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3) The ridge
Author
Language
English
Description
In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods. For years the lighthouse has been considered no more than an eccentric local landmark-until its builder is found dead at the top of the light, and his belongings reveal a troubling local history.For deputy sheriff Kevin Kimble, the lighthouse-keeper's death is disturbing and personal. Years ago, Kimble...
4) The quest
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Tiata the warlock knows there is a mystery in the ancient land of Egypt when the Nile River dries up, the crops fail, and sickness is in the land. The pharaoh sends Tiata on a mission to the ends of the earth to find the source of the waters missing from his land.
5) Lightbringer
Author
Series
Lightbringer trilogy (K.D. McEntire) volume 1
Publisher
Pyr
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Teenaged Wendy, who has the power to help souls cross over to their final destinations, falls in love with a ghost and discovers horrific, dark forces in the afterlife.
6) Fade
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible, but this power soon leads to death, destruction, and no escape.
Author
Series
The Zack files volume 2
Publisher
Grosset and Dunlap
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Zack opens his medicine cabinet one morning and sees a boy who could be his double staring back at him, he enters a parallel universe.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
"Boyhood memeories of the Mississippi River Valley and of the printshops of Hannibal are here transformed into a story set in medieval Austria at the dawn of the printing craft. It is a psychic adventure, full of phantasmagoric effects, in which a penniless printer's apprentice - a youthful mysterious stranger with the curious name 44 - gradually reveals his supernatural powers and the hidden possibilities of the human mind." From the book jacket....
10) Dangerous toys
Author
Language
English
Description
Brian Knight’s Dangerous Toys will break your heart, tickle your funny bone, and punch you right in the gut.Murderers and monsters, shapeshifters and the unquiet dead, cryptids and clowns … Dangerous Toys explores a world of small horrors from the subtle to the brazen, the serious to the slapstick.
Author
Series
The Zack files volume 14
Publisher
Grossett and Dunlap
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Late one night when ten-year-old Zack hears strains of "You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog" coming from the refrigerator, he discovers the possibility that Elvis lives on as a turnip.
12) Heart of evil
Author
Series
Krewe of Hunters volume 2
Publisher
Mira Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a corpse is found swinging from the marble angel in her family's cemetery, heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators to find the truth and must risk everything unravel family secrets with the help of Jack Mallory, a gifted New Orleans musician with a special ability.
13) Pale Phoenix
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When her parents take in a strange orphan girl with a mysterious past, fifteen-year-old Miranda decides to find out why she seems to have come from nowhere and how she seems to be able to disappear at will.
Author
Series
The Zack files volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After an electrifying experiment in science class gives Zack a shock, he realizes that he can read other people's minds.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
Author
Series
Vampire Academy volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this final novel in the "Vampire Academy" series, Rose is on trial for her life. Sworn to protect Lissa who is vying for the royal throne, Rose realizes she will have to take her future into her own hands and prove her innocence.
Author
Series
Jeremy Logan novels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A blockbuster new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Child, centered on a dominant tech company-Chrysalis-whose groundbreaking virtual reality technology is redefining the way we live . . . and possibly introducing a catastrophic danger to the world. Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things) has grown to rely on his incredible new tech device. Made by...
18) Hell bent
Author
Series
Alex Stern volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can’t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together,...
Author
Series
The Vampire Academy volume Book 5
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Author
Series
Vampire Academy volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's and to her best friend, Lissa. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere. He has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. Only this time, he won't rest until Rose joins him--forever.