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61) Speculation
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2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Read A Book With A Human Who Doesn't Look Or Live Like You
Children's Fantasy Books
New Children's Books March 2023
Children's Fantasy Books
New Children's Books March 2023
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In 1962, ten-year-old Winna Cole discovers a pair of magical spectacles that reveal both the friendly ghosts of her African American ancestors and a dangerous family curse.
62) Nightblood
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"Seventeen-year-old Fireblood Ruby and her beloved Frostblood King Arcus must stop a vengeful god from unleashing a horde of evil shadow creatures from their prison"--
65) Hamster magic
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When the Willows move into a new house, Celia, the youngest of four children, traps an enchanted hamster, who reluctantly agrees to grant the children one wish in exchange for his freedom.
66) Ikenga
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In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Mnamdi is determined to avenge his police chief father, who was murdered while triyng to rid the town of criminals, but Nnamdi feels powerless until he receives a magical object which gives him superpowers.
67) Gods & monsters
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Bent on revenge after a heartbreaking loss, Lou must battle the darkness within her, which will take more than love to drive out, in this mesmerizing conclusion to the Serpent & Dove trilogy.
68) Bloodmarked
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"When the leaders of the Order reveal that they will do everything in their power to keep the approaching demon war a secret, Bree and her friends go on the run so she can learn how to control her devastating new powers"--
69) Unspoken magic
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In the magical town of Aldermere, eleven-year-old Fin and her friends find a baby bigfoot and try to reunite her with her pack, but their efforts are complicated by a film crew who have come to town to debunk strange occurrences and expose mythical creatures as frauds.
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While investigating the apparent suicide of their best friend, four students at an elite boarding school uncover a series of past murders connected to ancient fairy tale curses, and they fear that their own fates are tied to the stories, dooming them to gruesome deaths unless they can forge their own paths.
71) Raybearer
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Raised in isolation, Tarisai yearns for the closeness she could have as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11, but her mother, The Lady, has magically compelled Tarisai to kill the Crown Prince.
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"Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker - and they sure do love to talk. Now she speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone's bewitching children - leaving them husks, empty of joy and strength. It's on Ropa's patch, so she feels honor-bound to investigate. But what she learns will rock her world. Ropa...
73) Half magic
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Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
75) Savvy
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Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident
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2023.
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Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Children's Fantasy Books
If You Like Percy Jackson
New Children's Books February 2023
Children's Fantasy Books
If You Like Percy Jackson
New Children's Books February 2023
Description
Winston Chu saves the owner of a curiosities shop from a robbery only to be gifted a broomstick and a dustpan for his trouble--items that turn out to be more a curse than a blessing when they sweep away important stuff, like his baby sister.
77) Flyte
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When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees.
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