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1) Quicksilver
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"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
All souls trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
Formats
Description
Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
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
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
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...
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.
10) Shadow of Night
Author
Series
All souls trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
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.
11) 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.
12) 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.
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
日本語
Description
As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric once dabbled in the forbidden art of human alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed inside a suit of armor. Now, both boys are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.
15) A clash of kings
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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.
16) Ashlords
Author
Series
Ashlords volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Every year since the Ashlords were gifted phoenix horses by their gods, they've raced them. First into battle, then on great hunts, and finally for the pure sport of seeing who rode the fastest. Centuries of blood and fire carved their competition into a more modern spectacle: The Races. Over the course of a multi-day event, elite riders from clashing cultures vie to be crowned champion. But the modern version of the sport requires more than good...
Author
Series
Scarlet alchemist volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, arrives in the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country and becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family.
Author
Publisher
Trumpeter
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Many regard alchemy as a metaphor for inner transformation. But htis is only half the story. According to catherine MacCoun, alchemy is no mere metaphonr. It's real magic. Transforming the inner world is, for the alchemist, a way to transform the outer world. Through studying the principles of .
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.