Nijkamp, Marieke
Summary: New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp's middle grade prose debut is an immersive medieval fantasy starring queer and disabled young heroes. For two young misfits, a dangerous quest to save their kingdom will also mean saving each other. For fans of B. B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers, Soman Chainani's School for Good and Evil, and Tamora Pierce's Tortall books. Ashor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC NIJNijkamp, Marieke
Summary: "Ash--or Princess Adelisa--is the youngest child of the queen, recently returned to the city of Kestrel's Haven after spending six years on the other side of the country. Ash was hoping for a joyous reunion, but the reality is far from it. Her mother is holding the kingdom together by a thread; her brother has only taunts and jibes for her; and court is full of nobles who openly mock and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NIJSymes-Smith, Esme
Summary: Being a hero is nothing like the ballads promised it would be. Scattered across the realm, Callie, Willow, Elowen, and Edwyn have learned that when the fate of their world is at stake, choices are hard and the consequences are harder, even when striving for good. Hunted by both Helston and Dumoor, Callie and Willow flee to the walled city of Fairkeep in a last-ditch effort to find allies....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Labyrinth Road
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SYMBoehme, Jillian
Summary: "If Rain weren't a girl, she would be respected as a Neshu combat master. Instead, her gender dooms her to a colorless future. When an army of nomads invades her kingdom, and a draft forces every household to send one man to fight, Rain takes her chance to seize the life she wants. Knowing she'll be killed if she's discovered, Rain purchases powder made from dragon magic that enables her to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2019
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Summary: Stella Starflake Pearl knows, without a doubt, that she was born to be an adventurer. It’s too bad girls are forbidden from becoming explorers. But Stella’s father has never been one to play by the rules. Leaving behind her pet polar bear, Gruff, and beloved unicorn, Magic, Stella and Felix set off on an expedition to the snowy Icelands. There, Stella plans to prove herself as a junior...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: Tess is a girl on a mission to save a friend. Spira is a dragon seeking a new identity. Marga is a woman staking her claim on a man's world. Jacomo is a priest searching for his soul. There are those who would give their lives to keep it hidden. And those who would destroy it. The only people who will truly find the Serpent are those who have awakened to the world around them-- with eyes open...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2022
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Summary: Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who's doubling for his brother. Valencia Palafox is a young dama attending the future queen of Eliana. Gael Palma is the infamous boy assassin Cade has vowed to protect. Patrick McKenna is the reluctant heir to a kingdom, and the prince Gael has vowed to destroy. Cade doesn't know that Gael and Valencia are the same person. Valencia doesn't know that every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCLColfer, Chris
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Brystal Evergreen has always known she was destined for great things, that is, if she can survive the oppressive Southern Kingdom. The only escape she has are books, but since it's illegal for women to read in her country, she has to find creative ways of acquiring them. Working as a maid at her local library gives her the perfect excuse to be near them and allows her to sneak...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2019
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Summary: Ten-year-old Keladry of Mindelan continues her training to become a squire with the aid of a new maid, the support of her friends, interference from some other pages, and some serious, even dangerous opposition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluefire 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PIEBell, Alex
Summary: "It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk - but Stella really, really didn't want that to happen, just the same. Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands and come face-to-face with frost fairies, snow queens, outlaw hideouts, unicorns, pygmy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.F. Howes Ltd 2017
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Summary: When Lalani Saritas mother falls ill with an incurable disease, Lalani embarks on a dangerous journey across the sea to find the fabled girl with golden feet, in the hope of safeguarding her own future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Summary: "Mitsuha, a high school girl living in a rural town deep in the mountains, has a dream that she is a boy living an unfamiliar life in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy living in Tokyo, dreams that he is a girl living in the mountains. As they realize they are changing places, their encounter sets the cogs of fate into motion."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen On 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHIHart, Emilia
Summary: I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023