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Abela, Deborah
Mission --the Nightmare Vortex
Spyforce agents Max and Linden have only a few hours to save the world's spy agencies, gathered together on a remote island for the top secret Annual Spy Awards Night, from being destroyed by a volcanic eruption set off by the evil Mr. Blue.
246 p. 2007
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Aiken, Joan
Midwinter Nightingale
Dido and her friend Simon, Duke of Battersea, have many perilous adventures trying to protect the ailing King James from the plotting of the evil Baron Magnus, who is determined that his brutish son Lothar will be the next king of England.
248 p. 2003
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Alexander, Lloyd
The Book of Three.
Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey to heroism with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved homeland, Prydain.
217 p. 1964
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Berryhill, Shane
Chance Fortune in the Shadow Zone
Having saved the universe at the end of their freshman year, Chance Fortune and his super-power Outlaw companions are stranded in the Shadow Zone by a bizarre accident. Here their very survival is tested by exiled super-villains and the truth about Chance's identity.
301 p. 2008
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Bouwman, H. M.
The Remarkable Very True Story of Lucy Snowcap
It's 1788, thirteen years after English convicts are shipwrecked on the magical islands of Tathenland. Two twelve-year-old girls, one a native Colay, the other the child-governor of the English, set out on a journey to stop the treachery from which all people on the islands are suffering.
270 p. 2008
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Buckingham, Royce
Demonkeeper
When Nat, the weirdest boy in Seattle, leaves for a date with the plainest girl in town, chaos breaks out in the houseful of demons of which he is the sole guardian.
216 p. 2007
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Carman, Patrick
The House of Power
Eleven-year-old Edgar has a gift for climbing, which is good, because he decides to climb the three dangerous walls that separate the three worlds of Atherton. He's looking for a lost treasure, but what is finds is much more deadly and dangerous.
330 p. 2008
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Collins, Suzanne
Gregor the Overlander
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they learn of an ancient prophecy and start out on a quest. Their appearance triggers an epic battle involving men and giant bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders.
311 p. 2003
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Durbin, William
The Broken Blade
In 1800, 13 year-old Pierre replaces his injured father as a voyageur on a fur trading canoe trip from Montreal, Canada, to Grand Portage, Minnesota. Along the way he faces grueling work and has many adventures.
163 p. 1997
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Fama, Elizabeth
Overboard
Escaping from a sinking ferry in the waters off Sumatra, fourteen-year-old Emily fights for survival for herself and a young Indonesian boy, who draws courage from his quiet but firm Islamic faith.
158 p. 2002
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Frederick, Heather Vogel
The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed
Following their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship. While at sea, a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience tries to uses her mathematical abilities in navigation to save them.
219 p. 2002
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Gutman, Dan
Getting Air
After foiling a terrorist hijacking aboard their airplane, fourteen-year-old Jimmy, his younger sister, and two skateboarding friends crash-land the plane. Now they must try to survive in a forest wilderness until help arrives.
232 p. 2007
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Harlow, Joan Hiatt
Blown Away!
In 1935 on the Florida Key of Matacume, thirteen year-old Jake makes new friends during an idyllic summer, only to have everything change when a hurricane threatens the island.
255 p. 2008
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Heneghan, Judith
The Magician's Apprentice
In 1874 Winchester, England, Jago Stonecipher, a magician's assistant to his unscrupulous uncle, becomes involved in a series of plots and deceits revolving around a lady's maid and her employer's family. Jago finally escapes to sea, where the trouble follows him, even aboard ship.
168 p. 2008
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Horowitz, Anthony
The Devil and his Boy
In 1593, thirteen-year-old Tom escapes a murderer and travels through the English countryside to London. There he meets a master pickpocket, joins a troupe of actors that will perform for the Queen, and discovers a hideous plot.
182 p. 2000
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Ibbotson, Eva
Island of the Aunts
Fabio, Minette and Lambert are kidnapped from England and brought to a mysterious island, where three elderly sisters ask them to help care for magical creatures.
281 p. 2000
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Johnston, Tony
The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall
Living in the boiler room of the school where her father is janitor seems normal to fourth grader Martha Snapdragon. Normal, that is, until she has experiences with an evil principal, the class bully -- and a mysterious giant spoon -- that holds an amazing prophecy.
134 p. 2005
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La Fevers, R. L. (Robin L.)
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
Eleven-year-old Theo uses her secret knowledge and special talents when she encounters cursed ancient artifacts brought back by her archeologist mother. When an Egyptian scarab amulet disappears before Theo can rid it of the curse, her search leads to a secret underground society, where she discovers the horrible power of the amulet.
344 p. 2007
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Law, Ingrid
Savvy
On Mibs Beaumont's thirteenth birthday her savvy -- a magical power unique to each member of her family -- is revealed, just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
342 p. 2008
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Lawrence, Iain
The Wreckers
Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.
196 p. 1998
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