Posts Tagged ‘magic’
The Lightening Thief
Miramax, 2005
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0786838655
392 pages
Synopsis
Percy Jackson, labeled a troubled young man, has gone from school to school, only to get expelled because of his behavioral problems or his lack of focus. Suffering from both ADHD and Dyslexia, his home life is difficult because of a selfish stepfather, and he doesn’t seem to have much of a bright future. …
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Lirael
EOS, 2001
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060005424
705 pages
Synopsis
Far to the north in the Old Kingdom, a community of clairvoyant women gifted with ‘the Sight’ have been experiencing some dark and alarming visions. Among them lives a teenage girl names Lirael who is the only one among her kind who does not have the gift. If that didn’t alienate her enough, her dark hair and features are a stark contrast to their blond hair and fair features. …
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Above The Veil
LucasFilm & Scholastic, 2001
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439176859
246 pages
Synopsis
Back from Aenir, Tal must team up with the Freefolk, restless Underfolk who want to overthrow the Chosen’s rule in order to seek the truth about their world. He is joined by a dangerous ally, Crow, and again climbs the Red Tower to free the Keeper of the Red Keystone. Meanwhile, Milla has made her decision to go back to the Icecarls and be judged or give herself to the ice. …
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Aenir
LucasFilm & Scholastic, 2001
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439176840
233 pages
Synopsis
Tal must save Gref, his mother, and try to find his father. That information is only held in one place, the Codex, a machine invented by the Chosen to collect and relay information. In order to retrieve the Codex Tal and Milla must go to Aenir, the dangerous world of spirits. In this world completely alien to Milla, and vastly dangerous even to Tal, their journey is fraught with perils narrowly escaping death many times over with the help of some odd allies. …
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Castle
LucasFilm & Scholastic, 2000
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439176832
215 pages
Synopsis
Tal and Milla are taken to the Ruin Ship, a giant metal ship, which looks exactly like the bone ships the Icecarls steer around their ice world. Here the Shield Maidens have their base. Learning more about the world of the Icecarls and their ways, Tal starts to see that there’s more to his world than he originally thought. Once Milla’s wounds have healed, the two must take a dangerous path up the mountain to get back to the Castle. …
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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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The Fall
LucasFilm & Scholastic, 2000
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439176824
195 pages
Synopsis
Tal’s father is missing and presumed dead, and now he must find a way to get a Sunstone in order to save his family. However, little does he know that this quest is not as easy as it seems as there are forces at work against him. …
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