a city park, the girl who starred in Journey and the boy introduced at the end take refuge by a doorway under a bridge. To their surprise, a king emerges from the door just long enough to pass the two a map before soldiers apprehend...
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"Toronia, a kingdom composed of three realms, is wracked with civil war. King Brutan rules with an iron fist. The kingdom's only hope comes in the form of Brutan's illegitimate triplets, prophesied to kill the king and rule together in peace. Separated at birth and scattered throughout the realms, the triplets face a desperate fight to secure their destiny"--
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In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of...
8) Fairest
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"Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told... until now"--
9) The Ickabog
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As the legend of the fearsome Ickabog spreads terror in the peaceful kingdom of Cornucopia, best friends Bert and Daisy set out to discover the truth and bring happiness back to the kingdom.
11) The court
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Describes court life during the Renaissance, from about 1400 to 1600, explaining how various rulers governed and help shape European civilization.
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Macbeth and Banquo are Scottish generals returning home from a victorious war campaign. Their journey is interrupted when three strange witches come upon them and predict their futures. They claim that Macbeth will one day become King of Scotland! Macbeth is stirred by the prophesy. Written in graphic-novel format.
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Ascendant King Jaron believes that his kingdom, Carthya, is at peace. Sailing home from a trade mission with his betrothed, Imogen, their ship is attacked by Prozarians. Along with several of his friends, Jaron is taken prisoner. The Prozarian captain seems to believe Jaron had something to do with his parents' deaths. They also know a great deal about Jaron's long-missing older brother, Darius, the rightful heir to Carthya-- who may be alive after...
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Tired of all the rules of comportment at court, Princess Juniper asks for, and receives, a very small country of her own for her thirteenth name-day, one she can set up and rule with less formality and more simple friendship--but there is trouble at home and she has to find a way to thwart her distant cousin's ambitions.
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Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl, is still grieving her mother when her father takes a job in a museum located in a city where it never stops snowing. Ophelia is forced to suspend her disbelief in things non-scientific when she finds a boy locked in the museum where her father works. The boy, a prisoner of the Snow Queen, asks Ophelia to help him complete an age-old mission and save the world.