Category: young adult
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To Ride A Rising Storm is book two of Nampeshiweisit by Moniquill Blackgoose and continues the story of Anequs. Having successfully navigated her first year at Kuiper’s Academy she now has some knowledge of skilta and various other so-called necessary skills for a dragoneer. As she prepares to return for her second year though she…
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Kingsbane is the second book in the Empirium series by Claire Legrand. Picking up shortly after the end of Furyborn we continue the story of Rielle and Eliana. Rielle is now anointed as the Sun Queen and is openly in a relationship with Audric. However, things are not yet peaceful for her as she is…
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The Heel of Gods by Thien Nhan is the first book in the series, The Secret Atlantis. Alex is a young man native to the city of Athens and has always been drawn to the history and mythology of the Mediterranean world. As a teenager he saw an unusual phenomenon, a huge vortex, deep in…
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January is by Alix E. Harrow and tells the story of January Scaller. She is a rather lonely young woman who is the ward of the rather wealthy Mr. Locke. Her father works for Mr. Locke by traveling around the world in search of rare and unusual historical objects to…
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To Shape A Dragon’s Breath is the first book in the Nampeshiweisit series by Moniquill Blackgoose. Anequs is a Masquisit living on Masquapaug island and her people have not seen a native dragon, a Nampeshiwe, for many generations. While out wandering one day near Slipstone Island and the ruins on it she sees a dragon.…
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Furyborn is the first book in The Empirium series by Claire Legrand and is a bit of an unusual book. The story starts with Queen Rielle trying to protect her daughter from an angel named Corien by placing her in the care of Simon who can use magic to travel. It then splits into two…
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a startlingly realistic novel of the Vietnam War. It tells the story of Richie Perry, a young seventeen-year-old from Harlem who is unable to afford college. Thinking he needs to find an alternative he volunteers for the army where is sent to Vietnam. While there he finds himself…
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On the Run is the first book in the More Than Conquerors series by DJanee. It opens with Sophie as she tries to escape a compound controlled by a group she refers to as Firebursts. As she tries to find her way out she gets attacked by what she calls a killer and narrowly manages…
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Eragon, book one of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, set the stage for a great fantasy series. It tells the story of young Eragon, a boy who is only fifteen when the story opens. While hunting in the Spine, a mountain range near the farm where he lives with his uncle and cousin, he…