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Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
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Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman are finally back home in San Francisco, but they're both more confused than ever about their futures. Neither of them has mastered the elemental magics they'll need to protect themselves from the Dark Elders, they've lost Scatty, Machiavelli is coming to unleash on their city the menagerie of Dr. John Dee. And most disturbing of all is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel?...
4) The warlock
Author
Series
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
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Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the humani race.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.
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Language
English
Description
When several of Queen Elizabeth I's maids of honor are found dead, rumors of black magic abound. Elizabeth calls upon Giordano Bruno to solve the crimes, along with the help of her personal astrologer, John Dee. But while Dee turns to a mysterious medium claiming knowledge of the murders, Bruno fears something far more sinister is at work.
Author
Series
Publisher
Leopoldo & Co/Atria
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Leopoldo & Co/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After centuries locked in an endless cycle of poverty, persecution, and barbarity, Europe has finally emerged into the Age of Enlightenment. Scientists, philosophers, scholars, and poets alike believe this to be a new era of reason and hope for all. But the forces of darkness haven't completely dissipated, as Spain hunts and butchers any who dare to defy its ironclad Catholic orthodoxy. Only one nation can fight the black shadow that threatens this...
Author
Series
Agents of the crown novel volume 2
Publisher
Leopoldo & Co/Atria
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Leopoldo & Co/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Masked gunmen ambush Queen Elizabeth as she travels through Waltham forest, peppering her carriage with ball holes before disappearing like wraiths in the night. In the tense hours that follow, while no one knows whether she will live or die, her councillors must make decisions, and roll dice. Some argue for acceptance of the new Queen: Mary of Scotland, while others--John Dee--argue the fight against the darkness must go on, and that he should go...
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Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (10 hr., 52 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With Scatty, Joan of Arc, Saint Germain, Palamedes, and Shakespeare all in Danu Talis, Sophie is on her own with the ever-weakening Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel. She must depend on Niten to help her find an immortal to teach her Earth Magic. The surprise is that she will find her teacher in the most ordinary of places.