Archive for the ‘Recommended’ Category
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Hyperion Book, 2002
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0786816589
272 pages
Newbery Medal Winner
Synopsis
The boy known only as “Asta’s son” has led a simple life, living with his mother on a plot of land in 14th-century England. However, when she suddenly dies, Asta’s son becomes aware of an entirely different story on about his life and a plot to kill him. …
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Midnight Magic
Scholastic, 1999
Historical Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439242193
247 pages
Synopsis
During a time and place when card tricks and slights of hand were perceived as witchcraft, an outcast magician named Mangus is summoned by the king to help him unveil the mystery of his daughter who claims to be seeing ghosts. He and his servant Fabrizio find themselves wrapped up in a much larger and dangerous mystery that involves murder and a plot to overthrow the king. …
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Sabriel
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
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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