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IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
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It was told that her mother turned her face to the wall and died of despair when she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son. Aerin was that daughter. But Aerin's destiny was greater than even she had dreamed-for she was to be the true hero who would wield the power of the blue sword.
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Discworld volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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"Something is seriously amiss at Unseen University, Ankh-Morpork's most prestigious (i.e., only) institution of higher learning."--BOOK JACKET. "A professor is missing - and not just any professor. The Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography. Also the University Librarian, who transmuted (you know how things change!) into an ape (a handy configuration for a librarian, don't you think?) so long ago that no one exactly remembers his name,...
6) Mattimeo
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Redwall volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 18
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Mattimeo, the son of the warrior mouse Matthias, learns to take up the sword and joins the other animal inhabitants of Redwall Abbey in resisting Slagar the fox and his band of marauders. Sequel to "Redwall."
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 19
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Aramina is a teenage girl of Pern, who hears dragons -- a skill which does not solve any of her family's problems. Her mother fears losing her daughter to the life of a dragonrider. But Aramina exploits her rare abilities without deserting her beloved family.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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In one day, Morwenna has gone from being the lowliest servant in the king's castle to the mos powerful person in the land, for she has become the wizard, the bearer of the last five wishes in the kingdom. But with her new gifr come rules: She cannot wish for any mor, she cannot wish for anything for herself, and if she speaks of them to anyone, both she and the wishes will be gone.
10) Isle of woman
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Geodyssey volume 1
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The history of humankind is recreated through the experiences of members of one family as they are reincarnated throughout the planet's evolutionary history, from the dawn of time to an era in which humans inhabit multiple worlds.
11) Gifts
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
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When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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The first of five fantasies, inspired by ancient Welsh legends, about the mythical land of Prydain. Taran, assistant pig-keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil.
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Song of ice and fire volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 63
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The Seven Kingdoms are torn by strife as the three surviving contenders for the throne continue their struggle for power, Robb Stark defends his fledgling kingdom from the ravaging Greyjoys, Winterfell lies in ruins, Jon Snow confronts an escalating threat from behind the Wall, and Danerys Stormborn and her dragon allies continue to grow in power. Here is the third volume in George R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones...
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Left Behind series. Main series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
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Airline captain Rayford Steele, stunned when over one hundred passengers vanish from his plane in the blink of an eye, quickly realizes the Rapture his wife had been telling him about--an event in which Jesus would return to take his followers to Heaven before they die--had happened and he had been left behind.
15) The BFG
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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The Big Friendly Giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and it's lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off by any of the other giants she would have been breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are headed to England to steal some little children, she and the BFG decide they must stop them once and for all.
16) For love of evil
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Incarnations of immortality volume 6
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In twelfth-century France, Parry grows into a powerful sorcerer and then a powerful Inquisitor. Living in depravity, he ends his days at the gates of hell.
17) The long patrol
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Redwall volume 10
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IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
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Tammo, a daring young hare hungry for adventure, is sent with Russa Nodrey, the wandering red squirrel, to join the Long Patrol and defend Salamandastron against the Rapscallion horde.
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Deryni novels. Heirs of Saint Camber volume 1
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A race of humans with strange, magical powers, the Deryni, look for a way to survive now that the Regents seek their total destruction.
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Farseer trilogy volume 1
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A bastard prince relegated to cleaning stables is chosen by a king to become an assassin. The novel follows the training and missions of this man who has inherited magical skills, among them mind-control and the ability to communicate with animals.
20) Ship of magic
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Liveship traders volume 1
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The heroine is a living ship which has feelings and can talk. On the death of its master it is inherited by a man who wants to use it for transporting slaves. The ship is against this and forms an alliance with the man's sister who had hoped to inherit it and now plots to get it.