Tag: Fantasy
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Book Review: Fire Dancer
by Catherine Jones Payne publisher’s synopsis: So You Think You Can Dance meets Storm Siren Fire is a dangerous magic. Sixteen-year-old Kyla is preparing for the test of her life: a high-stakes dance competition to win the role of principal dancer in the fire festival’s elite troupe. When she’s not sneaking off into the woods to practice…
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Book Review: Magic Hunters: The Journey Begins
by Jill and Brad Williamson Publisher’s Synopsis: Hunter, the son of the huntsman who nearly killed Snow White, is tired of the shame that labels his family. Tricked into making a wish upon a magic mirror, he accidentally unleashes a curse that banishes magic from the Story Realms. In order to right this wrong, Hunter…
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Book Review: All The Queen’s Sons
by Elizabeth Kipps Publisher’s Synopsis “All the queen’s sons have such a talent for spoiling their shoes, and no one can tell why. Not even the greatest detectives!” Lucerne is a great queen, beloved by her people, but constantly thwarted by her own sons and the secrets they keep. Verity Grandin is a feisty shoemaker’s…
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Book Review: Rose Petals and Snowflakes
by Kendra E. Ardnek publisher’s synopsis After their father’s death, and thanks to their older half-brother’s wanderlust, two sisters find themselves caught in the politics of mysterious forest. Elinrose finds herself in direct conflict with the wood’s Mistress, while Snowmari hides a deadly secret that could mean her death if found out. Can their bonds…
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Book Review: Beneath the Haunting Sea
by Joanna Ruth Meyer publisher’s synopsis Sixteen-year-old Talia was born to a life of certainty and luxury, destined to become Empress of half the world. But when an ambitious rival seizes power, she and her mother are banished to a nowhere province on the far edge of the Northern Sea. It is here, in the…
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Book Review: The Inkwell Chronicles
by J. D. Peabody publisher’s synopsis Immerse yourself in this fast-paced middle-grade fantasy about magic ink, a secret society, and a boy who yearns to make his mark. When their father goes missing after a mysterious train crash, Everett and his little sister Bea find a curious pen in his belongings, and its magical Ink…
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Book Review: The Girl Who Could Not Dream
by Sarah Beth Durst publisher’s synopsis Sophie loves the hidden shop below her parents’ bookstore, where dreams are secretly bought and sold. When the dream shop is robbed and her parents go missing, Sophie must unravel the truth to save them. Together with her best friend—a wisecracking and fanatically loyal monster named Monster—she must decide…
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Book Review: The Library of Ever
by Zeno Alexander publisher’s synopsis With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored—until she discovers a secret doorway in the library and becomes its newly appointed Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian. In her new job, Lenora finds herself helping future civilizations figure out the date, relocates lost penguins, uncovers the city with…
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Book Review: The Prince of Nowhere
by Rochelle Hassan Publisher’s Synopsis Roda isn’t afraid of the monsters that roam the wilds of the Aerlands. She’s safe in her small town, surrounded by a wall of freezing, enchanted mist that keeps the beasts away. So when Roda rescues an injured crow on the instruction of her secret pen pal, Anonymous – whose…
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