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1) Quicksilver
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember. In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or...
Author
Series
Fullmetal alchemist light novels volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Despite his powers, Edward must watch his back when a mysterious killer begins stalking state alchemists.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Santiago, a young shepherd living in the hills of Andalucia, feels that there is more to life than his humble home and his flock. One day he finds the courage to follow his dreams into distant lands, each step galvanised by the knowledge that he is following the right path: his own. The people he meets along the way, the things he sees and the wisdom he learns are life-changing. With Paulo Coelho's visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism...
Author
Series
All souls trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Shadow of Night plunges Diana and Matthew into Elizabethan London, a world of spies, subterfuge, and a coterie of Matthews old friends, the mysterious School of Night that includes Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. Here, Diana must locate a witch to tutor her in magic, Matthew is forced to confront a past he thought he had put to rest, and the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
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"Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war....Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel--and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Fullmetal alchemist light novels volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Language
English
Description
The raid on the Devil's Nest becomes a slaughter, leaving Ed and Al forever affected by the battle. Foreign travelers, Mei and Ling, arrive from the country of Xing, searching for the Philosopher's Stone and a secret even the Elric brothers never imagined.
Author
Series
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Marinda Peake is a woman with a quiet, perfect life in a small village; she long ago gave up on her dreams and ambitions to take care of her ailing father, an alchemist and an inventor. When he dies, he gives Marinda a mysterious inheritance: a blank book that she must fill with other people's stories -- and ultimately her own.
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Al-Jahiz transformed the world forty years ago when he opened up...
9) Bloodsworn
Author
Series
Ashlords volume 2
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Pippa, Imelda, and Adrian are in the fight of their generation when three cultures clash in all-out war--against each other and against the gods.
Author
Language
English
Description
Wade Ashby inherits his grandfather’s estate in Oxfordshire, England, becoming 13th Baron of Ashby Manor. He travels from Australia with his friend Hugh to take up his birthright and find out why there is secrecy surrounding certain aspects of the baronage and members of the family. The two are caught up in strange dreams and odd time occurrences. Led back through the Manor’s sordid and fascinating history, it seems there had once been a circular...
Author
Series
Baccano! volume 16
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
THE YEAR 1707 was the start of it all, when Maiza introduced playwright Jean-
Pierre to an alchemist named Fermet who, in turn, introduced Maiza to the study
of alchemy. Two years later, Huey finds himself opening his heart more than he
ever expected to Elmer and Monica about his troubled past. The relative peace is
interrupted, though, by the arrival of an aristocratic envoy who claims to be searching
for a criminal. Meanwhile, a series of new plays...
Author
Series
Montague siblings volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Vowing to make his yearlong escapade across Europe his last hurrah before taking over the family estate, Henry "Monty" Montague and his best friend Percy find themselves in the middle of a dangerous manhunt involving pirates and highwaymen.--
Author
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Having consumed Gluttony's powers, Pride may now be too much to handle for Ed and his allies. Their only chance could be the help of Al and Hohenheim, but will Ed trust his estranged father long enough for their plan to work? And back at Central City, Mustang and his team have started their attack. But does the army have a dangerous trick up its sleeve?" -- from publisher's web site.
14) Copper Beach
Author
Series
Dark legacy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Within the pages of very rare books, some centuries old, lie the secrets of the paranormal. Abby Radwell's unusual psychic talent has made her an expert in such volumes -- and sometimes taken her into dangerous territory. After a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessibve collector, Abby receives a blackmail threat, and rumors swirl that an old alchemical text known as The Key has reappeared on the black market. A number of ruthless people...
16) Seasonal Fears
Author
Series
Alchemical journeys volume 2
Language
English
Description
Seasonal Fears is the extraordinary companion novel to Middlegame. The king of winter and the queen of summer are dead. The fight for their crowns begins! Melanie has a destiny, though it isn't the one everyone assumes it to be. She's delicate; she's fragile; she's dying. Now, truly, is the winter of her soul. Harry doesn't want to believe in destiny, because that means accepting the loss of the one person who gives his life meaning, who brings summer...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place. Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.
18) The toy brother
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An apprentice alchemist finds that his despised kid brother is the only one who can help him when he concocts a potion which makes him the size of a peanut.
19) The After-Room
Author
Series
Apothecary series volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Teenagers Janie and Benjamin continue to explore the secrets of the Pharmacopoeia while Benjamin risks everything to find a way to connect with his father.
Author
Series
Cousins' war volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she met his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and she saw her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. They share the mystery of the tarot card of the wheel of fortune before Joan is taken to a horrific death at the hands of the English rulers of France. Jacquetta understands the danger for a woman who dares to dream....