Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Dark Magick (Sweep, No. 4)

Rating: (37 reviews)
Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Puffin

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Evil forces are after Morgan, forces connected with a dark wave of magick. And she knows something is wrong with the way Cal is acting, although she can’t put her finger on it. Cal is definitely hiding something, but is he out to hurt her, as Hunter says?

Dark Avengers, Vol. 2: Molecule Man

Author: Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher: Marvel Comics

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The Dark Avengers are pitted against a foe they cannot defeat: A man with the power over every molecule in the world! Norman can’t talk his way out of this one as the world gets turned upside down, and no joke… someone dies! Plus, poor Marvel Boy…he had no [...]

Need

Rating: (143 reviews)
Author: Carrie Jones
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books

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Zara collects phobias the way other girls collect Facebook friends. Little wonder, since life’s been pretty rough so far. Her father left, her stepfather just died, and her mother’s pretty much checked out. Now Zara’s living with her grandmother in sleepy, cold Maine so that [...]

Awakening (Sweep, No. 5)

Rating: (25 reviews)
Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Puffin

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For now, Morgan is safe from the dark wave that has been attacking witches. Betrayed by her first love, she is trying to come to grips with her Woodbane heritage and with Wicca—its thorn and its rose.

Found (The Missing, Book 1)

Rating: (60 reviews)
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he’s never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who’s also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, “You are one of the missing.” The [...]

Warriors: Power of Three #5: Long Shadows

Rating: (39 reviews)
Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins

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The Clans are in turmoil. ShadowClan has turned its back on StarClan and pledged to follow the dark predictions of Sol, the strange cat who foretold the solar eclipse. But not all the cats have lost faith in their warrior ancestors. . . .
Jaypaw is convinced that StarClan [...]

Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)

Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow [...]

Burned (House of Night Novels)

Author: P. C. Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

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When friends stop trusting each other, Darkness is there to fan the flames….
 
Things have turned black at the House of Night. Zoey Redbird’s soul has shattered. With everything she’s ever stood for falling apart, and a broken heart making her want to stay in the Otherworld forever, Zoey’s [...]

Warriors: Omen of the Stars #2: Fading Echoes

Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins

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After the sharp-eyed Jay and the roaring Lion, peace will come on Dove’s gentle wing.

Three ThunderClan cats, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw, are prophesied to hold the power of the stars in their paws. Now they must work together to unravel the meaning behind the ancient words of the prophecy.
As Jayfeather tackles [...]

Wild Christmas

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Joshua Hodge
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.

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There was no escape. He was trapped, just like he was when he was in detention. Life was an enormous prison for Dan. He always found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Never had he believed that he was in the right place in [...]

The Sorcerer of the North: Book Five (Ranger’s Apprentice)

Rating: (38 reviews)
Author: John Flanagan
Publisher: Puffin

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Several years have passed since the apprentice and his master, Will and Halt, first met, and Will is finally a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after. The fief seems sleepy—boring, even—until Lord Syron, master of a castle far in the north, is struck down by [...]

Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #1: Shattered Peace

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Ravenpaw has settled into life on the farm, away from the forest and Tigerstar’s evil eye. He knows that leaving the warrior clans was the right choice, and he appreciates his quiet days and peaceful nights with his best friend, Barley. But when five rogue cats from Twolegplace [...]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)

Rating: (2689 reviews)
Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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In one of the most hotly anticipated sequels in memory, J.K. Rowling takes up where she left with Harry’s second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girl’s bathroom, [...]

Linger

Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring [...]

The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4)

Rating: (191 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

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“Three cheers! Max is one of the smartest, strongest, funniest heroines around.” – Diane Garrett, Diane’s Books
In this breathtaking new story from the astonishing imagination of James Patterson, a girl has to save herself from an army assembled just to capture her-and maybe save the [...]

The Ender Quartet Box Set: Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction

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This boxed set contains Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind. 
 
Ender’s Game
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race’s next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as [...]

Essential Dickens CD: Christmas Carol, A (Caedmon Essentials)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Caedmon

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Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, in a full cast dramatization, on CD for the first time!
As much a part of Christmas as mistletoe, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol warms the heart of listeners with its tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.
This enchanting, full-cast recording brings Dickens’ London [...]

Care Bears Catch the Christmas Spirt!

Author: Katie Tait
Publisher: Scholastic

Product Description
The Care Bears try to help Grumpy Bear find his Christmas spirit.Children will love to read about these adorable bears and learn about their special caring mission as the Care Bears teach them the importance of caring for others and sharing their feelings.

Vampire Academy Collection

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill

Product Description
Tear into the utterly addictive Vampire Academy series this holiday season!
Now you can have the first three novels in the New York Times Bestselling VAMPIRE ACADEMY series in a special edition box set! Find out where it all began for Guardian Rose Hathaway and her bloodthirsty best friend [...]

Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book)

Rating: (43 reviews)
Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

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From the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley’s enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his [...]

Warriors: Power of Three Box Set: Volumes 1 to 3

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins

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There will be three, kin of your kin . . . who hold the power of the stars in their paws

The time has come for Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw to become ThunderClan apprentices. Grandchildren of the great leader Firestar, all three possess unusual power and talent. But dark [...]

Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy)

Rating: (95 reviews)
Author: Cornelia Funke
Publisher: Chicken House Ltd

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Life in the Inkworld has been far from easy since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the story of Inkheart magically drew Meggie, Mo and Dustfinger back into its pages. With Dustfinger dead, and the evil Adderhead now in control, the story in which they are [...]

The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon)

Rating: (30 reviews)
Author: D.J. MacHale
Publisher: Aladdin

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The final showdown for Halla is here in The Soldiers of Halla, Book Ten in D.J. MacHale’s #1 New York Times bestselling Pendragon series. Amazon.com Review
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It has all been leading to this. Every victory. Every loss. All the thrills and sadness; the hope and despair. Bobby Pendragon’s [...]

Witch & Wizard

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Product Description
The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into [...]

Tempted (House of Night Novels)

Rating: (130 reviews)
Author: P. C. Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

So…you’d think after banishing an immortal being and a fallen High Priestess, saving Stark’s life, biting Heath, getting a headache from Erik, and almost dying, Zoey Redbird would catch a break.  Sadly, a break is not in the House of Night school forecast for the [...]

House of Night, Books 1-4 (Marked / Betrayed / Chosen / Untamed)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: P. C. Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

The House of Night is a thrilling, New York Times bestselling book series that follows 16-year-old Zoey Redbird as she is “Marked” by a vampyre tracker and begins to undergo the “Change” into an actual vampyre. She has to leave her family in Broken Arrow, OK, [...]

Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

Rating: (334 reviews)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Product Description
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and [...]

Sent (Missing)

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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“I think it’s probably safe to say, given when you should have landed, that you’re…um…”
“Tell me!”
“I think, right now, you’re the king of England.”
Thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip are reeling from the news that they’re both missing children from history, kidnapped from their proper [...]

Ranger’s Apprentice: The Siege of Macindaw: Book 6

Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: John Flanagan
Publisher: Philomel

Product Description
After years as a Ranger’s apprentice, Will is now the protector of his first fief. Not long into his service, everything that can go wrong does: Keren, a renegade knight, has taken over Castle Macindaw, a strategic gateway to the North—poisoning the royal family in the process—and is [...]

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy (Hardback))

Rating: (105 reviews)
Author: James Dashner
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Product Description
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open [...]

Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion

Rating: (295 reviews)
Author: Mark Cotta Vaz
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Product Description
Everything fans want to know about the hotly anticipated Twilight movie and much more!

Designed as a celebration of the film, this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as [...]

ArchEnemy: The Looking Glass Wars

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Frank Beddor
Publisher: Dial

Product Description
Discover the fate of Wonderland- and imagination itself- in this riveting conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy.
The Heart Crystal’s power has been depleted, and Imagination along with it. The people of Wonderland have all lost their creative drive, and most alarmingly, even Queen Alyss is without [...]

Max (Maximum Ride, Book 5)

Rating: (82 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Product Description
James Patterson’s bestselling Maximum Ride series is back, with Max and the gang as The Protectors. Someone–or something–is decimating ships and sea life off Hawaii’s coast, and Max and her flock find themselves sucked into the Navy’s top-secret investigation of the catastrophe. Their [...]

R2-D2 and Friends (DK READERS)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK Publishing

Product Description
With these new classic Star Wars(r) Readers, children learn about the fantastic Jedi Knights, rogue Rebels, heroic allies, and evil Sith Lords that are loved by several generations.
R2-D2, C-3P0, and other droids, large and small, come to life in this classic
Star Wars(r) reader.
(c) 2008 Lucasfilm Ltd. (r) [...]

Cirque Du Freak: Books 5-8 (Cirque Du Freak)

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Darren Shan
Publisher: Little Brown and Company

Peter and the Secret of Rundoon

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Ridley Pearson, Dave Barry
Publisher: Disney Editions

The Classic Tale of the Velveteen Rabbit: Or, How Toys Became Real(Christmas Edition)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Don Daily
Publisher: Running Press Kids

Product Description
Courage picture books combine top-of-the-line illustrators with classic tales all at an unbelievable retail value. And now, Margery Williams beloved children’s classic, The Velveteen Rabbit, is getting a makeover for the holiday season with a beautiful new festive cover for Christmastime. This edition illustrated by picture [...]

The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends)

Rating: (128 reviews)
Author: George Selden
Publisher: Square Fish

Product Description
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before, which really isn’t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never [...]

The Name of this Book Is Secret

Rating: (39 reviews)
Author: Pseudonymous Bosch
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Product Description
This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story. When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they [...]

Ranger’s Apprentice: Erak’s Ransom

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: John Flanagan
Publisher: Philomel

Product Description What does it mean to earn the Silver Oakleaf? So few men have done so. For Will, a mere boy, that symbol of honor has long felt out of reach. Now, in the wake of Araluen’s uneasy truce with the raiding Skandians comes word that the Skandian [...]

The Little Prince Pop-Up

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Publisher: HMH Books

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Product Description
After being stranded in a desert after a crash, a pilot comes in contact with a captivating little prince who recounts his journey from planet to planet and his search for what is most important in life. For over sixty-five years Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic, [...]

Hunted (House of Night, Book 5)

Author: P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

What if the hottest guy in the world was hiding a nameless evil, and all he wanted was you?
At the start of this heart-pounding new installment of the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey’s friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings [...]

Pretty Monsters: Stories

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Kelly Link
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

Product Description
Kelly Link has lit up adult literary publishing—and Viking is honored to publish her first YA story collection. Through the lens of Link’s vivid imagination, nothing is what it seems, and everything deserves a second look. From the multiple award-winning “The Faery Handbag,” in which a teenager’s [...]

Princess Ben

Rating: (27 reviews)
Author: Catherine Murdock
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Product Description
Benevolence is not your typical princess and Princess Ben is certainly not your typical fairy tale. With her parents lost to unknown assassins, Princess Ben ends up under the thumb of the conniving Queen Sophia, who is intent on marrying her off to the [...]

Graceling

Rating: (112 reviews)
Author: Kristin Cashore
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books

Product Description
Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight–she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, [...]

Heroes, Vol. 2

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: R. D. Hall
Publisher: WildStorm

Chalice

Rating: (33 reviews)
Author: Robin McKinley
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Product Description
As the newly appointed Chalice, Mirasol is the most important member of the Master’s Circle. It is her duty to bind the Circle, the land and its people together with their new Master. But the new Master of Willowlands is a Priest of Fire, only drawn back [...]

Everything Kids’ Magical Science Experiments Book: Dazzle your friends and family by making magical things happen! (Everything Kids Series)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Tom Robinson
Publisher: Adams Media

Product Description
Want to make things disappear? Change salt to sugar? Create slime using items found in your kitchen?
Well, with The Everything Kids’ Magical Science Experiments Book, you can do just that–and more! Filled with more than 50 science experiments that bend the rules of time, space, and logic, [...]

Shadowrealm: The Twilight War Book III

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Paul S. Kemp
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Product Description
The stunning conclusion to the Twilight War!
One of the Forgotten Realms world’s most compelling villains–the Archwizards of Shade–have come down from their flying city with their sights set on the merchant realm of Sembia. They come in the guise of allies, but have invasion [...]

Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Joss Whedon
Publisher: Dark Horse

Product Description
Serenity: Better Days follows everyone’s favorite space cowboys in a thrilling, action-packed adventure, where Mal and his crew take on a heist that promises a big payoff. But when one of Serenity’s crew is taken captive and tortured, the gang must put their enduring differences aside and [...]