The Brides of Ruharen


Book Description

Back cover blurb:Temptation comes in guises,The Dragon knows them all.'Come', he smiles, 'stop here a while.'And you are in his thrall...A fantasy for older readers and YA based loosely on the Japanese legend of the fox women.THEMES: risk taking, peer group pressure, temptation, legends, fox women, medieval times, feudal system, aristocracy, fantasy, action and reaction,action and consequenceJUV014000 JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & WomenJUV057000 JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in VerseJUV039100 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Peer PressureJUV002270 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dragons, Unicorns & MythicalJUV012060 JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / AsianJUV039270 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / StrangersJUV012040 JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations




The Resisters #1: The Resisters


Book Description

Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with this riveting children's debut. Twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood has always known exactly what he wanted—to win the state soccer championship, get into the best high school, and become an astronaut. Then he meets Madison and Felix, who tell him something . . . insane. They claim that 50 years ago, aliens took over the earth, and everyone past puberty is under their mind control. Ethan doesn't believe it. But then he sees for himself the aliens' monster bug robots and the incredible way that Madison and Felix have learned to fight them. So Ethan Blackwood has a choice: he can go back to his normal, suburban, protected lie of a life—or he can become a Resister. This science fiction on the lines of Scott Westerfield and Cory Doctorow for middle graders is now available in paperback.




Shadowmancer


Book Description

Shadowmancer takes you into a world of superstition, magic and witchcraft, where the ultimate sacrifice might even be life itself. Obadiah Demurral is a sorcerer who is seeking to control the highest power in the Universe. He will stop at nothing. The only people in his way are Raphah, Kate, Thomas and the mysterious Jacob Crane. Packed full of history, folklore and smuggling, Shadowmancer is a tale of an epic battle that will grip both young and old. The thrills, suspense and danger are guaranteed to grab the attention and stretch imaginations to the limit.




Magician's End


Book Description

Three decades . . . Five Riftwars . . . One magnificent saga: From New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist comes Magician's End, the final book in the epic Riftwar Cycle. Thirty years ago, Feist's first novel, Magician, introduced us to an orphan boy named Pug, who rises from slavery to become a Master Magician, and to Midkemia and the Riftwar, an epic series of battles between Good and Evil that have scarred Pug's world for generations. After twenty-nine books, Feist delivers the crowning achievement of his renowned bestselling career: Magician's End, the final chapter in The Chaos Wars, the climax of his extraordinary Riftwar Cycle. Pug, now the greatest magician of all time, must risk everything he has fought for and everything he cherishes in the hope of destroying an evil enemy once and for all. But to achieve peace and save untold millions of lives, he will have to pay the ultimate price.




How to Speak and Read


Book Description




The Last Dragonlord


Book Description

A breathtaking debut--an extraordinary draconic novel of magical intrigue and adventure. Sweeping readers along at a breakneck speed with breathtaking imagery and effortlessly readable prose, Joanne Bertin has created a thrilling new mythos, fresh in conception and filled with the joy of discovery.