• The Necromancer

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    The Necromancer (Book 4, Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
    Michael Scott
    Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2010
    Fantasy
    ISBN: 0385735316
    416 pages

    Synopsis

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    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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    The Celestial Globe

    Overall Rating: ★ Rating:71 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.55 Fraction:3.55★ Rating:71 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.55 Fraction:3.55★ Rating:71 Fullstar:3 Star Piece:0.55 Fraction:3.55½ Rating:71 Star Piece:0.55 Fraction:3.55☆ Rating:71 Fraction:3.5571%
    The Celestial Globe (Book 2-The Kronos Chronicles)
    Marie Rutkoski
    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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    The Cabinet of Wonders

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    The Cabinet of Wonders (The Kronos Chronicles: Book 1)
    Marie Rutkoski
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
    Fantasy Fiction
    ISBN: 0374310262
    272 pages

    Synopsis

    Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it’s never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightning inside a glass sphere. Petra also has a father in faraway Prague who is able to move metal with his mind. He has been commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world’s finest astronomical clock. Petra’s life is forever changed when, one day, her father returns home – blind.

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    The Sorceress

    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%
    The Sorceress (Book 3, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
    Michael Scott
    Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2009
    Fantasy Fiction
    ISBN: 0385735294
    512 pages

    Synopsis

    As the day of reckoning approaches where the Dark Elders are planning to bring their banished brethren into the world and end the world as we know it, Nicholas Flamel and the two recently awakened twins, Sophie and Josh Newman are in a race against time and all of the dark forces against them. The first book takes place in California and the second in Paris. This book, the third edition to the series so far, takes place in London and a new cast of characters is added to the mix including William Shakespearre, Billy the Kid, and Gilgamesh.

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