Victoria Schwab
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever since her near-fatal drowning, Cassidy has been able to pull back the "Veil" that separates the living from the dead and see ghosts, not that she wants to, and she was really looking forward to a ghost-free summer at the beach; however her parents are going to start filming a TV series about the world's most haunted places, starting with Edinburgh with its graveyards, castles, and restless phantoms--and Cass and her personal ghost companion,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live foreverand is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries...
Author
Series
Shades of magic novel volume 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Kell is one of the last Travelers -- magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes -- as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne -- a place where people...
4) Gallant
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother's journal--which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home--to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn't matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Olivia knows that Gallant...
Author
Series
Monsters of Verity volume 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Kate Harker wants to be as ruthless as her father. After five years and six boarding schools, she's finally going home to prove that she can be. August Flynn wants to be human. But he isn't. He's a monster, one that can steal souls with a song. He's one of the three most powerful monsters in a city overrun with them. His own father's secret weapon. Their city is divided. Their city is crumbling. Kate and August are the only two who see both sides,...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Now in Paris with her parents who are filming their TV show about the world's haunted cities, Cassidy Blake (who can see ghosts) and her friend Jacob (who is a ghost) are alert for trouble, especially when the filming takes them into the underground Catacombs, the empire of the dead, where Cassidy accidentally awakens a powerful poltergeist spirit--one whose mystery she must solve before his power in unleashed on the whole city. --
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
186 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Something ancient and evil has awoken from beneath the world of Erdas. Shrouded in shadow and older than memory, just a sliver of its power can destroy with a touch. Even the spirit animal bond, the sacred link between humans and animals that keeps Erdas in balance, is under threat. Four young heroes, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan, are determined to stop it. Together with their spirit animals, they embark on a desperate journey that takes them...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
300 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cassidy Blake and her ghostly friend, Jacob, have survived the ghosts of Edinburgh and Paris, but New Orleans is a haunted city in a class by itself, and that is the current stop for her parents' TV show. But there is something a lot scarier than ghosts here: the Emissary of Death is after Cassidy, and to defeat it, she will need the help of the Society of the Black Cat. She will also be faced with a terrible choice--lose one of her two friends, either...
Author
Series
Threads of power volume 1
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
648 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's been seven years since Kell, Lila, and Holland defeated the evil force known as Osaron. Lila has spent those seven years as captain of a ship, exploring her new magical world and occasionally spying for the Crown. Kell has spent them learning to fight with ordinary weapons now that wielding his magic causes him intense pain. Holland, of course, gave his life to defeat Osaron. But now a shadowy organization called the Hand is plotting against...
Author
Series
Shades of magic volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, Kell is visited...
11) Our dark duet
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 830L
Language
English
Description
"Kate Harker is a girl who isnt afraid of the dark. She's a girl who hunts monsters. And she's good at it. August Flynn is a monster who can never be human. No matter how much he once yearned for it. He has a part to play. And he will play it, no matter the cost. Nearly six months after Kate and August were first thrown together, the war between the monsters and the humans is a terrifying reality. In Verity, August has become the leader he never wished...
12) The Near witch
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Edition
First Titan edition.
Language
English
Description
The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next night,...
13) The archived
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When an otherworldly library called the Archive is compromised from within, sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must prevent violent, ghost-like Histories from escaping into our world"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Starting her junior year at Hyde School, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, becomes the prime suspect when several people vanish without a trace.
Author
Series
Shades of magic volume 3
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
624 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Londons fall and kingdoms rise while darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, and the fraught balance of magic blossoms into dangerous territory while heroes struggle.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
692 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Mackenzie Bishop's grandfather first brought her here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now her grandfather is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless...
17) New beginnings
Author
Series
Everyday angel volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aria is a guardian angel and to earn her wings, she'll have to help three different girls. Aria's first mission is Gabby Torres. Gabby's brother is sick, and Gabby's been so worried about him for so long, she's forgotten who she is. When a new school offers her a fresh start, Gabby learns it's hard to make friends while keeping half her life a secret.
18) Vengeful
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
478 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she's finally gained the control she's always sought--and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She'll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other. With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
1 kit, in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live foreverand is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries...
Language
English
Description
Thirsty for fresh blood? Sink your teeth into vampire stories from young adult fiction's leading voices. In this delicious new collection edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker, you'll find stories about the lurking vampires of social media, the rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, the eager vampires coming out-and going out for their first kill-and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures...