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Author
Series
Last apprentice ; 4
Language
English
Description
When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness.
Author
Series
Last apprentice ; 9
Language
English
Description
Provides insights into the life of Grimalkin, one of the deadliest witches in the country, if not the world, whose uneasy truce with the Spook's apprentice, Tom, unites them against the ultimate evil of the Fiend.
3) Syren
Author
Series
Septimus Heap ; 5
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Wolf Boy is sent on a Task by Aunt Zelda, while Septimus and the dragon, Spit Fyre, fly off to bring their friends home, but they all wind up on an island whose secrets are as dangerous as its inhabitants.
Author
Series
Last apprentice ; 8
Language
English
Description
Apprentice Tom and the Spook for whom he works flee to Ireland, where a powerful witch has joined forces with the dark mages trying to call forth ancient powers to destroy Tom.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer's Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery -- magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. Then an act of sabotage...
Author
Series
Last apprentice ; 13
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Ward faces his ultimate test as he and his master prepare to deal with the Fiend once and for all"--
9) Scythe
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--
10) The joys of love
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After graduating from college in 1941, Elizabeth Jerrold pursues her dream of becoming a stage actress, landing a position as an apprentice in a summer theater company where she hones her acting skills and falls in love with an aspiring director.
11) Saturnalia
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
In 1681 in Boston, fourteen-year-old William, a Narraganset Indian captured in a raid six years earlier, leads a productive andcontented life as a printer's apprentice but is increasingly anxious to make some connection with his Indian past.
Author
Series
Clock striker ; 1
Publisher
Rockport
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Clock Striker follows Shonen manga's first Black female lead hero, Cast, in her quest to become a member of the SMITHS, the legendary warrior engineers. Cast dreams of being a SMITH, and though she's rather handy with her tools, no one in her small town ever realizes their dreams. Besides, these legendary warrior engineers haven't been seen in years and were never known for having female members. Fortunately, Cast meets one surviving member named...
Author
Series
Queen's secret ; 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Cal and Lilac are forced to face dark forces apart, the strength of their love--and their kingdom--are put to the ultimate test."--
Lilac's birthright makes her the Queen of Renovia, and a forced marriage made her the Queen of Stavin. But being a ruler does not mean making the rules-- taking the throne means giving up the opportunity to be with love of her life, the kingdom's assassin, Caledon Holt. Cal is forced to leave the castle when a...
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