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Eon





Firebird, 2008
Fantasy
ISBN: 0142417114
576 pages
Synopsis
Eon has been studying the ancient art of Dragon Magic for four years, hoping he’ll be able to apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune. But he also has a dark secret. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been living a dangerous lie for the chance to become a Dragoneye, the human link to an energy dragon’s power. It is forbidden for females to practice the Dragon Magic and, if discovered, Eon faces a terrible death. After a dazzling sword ceremony, Eon’s affinity with the twelve dragons catapults him into the treacherous world of the Imperial court where he makes a powerful enemy, Lord Ido. …
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Dragons of Silk





HarperCollins, 2011
Fiction
ISBN: 0060275189
352 pages
Synopsis
The Weaving Maid wove robes of silk for Heaven, but when she met the Cowboy, she abandoned her loom to be with him. But Heaven would not allow this, and put the Milky Way in between them.
Silk binds the lives of four girls from different generations with the fate of the Weaving Maid. Across a span of seventy-five years both in China and America, each girl shows the strength and courage of a dragon as she fights and sacrifices for the survival of her family and the pursuit of passion. …
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Superior Saturday





Scholastic Paperbacks, 2008
Fantasy
ISBN: 0439436591
288 pages
Synopsis
The secret of his own identity.
The identity of The Architect.
The complete Will of the House.
The fulfillment of his fate.
Arthur Penhaligon is getting closer and closer to these things… but not without risks, conflict, and adventure. …
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The Necromancer





Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2010
Fantasy
ISBN: 0385735316
416 pages
Synopsis
San Francisco
After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And after everything they’ve seen and learned in the past week, they’re both more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they’ll need to protect themselves from the Dark Elders, they’ve lost Scatty, and they’re still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, however, is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Can they trust anyone? …
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Behemoth





Simon Pulse, 2010
Fantasy
ISBN: 1416971750
496 pages
Synopsis
The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. It can swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The Darwinists will need it, now that they are at war with the Clanker powers.
Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. Finally together aboard the airship Leviathan, they hope to bring the war to a halt. But when disaster strikes the Leviathan’s peacekeeping mission, they find themselves alone and hunted in enemy territory. …
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Blue Fire





Balzer + Bray, 2010
Fantasy
ISBN: 0061747416
384 pages
Synopsis
Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseer’s trackers. Wanted for a crime she didn’t mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find, determined to prevent the Duke from using them in his fiendish experiments. But resolve isn’t enough to protect any of them, and Nya soon realizes that the only way to keep them all out of the Duke’s clutches is to flee Geveg. Unfortunately, the Duke’s best tracker has other ideas. …
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The Celestial Globe





Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
Fantasy
ISBN: 0374310270
304 pages
Synopsis
When Prince Rodolfo’s discovers who has tricked him, he sends his evil monsters attack Petra Kronos and her father. In just the nick of time, she is spirited away to London by none other than the shifty British spy John Dee. However, in order to protect her, Dee must imprison her within his own house. As she struggles to escape, Neel and Tomik sail the high seas, in search of her and an elusive, powerful relic, The Celestial Globe. …
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