Kendare Blake
Author
Language
English
Description
In the late 1950s in the Midwest, a serial killer has been draining their victims of blood, leaving them otherwise undisturbed in their cars and homes. When a fifteen-year-old girl is found covered in blood amidst the latest corpses, she confides only in the sheriff's son but her story is unbelievable at best.
August, 1958. A string of murders plagues the Midwest. The victims are found in their cars and in their homes, even in their beds: their bodies...
Author
Series
Three dark crowns volume 2
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
The battle for Fennbirn has begun. The Quickening is behind them, and with the Ascension Year underway all bets are off. Katharine, once the weakest and feeblest of the triplets, is stronger than ever before. Arsinoe, after discovering the truth about her powers, must figure out how to make her secret talent work in her favor without anyone finding out. And Mirabella, once thought to be the strongest and the certain Queen Crowned, faces attacks like...
Author
Series
Three dark crowns volume 3
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
Katharine sits on the throne of Fennbirn. Dead bodies have washed up on the shore, but the real Mirabella and Arsinoe are in hiding. There are murmurs of dissent among the people of Fennbirn. The crown has been won, but unexpected renegade is about to wage a war of her own. The battle to be queen is far from done. -- Adapted from dust jacket
Author
Series
Three dark crowns volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born--three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is an elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While Arsinoe searches for a cure to Jules's legion curse, Mirabella abandons the rebel army for Katharine, but the dead queens urge caution in trusting her, and as allegiances switch, the fate of Fennbirn Island will be determined.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
463 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Aristene are an order of mythical female warriors. Though heroes might be immortalized in legends, it's the Aristene who guide their paths to victory. They are the Heromakers. Raised by the order after being orphaned, Reed grew up surrounded by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests. She's been counting the days until her initiation, and now one final test stands in her way: shepherding her first hero to glory on the...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follow the next generation of Scoobies and Slayers who must defeat a powerful new evil" -- Provided by publisher.
A sophomore at New Sunnydale High School, Frankie Rosenberg is the daughter of the most powerful witch in Sunnydale history. Her mom, Willow, is slowly teaching her magic on the condition that she use it to better the world. Then new girl Hailey shows up with news that the annual Slayer convention has been the target of an attack, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series introduces readers to the Oracle Queen in this riveting prequel novella. Fans of the series will be enthralled with Queen Elsabet's genesis, riveted by her madness, and compelled by her tragic—and bloody—reign.
Triplet queens born on the island of Fennbirn can be many things: Elementals. Poisoners. Naturalists. If an oracle
...Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
For three years, seventeen-year-old Cas Lowood has carried on his father's work of dispatching the murderous dead, traveling with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat, but everything changes when he meets Anna, a girl unlike any ghost he has faced before.
10) Antigoddess
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Edition.
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Old Gods never die...or so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up with a fever eating away his flesh. So much for living a quiet eternity in perpetual health. Desperately seeking the cause of their slow, miserable deaths, Athena and Hermes travel the world, gathering allies and discovering enemies both new and old. Their search leads them to Cassandra--an...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frankie Rosenberg is the world's first slayer-witch, but is still reeling from the deadly explosion at the annual slayer retreat. The convention was the target of an attack, and all the Slayers might be dead. Bigger, badder forces are just getting started: the Hellmouth has been reawakened and it's calling old friends home. Portals are opening between Sunnydale and other dimensions. When an oracle warns of a new foe--the Darkness--could this be what...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Physical Desc
332 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Months after Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell and sacrificed herself for seventeen-year-old ghost hunter Cas Lowood, persistent visions of Anna being tortured cause Cas to decide to save her as she once saved him.
Author
Publisher
Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In "The Young Queens," a set of triplet sisters born to fulfill their destiny--to fight to the death to win the crown; and in "The Oracle Queen," tells the story of the last queen born with the gift of sight.
14) Eternally yours
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of fifteen paranormal romance short stories.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
viii, 470 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen of Poe's terrifying works are reimagined in new and unexpected ways for modern readers. Poe's own stories are included, so readers can compare.
16) Violent ends
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction." -- Provided by publisher.