Tag: Magic

Tales of Myrick the (Not So) Magnificent #1 by Berin L. Stephens

Tales of Myrick the (Not So) Magnificent #1 by Berin L. Stephens

Are you sure you want to be an adventurer? Believe me, there are plenty of dragons, moronic guards, golems, evil sorcerers, zombies, blood-thirsty plants, undead necromancers, bandits, and troglyns out there who do NOT have your health and happiness in mind. If it weren’t for my friends—the squirrel-like Nut-boy, the beautiful yet brawny Princess Frederica, and the ever-loyal but brainless Nonac the barbarian—I wouldn’t be […]

May 19, 2014 / 0 Comments
Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull

Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull

Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level. After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the […]

March 12, 2014 / 2 Comments
Shadow Magic: The Magic Shop by Justin Swapp

Shadow Magic: The Magic Shop by Justin Swapp

Marcus and his twin sister, Ellie, live in the loft above their grandparents’ magic shop—the one all the rumors are about. He’s all too familiar with the hand buzzers, card tricks, and fake vomit kits. He thought he had seen it all until he stumbles upon his grandfather hiding something in a secret room behind the family tapestry. Now Marcus and Ellie must unravel a […]

January 18, 2014 / 0 Comments
Spirit Animals: Wild Born by Brandon Mull

Spirit Animals: Wild Born by Brandon Mull

Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers. Four flashes of light erupt, and from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts—a wolf, a leopard, a panda, a falcon. Suddenly the paths of these children—and the world—have been changed forever. Enter the world of Erdas, where every child who comes of age must discover if they have […]

September 12, 2013 / 1 Comment
FarWorld: Air Keep by J. Scott Savage

FarWorld: Air Keep by J. Scott Savage

The adventure continues… It’s been six months since Marcus and Kyja obtained the help of the land and water elementals. But before they can get help from the mysterious air elementals they have to figure out how to open a box with no key. Together, Marcus and Kyja travel into the Is, the Was, the Will Be, and the Never Was as they try to […]

February 26, 2013 / 2 Comments
The 7th Knight by Iain R. Saunders

The 7th Knight by Iain R. Saunders

Kai knows that a holiday walk to the castle every year is a sacred tradition in their small family. What he doesn’t know is why his father is particularly worried about this year, or why he starts hearing voices the moment he sets foot on the castle grounds. Unlike his school friends, he’s been taught to ride, use a sword and stand up to bullies […]

January 20, 2013 / 0 Comments
FarWorld: Land Keep by J. Scott Savage

FarWorld: Land Keep by J. Scott Savage

Four mythical Elementals—Water, Land, Air, and Fire—have the power to save two worlds, Earth and Farworld, from a common enemy: the Dark Circle. In book one, Water Keep, a portal has been opened between the two worlds, allowing Marcus, from Earth, and Kyja, from Farworld, to combine their unique gifts and begin their epic quest to find the Elementals. In book two, Land Keep, Marcus […]

October 26, 2009 / 4 Comments
Alcatraz: The Scrivener’s Bones by Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz: The Scrivener’s Bones by Brandon Sanderson

In his second skirmish against the Evil Librarians who rule the world, Alcatraz and his ragtag crew of freedom fighters track Grandpa Smedry to the ancient and mysterious Library of Alexandria. Hushlanders―people who live in the Librarian-controlled lands of Canada, Europe, and the Americas―believe the Library was destroyed long ago. Free Kingdomers know the truth: the Library of Alexandria is still around, and it’s one […]

November 5, 2008 / 4 Comments
FarWorld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

FarWorld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Other people may see thirteen-year-old Marcus Kanenas as an outcast and a nobody, but he sees himself as a survivor and a dreamer. In fact, his favorite dream is of a world far away, a world where magic is as common as air, where animals tell jokes and trees beg people to pick their fruit. He even has a name for this place—Farworld. When Marcus […]

September 15, 2008 / 4 Comments
13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner

13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner

What if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created—the life that would’ve been had you made the other choice? What if those new realities were in danger? What if it fell to you to save all the realities? Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a. Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old boy until the day a strange letter arrives in […]

March 5, 2008 / 9 Comments