John Keating
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The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as...
63) Half the world
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"A girl desperate to avenge her dead father, Thorn live to fight. But when she is accused of murder, only the deeply cunning Father Yarvi can deliver her from execution, and he has a price. Soon Thorn is crossing half the world to find allies against the ruthless High King - and learning harsh lessons of blood and deceit. Beside her on her journey is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill and believes himself a failure - though a chance at redemption...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Gwyn Griffiths draws on the strength of his namesake and ancestor in Welsh magic, Gwydion Gwyn, in an effort to purge the anger from an ancient Welsh demonic god that he had helped release, and to soothe a moody, troubled soldier.
66) Three Junes
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[2002]
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In June of 1989 Paul McLeod, a newspaper publisher and recent widower, travels to Greece, where he falls for a young American artist and reflects on the complicated truth about his marriage. Six years later, again in June, Paul's death draws his three grown sons and their families back to their ancestral home. Fenno, the eldest, a wry, introspective gay man, narrates the events of this unforeseen reunion. Far from his straitlaced expatriate life as...
68) Forest mage
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Soldier son trilogy volume 2
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Slowly recovering from a plague that has decimated his Academy fellows, soldier Nevare Burvelle anticipates his brother's impending nuptials, but is forced to enter the realm of Speck magic when his family is infected by the plague.
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Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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When a series of chance events leaves him in possession of an urn with ashes, sixteen-year-old Londoner, Lucas Swain, becomes convinced that its occupant, Violet Park, is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father's sudden disappearance.
71) Leopards' gold
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Chronicles of the Red King volume 3
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[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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It is years since King Timoken, his sister Zobayda, and his friends settled in the enchanted Red Castle, but now they are all threatened by the evil beyond the castle's protective spells and it will be up to two of Timoken's nine children, Petrello and Tolomeo, to find out which of their siblings is the traitor in their midst, and defeat their enemies.
72) The Convicts
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Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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His efforts to avenge his father's unjust imprisonment force fourteen-year-old Tom Tin into the streets of nineteenth-century London, but after he is convicted of murder, Tom is eventually sent to Australia where he has a surprise reunion.
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[2011]
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A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected; depicts the story of a mouse family who go on a family picnic and discover that one little mouse has been left behind; Hondo the dog gets to go to the beach and play with his friend Fred, while Fabian the cat spends the day at home; Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.
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2022.
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Discover the untold story of the vital role the Irish played in the American Revolution.
George Washington changed the world and saved democracy by defeating the British during the American War of Independence. The Irish role in the American Revolution, the war for the ages, has never been correctly, reported. Because many of the Irish who fought were poor and illiterate and left no memoirs, their stories and role have never been, told. Until now.
The...
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Irish Country books volume 14
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2018.
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"The New Year brings challenges and changes to the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. The Christmas holidays have barely passed before a fire engulfs the humble thatched cottage housing Donal Donnally and his family. Although the family escapes the blaze more or less unsinged, Donal, his wife, their three small children, and their beloved dog find themselves with nothing left but the clothes on their back. Good thing Doctors O'Reilly and Laverty...
77) The castaways
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Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies.
78) Storm riders
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May 2013.
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"In a world where magic is intrinsic to the fabric of everyday life, two kingdoms, centuries-long enemies, have long sought a powerful magical weapon that will win them lasting dominance. But neither realm is ready when they are both attacked by the Bottom-Dwellers, a bitter people whose own land was destroyed, and who now live only to take vengeance on those they blame for a wretched life in the storm-tossed abyss they inhabit. Using contramagic...
79) The cannibals
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Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals.
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Chronicles of the Red King volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, under the protection of a forest jinni but pursued by evil virideed, straddle the world of men and the world of enchantments, seeking a home while remaining young by drinking a potion called Alixir.