Jessica George
1) Maame
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys--and the guilt--of trying to find your own way in life." --Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Meeting Maame feels like falling in love for the first time: warm, awkward, joyous, a little bit heartbreaking and, most of all, unforgettable." --Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means...
2) Maame
Author
Publisher
Large Print Press, a part of Gale Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's fair to say that Maddie's life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana, Maddie is the primary caretaker for her father, who suffers from Parkinson's. At work, her boss is a nightmare and Maddie is tired of being the only Black person in every meeting. When her mum returns from her latest trip to Ghana, Maddie takes the chance to get out of the family home and finally start living. She finds a flat...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
Author
Series
Dragon slippers volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Creel's adventures continue when she, her brother, and her betrothed travel across the seas to visit their dragon friends and become involved in a battle against an alien group of dragons that has kidnapped Queen Velika, endangering her and her expected litter of hatchlings.
Author
Series
Dragon slippers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways most every Tuesday, and when the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, it is up to Celie--the castle's favorite--with her secret knowledge of its never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Meet the magical castle that rearranges itselfNand the royal children who defend it! Princess Celie and Castle Glower are back in another exciting adventure in this highly anticipated sequel to "Tuesdays at the Castle."
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the midst of maneuverings to create political alliances through marriage, sixteen-year-old Poppy, one of the infamous twelve dancing princesses, becomes the target of a vengeful witch while Prince Christian tries to save her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Princess Petunia is accidentally kidnapped by the band of thieves known as the Wolves of the Westfalian Woods, their leader must make things right by confessing to the king and delivering her to the estate of Prince Grigori's grandmother, Grand Duchess Volenskaya. But sometimes the wolf is the hero and it's the grandmother you have to watch out for ... After being cursed as a child to dance endlessly at a midnight ball with her 11 sisters, Petunia...
Author
Series
Dragon slippers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Young seamstress Creel finds herself strategizing with the dragon king Shardas once again when a renegade dragon in a distant country launches a war against their country, bringing an entire army of dragons into the mix.
Author
Series
Silver in the blood volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In 1897, seventeen-year-olds Dacia and Lou, New York socialites and cousins, visit their maternal homeland of Romania and learn the family secret--that they are shapeshifters, expected to take their rightful places and marry proper husbands.
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Castle Glower's towers have transported Princess Celie, her siblings, and her pet griffin, Rufus, to an unknown land. As they set out on a dangerous adventure to discover their whereabouts, they find an entire lost people, divided by the wishes of two wizards in a centuries-old quarrel over their beloved home--Castle Glower"--
14) The Rose legacy
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Orphaned Anthea Cross hopes to finally find a home with her long-lost uncle, but she soon learns not only that he secretly breeds forbidden horses, but that she can communicate with them.
Author
Series
Rose legacy volume 2
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When a deadly disease breaks out, it is up to Anthea and her friends in the Horse Brigade to transport medicine throughout the kingdom while avoiding Anthea's evil mother and uncovering a powerful secret.
Author
Series
Castle Glower volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
-- Don't miss these other stories from -- Dragon FlightDragon Spear Princess of the Midnight BallPrincess of GlassPrincess of the Silver Woods Silver in the Blood