Kelly Barnhill
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her"--
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours. But this version of 1950's America is characterized by a significant event: The Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales and talons, left a trail of fiery destruction in their path, and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex's beloved Aunt Marla transform but her mother did not?...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
392 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a child goes missing from the Orphan House in the town of Stone-in-the-Glen, the mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans do not believe that and try to make their deluded neighbors see the real villain among them.
Author
Publisher
Loqueleo
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
419 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brother while her mother, a talented artist, weaves beautiful tapestries. For six years, it's been just the three of them--her mother has brought home guests at times, but none have ever stayed. Yet when her mother brings home a six-foot tall crane with a menacing air, the girl is powerless to prevent her mom letting...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
372 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin summons the strength to protect his family and community, while in the woods, the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned.