The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

As a Jewish servant in Madrid during the Inquisition, Luzia leads an intentionally low-profile life. At least until her mistress discovers she uses magic to assist with everyday tasks like heating water and multiplying potatoes. Seeing Luzia as an opportunity to improve her standing among the nobles, her mistress sends her scullion off to a…

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The Trials of Apollo, Book One: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

Angry at his son, Zeus banishes Apollo to Earth as a powerless, average teenager, leaving him to fend for himself in modern-day New York City. Surrounded by immortal and mortal enemies, Apollo must learn what it means to be human in order to find a way back to Olympus. And so begins Riordan’s Percy Jackson…

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Darkly by Marisha Pessl

Dia Gannon, along with six other teenagers, is chosen for a competitive internship at Darkly, a game company founded by the mysterious Louisiana Veda. But it isn’t a typical internship, as the company closed its doors after the death of its eccentric founder decades ago, causing its games to become collectors’ items worth millions. Upon…

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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Violet dreams of becoming a scribe but her mother, a well-respected general, forces her to join Basgaith War College. She and her incoming class must survive training where failure means death but survival means matching with a dragon, unleashing their inner magic, and joining the elite dragon riders—if the dragons don’t decide to incinerate them…

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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Johnny Wheelwright tells the story of his friendship with Owen Meany, a boy who never grows taller than five feet and has a distinct, high-pitched voice. Intelligent, opinionated, and uncompromising, Owen doesn’t view his physical shortcomings as a curse, but believes them to be part of his purpose as God’s instrument. The boys’ friendship spans…

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White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

Mari’s newly blended family moves from California to a rusted-out midwestern town when her mom accepts a new job that comes with a free house. Their renovated home, however, is surrounded by dilapidated houses in a sparsely populated neighborhood with a sinister history. Upon their arrival, things happen inside Mari’s new house: objects move, a…

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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Every seven years is the Agon, when nine Greek gods walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the bloodlines of Greek heroes battling to absorb their power. After the gruesome death of her family, Lore quit the Agon, wanting nothing to do with the gods’ punishment—until an injured Athena offers her an opportunity to avenge…

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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is a below-average student on a routine school field trip when his teacher suddenly morphs into a harpy and attacks him. Percy’s mom whisks him off to Camp Half Blood, a refuge for demigods of Olympus’ deities, with little explanation. There, he learns his father is Poseidon, God of the Sea, and Percy…

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Shad Hadid and the Forbidden Alchemies by George Jreije

The second novel in the Shad Hadid series finds our hero in his second semester at Alexandria Academy studying his passion, alchemy. When his mentor, Kahem, gets sick and Shad finds a secret letter about necromancers stirring up trouble again, Shad and his best friend Sarah sneak off to Lebanon over spring break hoping to…

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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Kaz Brekker, a well-known thief in the underground crime world of Ketterdam, is offered a huge bounty for accomplishing an impossible heist. To do this, he assembles a group of six outcasts, each with an essential talent needed to pull off the crime of their lives. Bardugo blends humor, romance, and escalating danger with sharp…

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