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1) Nightbane
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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After breaking ancient curses and becoming the leader of two realms, Isla Crown faces the aftermath of a devastating betrayal, but as old secrets unravel and her kingdom is threatened, Isla must confront her past as her future hurtles towards two possible fates.
5) Lightlark
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English
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In order to break a curse on her kingdom, Isla Crown, the young ruler of Wilding, must compete in the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play, and to survive she must lie, cheat, and betray--even as love threatens to undo everything.
Every 100 years the island of Lightlark appears. Its purpose: to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The Centennial offers...
7) The end
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English
Description
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
8) Terrific
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English
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"Terrific," says Eugene after winning an all-expenses-paid cruise to Bermuda. "I ll probably get a really nasty sunburn." Unfortunately, his luck is much worse than that until he meets a parrot that helps him change his luck
10) Midwinterblood
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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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"Seven linked vignettes unfold on a Scandinavian island inhabited--throughout various time periods--by Vikings, vampires, ghosts, and a curiously powerful plant"--Provided by publisher.
13) Island's end
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A young girl trains to be the new spiritual leader of her remote Andaman Island tribe, while facing increasing threats from the modern world.
14) Hurricane Child
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Language
English
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2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Read An Award-Winning Book
Children Read With Pride
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Book with a Human Who Doesn't Look or Live Like You
Children Read With Pride
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Book with a Human Who Doesn't Look or Live Like You
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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
15) Wake up, island
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Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
As day dawns, plants and animals on an island wake up and start their busy day.
16) Coral
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
A disagreement between Coral, Filly, and Manta, three young mermaids who work together to build and safeguard the reef that is their home, must quickly be set right.
17) Airman
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English
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In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety
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