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Juniper Game by Sherryl
Jordan |
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Darkness... Dylan has never seen anyone as beautiful as Juniper. There is something magical about her. Something unreal. And he would do anything for her. Anything. But Dylan doesn't exist in Juniper's perfect world. Until the day when Juniper does notice Dylan. Sees him for the person he really is - and for his special gifts. What Dylan doesn't know is that Juniper wants to play a game. A powerful game that alters the future and the past. A game where there are only two rules: life and death. |
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Winter
of Fire By
Sherryl Jordan |
| Elsha's fire... "I have not changed. . . just because I burned my mining clothes and wear your sacred sign. I am still Elsha. Elsha of the Quelled. How can I ever forget it? It's branded on me, burned into me, stamped into my flesh. But it doesn't touch my soul. And my soul is the same, whether I live in a goatskin tent or a grand house, whether I live with a harsha friend, or a Chosen youth, or you. None of you touch me. You don't make me anything. I am me. Myself. Elsha. Woman." Elsha is a child of the Quelled - a branded people, doomed always to mine coal to warm the ruling class, the Chosen. But she is also a rebel - a rebel with a vision. And on her sixteenth birthday she dreams of haw the world might be - at the risk of her life. Can she escape the penalty of the Chosen? |
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The
Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce |
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Set in the world Pierce introduced in her Song of the Lioness quartet, The Immortals chronicles a time when Tortall is invaded by immortal creatures and a girl is born with a magical gift that could save the balance of nature". Daine is a super new heroine who makes this action-packed fantasy a joy to read", says the Voice of Youth Advocates. Young Daine's knack
with horses gets her a job helping the royal horsemistress drive a herd
of ponies to Tortall. Soon it becomes clear that Daine's talent, as
much as she struggles to hide it, is downright magical. Horses and
other animals not only obey the mysterious girl but also come to her
and seem to listen to her words. Daine, though, will have to learn to
trust humans before she can come to terms with her powers, her past,
and herself. |
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Magic Shop Series by Bruce
Coville |
| 1) The Monster's Ring:
It all starts when Russell Crannaker buys a "monster's ring" from weird
old Mr. Elives. Russell is sure the ring is just a silly magic trick -
but he follows the instructions anyway, and slips it on his finger.
Then he whispers the magic chant, twists the ring once, and suddenly
he's sprouting horns! Hair covers his face and hands. Russell has
become… a monster!
Russell quickly learns how to change back and
forth from human to monster. But he hasn't paid enough attention to the
instructions, and when he puts on the ring on the right of a full moon,
and twists it three times, Russell realizes he's gone too far… A
monster is loose in Kennituck Falls. 2) Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: "She was just a little dragon… until she grew, and grew and grew… " The adventure begins… If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop. And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too might be asked to make a choice. What would you buy? The Chinese rings? The Skull of Truth? Or the dragon's egg? And if you did buy the dragon's egg, what would you do when you found out you were supposed to hatch it?
Jennifer Murdley had no idea what she was getting into the day she bought the big toad from the strange man who ran Elives' Magic Shop. The thing didn't even start talking to her until she had it out of the shop. And once the toad did start to talk, it still kept a lot of
secrets. So Jennifer didn't find out about his strange birth… or the
treasure hidden in his forehead… or the witch who was out to get him…
until she and her friends were in more trouble than they ever dreamed
of!
4) The Skull of Truth: When Charlie Eggleston stumbles into Mr. Elive's mysterious magic shop, he's just looking for a phone so he can call his parents. What he finds is a wise-cracking skull that leads him into the adventure of a lifetime. Along the way, Charlie will learn some unexpected lessons about truth, love, friendship, and bad haircuts. And what he finds at the end of his journey, not even the Skull of Truth could have anticipated.
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| Not Quite Sure who this belongs to,
but it's a beautiful classic image of unicorns that we generally see. |
Tempest Dragon drawn by Ruth
Thompson, One of my favorite fantasy creatures; Smoke filled rings
and flame tickled tongues/ |
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| Both of these are By Ruth Thompson,
and of Faeries; this one is called " Puss in Boots" |
"Terra" Faerie |
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| I love this one for it's childlike
innocent., and it's dress is wonderful |
Celctic fantasy is a big thing with
me, and this one reminds me of another favorite book series, Pern. |