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THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF VALENTINA MEJÍA
Alexandra
Alessandri
To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all--the Madremonte.
J CERV, A
Angela Cervantes THE CURSED MOON
Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. As an eerie blood moon hangs in the sky, Rafa tells a group of friends about The Caretaker. Rafa is really proud of his latest creation, until strange things start to happen around him. With a sinking feeling, Rafa realizes the Caretaker is real. Rafa has brought the ghost to life--and only he can stop him.
PRINCESS OF THE WILD SEA J BLAK, M
Megan Frazer Blakemore
Princess Harbor Rose is cursed. She's lived her whole life hidden away on a remote island with her magical aunts. In only one more year, a hero will finally arrive to save her from her curse. But as with any story, there are two sides...and the curse told of much more than a single princess's uncertain fate With her beloved kingdom and island at grave risk, Harbor Rose has a choice: Should she wait for the hero, or take matters into her own hands?
SONG J CLAR, P
THE DREAMATICS J CUEV, M
Michelle Cuevas
The Lunarian is a magical theatre with a mind of its own. The theatre's troupe call themselves the Dreamatics, and together they grow sets from seeds and sew costumes that can change an actor's shape. Each night when Luna goes to sleep, they produce her spectacular dreams. But when something devastating happens in Luna's waking life, the theatre falls under new management in the form of the Bad Dreams Now it's up to the Dreamatics to put things right and restore balance.
HAMRA AND THE JUNGLE OF MEMORIES J HANN, A
Hanna Alkaf
On Hamra's thirteenth birthday, she receives nothing but endless nagging and yet another errand to run in the Langkawi jungle that looms behind her home. And so, stifled and angry, Hamra ignores the rules of the jungle: Always ask permission before you enter & never take what isn't yours. Of course, rules exist for a reason, and soon an enormous weretiger is stalking her dreams, demanding payment for her crimes-and Hamra embarks on a quest deep into the jungle to set things right.
THE SUPER SECRET OCTAGON VALLEY SOCIETY J DELA, M
Melissa De La Cruz
A handful of sixth-graders have been chosen to attend an exclusive weekend at the Octagon Valley Institute, the mysterious, high-tech lab of the uber famous multimillionaire, genius, recluse Onassander Octagon. What will they do there? No one is telling. Which just makes everyone want to get in.
Hasani is a Wildseed, a stray witch from a family of non-witches, with no background knowledge, no way to control her magic, and a lot to catch up on While it may be an insult that the other girls throw at her, Wildseeds are more powerful than they know. Hasani will learn that there are ways to use magic and thrive that can never be taught in a classroom.
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Sarah Jean Horwitz THE DEMON SWORD ASPERIDES
For the past two hundred years, the demon sword Asperides has led a quiet life. Nack Furnival, on the other hand, has trained since birth to be a brave and noble knight. Unfortunately, he isn't especially good at it. Determined to prove his worth, Nack needs a quest. And with the newly undead sorcerer on their trail, Asperides and Nack find themselves swept up in a bigger adventure than either of them bargained for: saving the world.
Marti Dumas WILDSEED WITCH J DUMA, M
J LENO, K
THE UMBRELLA MAKER’S SON
Katrina Leno
Oscar lives in a city where it’s always raining. His father makes the best umbrellas but they are expensive. Because of this, people are buying from a competitor instead. When extraordinary events start to occur, Oscar becomes suspicious of their competitor and wonders if there's more than nature involved in the weather.
Rebecca Mix THE MOSSHEART’S PROMISE J MIX, R
When Ary's mama falls ill, she sneaks out to find a magical, underground lake whose healing waters are straight out of Gran's adventures. But when Ary gets there, the lake's bone dry, and instead of healing waters, she finds a terrifying secret: Her entire world is actually trapped inside a giant terrarium--one they were meant to leave centuries ago
J RYAN, P
SOLIMAR: THE SWORD OF THE MONARCHS
Pam Munoz Ryan
On the eve of her Quinceañera, Princess Solimar is given a gift and a burden: the responsibility to protect the butterflies with her magical silk shawl But when her father and her brother leave on an expedition, a neighboring king overthrows the kingdom and holds everyone hostage. Can Solimar save her family, the kingdom, and the future of the monarchs from a greedy king?
J MCNI, E
LIKE A CHARM
Elle McNicoll
After the death of her grandfather, neurodivergent tween Ramya uncovers a world of mystery and magic and she’s the only one who can see it! Trolls, vampires, kelpies, and more fantastical beings hide in the shadows for Ramya to discover. But the Hidden Folk need protection from the most dangerous creatures of all: the sirens.
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Eden Royce CONJURE ISLAND
From the award-winning author of Root Magic comes the story of a girl forced to spend the summer with a great-grandmother she's never met--only to discover she runs a school for Southern conjure magic. As Del sets out to find her place in a world she never knew existed, she also discovers a shadowy presence on the island--and comes to believe that it all might be connected
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MAPMAKERS AND THE LOST MAGIC
Cameron Chittock
Determined to run away from her home in the Valley, an area controlled by the tyrannical Night Coats, Alidade stumbles upon a magical hideaway that belongs to the long-lost peacekeepers known as the Mapmakers, and accidentally brings to life a magical creature who is meant to protect the Valley.
