• Mister Monday

    Overall Rating: ★ Rating:62 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.1 Fraction:3.1★ Rating:62 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.1 Fraction:3.1★ Rating:62 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.1 Fraction:3.1☆ Rating:62 Fraction:3.1☆ Rating:62 Fraction:3.162%
    Mister Monday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1)
    Garth Nix
    Scholastic Press, 2005
    Fantasy
    ISBN: 0439703697
    368 pages

    Synopsis

    Arthur Penhaligon, a seemingly normal kid just trying to make it through school is suddenly chosen to be a savior of another world. He is given a clock hand, which represents a key. This odd circumstance triggers a series of events that eventually lead him into this weird house that has mysteriously appeared.

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    Sabriel

    Overall Rating: ★ Rating:68 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.4 Fraction:3.4★ Rating:68 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.4 Fraction:3.4★ Rating:68 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.4 Fraction:3.4½ Rating:68 Star Piece:0.4 Fraction:3.4☆ Rating:68 Fraction:3.468%
    Sabriel (Book 1 – The Abhorsen Trilogy)
    Garth Nix
    EOS, 1995
    Fantasy Fiction
    ISBN-10: 0064471837
    491 pages

    Synopsis

    Sabriel is a 17-year-old girl who is finishing her last year at Wyverly College, a private school in a place known as Ancelstierre, a world based on science. However, she is the daughter of the Abhorsen, a powerful man in the magical world of the Old Kingdom who works as a necromancer to fight the dead who seek to return to Life.

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    Silverwing

    Overall Rating: ★ Rating:64 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.2 Fraction:3.2★ Rating:64 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.2 Fraction:3.2★ Rating:64 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.2 Fraction:3.2½ Rating:64 Star Piece:0.2 Fraction:3.2☆ Rating:64 Fraction:3.264%
    Silverwing (Book 1 – Silverwing Trilogy)
    Kenneth Oppel
    Aladdin, 1997
    Fantasy Fiction
    ISBN-10: 0689825587
    216 pages
    Mr. Christie’s Book Award for 12 and Up
    Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children

    Synopsis

    Shade may be a young runt, but what he lacks in size, he easily makes up for in cunning. Determined to prove himself to his colony of Silverwing bats on his first dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, Shade gets separated from his kin during a fierce storm.

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