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By Jonathan Stroud (J Stro)
In this alternate eversion of London, ghosts and spirits run amok. Only people with psychic abilities can subdue these creatures. The psychic detective agency “Lockwood & Co.” take part in this danger. In the first book of this series, the group of psychic children investigate Combe Carey Hall, one of the most haunted houses in England. Will Lockwood & Co. survive the Hall's legendary Screaming Staircase and Red Room to see another day?
By B. B. Alston (J Alst)
Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she's certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton.
By Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (J Blac)
Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
By Lauren Magaziner (J Maga)
Twelve-year-old Lennie Mercado's grandfather, the current Prime Wizard of Pomporromp, is retiring and decides to host a tournament for Lennie and her cousins to compete to win his title, land, position, castle, and unlimited magical powers, but when Poppop introduces new rules to eliminate sibling rivalry, Lennie decides the games are unfair and makes plans to sabotage the event.
By Dhonielle Clayton (J Clay)
Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts, like brewing Indian spice elixirs and bartering with pesky Irish pixies. When a dangerous criminal known as the Ace of Anarchy escapes prison, Ella becomes the target of suspicion. With the help of her friends and her own growing powers, Ella must find a way to clear her name before it's too late.
By Jessica Townsend (J Town)
Morrigan Crow is told she is a cursed child - destined to die on her eleventh birthday. But on the eve of her Birthday she is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious organization called the Wundrous Society. However, she must hide her identity until she completes the competition.
By Michelle Harrison (J Harr)
All Betty Widdershins wants is an adventure that takes her far away from the gloomy island where she's always lived. One day, Betty and her sisters are given of a set of magical objects, each with its own powers. They are a scruffy carpet bag, a set of wooden nesting dolls, and a gilt-framed mirror. And these magical objects come with their own terrible secret: the sisters' family is haunted by a generations-long curse that prevents them from ever leaving their island. The sisters set out to break the curse and free their family forever.
By Cressida Cowell (J Cowe)
Once there were Wizards, who were Magic, and Warriors, who were not ... except for two. Xar, son of the King of Wizards, can't cast a single spell. And Wish, daughter of the Warrior Queen, stumbles across gifts of her own. When they collide in the wildwood, on the trail of a deadly witch, it's the start of a grand adventure that just might change the fabric of their worlds.
By Julie Abe (J Abe)
Eva Evergreen is determined to earn the rank of Novice Witch before she turns thirteen years old. If she doesn't, she'll lose her magic forever. The only problem? Eva only has a pinch of magic. Eva must travel to a seaside town to complete her training and earn the rank of Adept Witch before her thirteenth birthday, or be banned from using magic forever.
By Claribel A. Ortega (J Orte)
Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. But on the night of the ceremony, Seven Salazar isn't placed in one of the five covens. She's a Spare! Spare covens have fewer witches, are less powerful, and are looked down on by everyone. When she and the other Spares fail to gain their full powers, they have to work together to complete an impossible task, or risk never being full witches.
By Ash Van Otterloo (J VanO)
Magic is strictly forbidden in the McGill house, but Delpha McGill has found the family book of spells, and plans to use it to make things a little easier for herself and her mother; Katybird Hearn comes from a rival family of witches, but her magic has been slow to emerge, and she thinks a spell book is just what she needs to help things along--and when a quarrel between the two unleashes a graveyard full of angry zombies the two girls must work together to save Howler's Hollow, and themselves.
By Shannon Messenger (J Mess)
Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She's skipped multiple grades and doesn't really connect with the older kids at school, but she's not comfortable with her family, either. The reason? Sophie's a Telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret-at least, that's what she thinks. One day Sophie meets, a mysterious boy, and learns she's not alone. He's a Telepath too, and it turns out the reason she has never felt at home is that, well...she isn't.
By Soman Chainani (J Chai)
Sophie knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. The two girls soon find their fortunes reversed-Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?
By Eden Royce (J Royc)
When Jez and Jay turn eleven uncle, Doc, tells them he's going to train them in rootwork. This is an African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations. But Jez soon finds out that her family's true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs. When evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it's going to take every bit of the magic to overcome it.
By Robert Beatty (J Beat)
Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of the Biltmore estate. There’s plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen. But when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is: a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore’s corridors at night. Along with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of the Biltmore’s owners, Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak’s true identity before all of the children vanish one by one.
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