Scepter of Memories
by Claribel A. Ortega
3 out of 5 stars
Seven, Thorn, and Valley are devastated when an evil warlock uses memory hexes to erase the memories of the townsfolk, even erasing the memories of their own families. They hear of a prophecy from hundreds of years ago that could lead to a magical scepter which has the power to restore memories. But the prophecy leads them out into the wastelands beyond the Twelve Towns where monsters abound.
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The Stolen Songbird
by Judith Eagle (Goodreads Author), Jo Rioux (illustrator)
Caro is forced to stay with her strict Great Aunt Mary, who does not allow pets at her house. Caro smuggles in her adorable pet rabbit, but doesn’t realize that she has also smuggled in a stolen painting hidden in her mother’s old suitcase. The news is full of a gang of thieves operating around London, and Caro begins to suspect they might be after the painting. Caro and her friends vow to keep the painting safe and try to return it to the rightful owners. Horace is obsessed with fashion design, and Albie can knit anything, even a rabbit hutch or a rope ladder. Together they hope to track down the thieves, but Great Aunt Mary won’t let them leave the house without adult supervision. Caro plans to run away and have her own adventures without Great Aunt Mary frowning over her shoulder. But Caro discovers that she will need the support of all her family and friends if she wants to outsmart the gang of thieves.
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The Most Perfect Summer Ever (Lizard Boy #2)
by Jonathan Hill
5 out of 5 stars
Tommy has a secret. His family are actually lizard people trying to blend in with the human world. Tommy has to wear a human skin over his green lizard face.
It’s difficult trying to fit in, but Tommy has other non-human friends who have the same struggles. One of his human friends, Dung, is a Vietnamese boy who is dealing with culture shock and trying to learn English. They bond over their differences, discovering that you don’t have to be the same species to find something in common.
House of Elephants (Witchlings #3)
by Claribel A. Ortega
2.5 out of 5 stars
Seven and Thorn are trying to find a magical cure for one of their friends who has been hexed. They begin to realize that the answers lie in the past history of all the Spares in the Twelve Towns. If they can uncover the secrets of the past, they will be able to restore the magical balance and save their friend from the hex.
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
by Rick Riordan
3 out of 5 stars
Zeus punishes Apollo by turning him into a mortal human. Apollo must complete various trials and serve a demigod named Meg, so that he can regain his godly status. But Meg has a complicated relationship with her stepfather, the evil emperor Nero. In this second book, they are travelling with Leo Valdez and Calypso to find the oracle of dark prophecy. Anyone who enters the dark caves will go insane when they are given a prophecy, unless they can sit in the throne of memory and expel the prophecy to regain their sanity. But the throne of memory is missing, and the caves of the oracle are heavily guarded.
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Reunited (Reawakened, #3)
by Colleen Houck
3.5 out of 5 stars
Lily has lost all memory of her Egyptian prince, Amon, and all the adventures she had in the netherworld with his brothers, Asten and Ahmose. But she still has supernatural abilities as a sphinx, and voices in her head that she doesn’t recognize. Seth, the god of chaos, has begun his final battle against the Egyptian gods and the battle is not going well. A goddess has hidden all three Egyptian princes away so that Seth can’t find them, and now only Lily has a heart connection that could trace them and bring them back. Lily sets off through the cosmos to find her beloved prince and her lost memories.
The Lost Library
by Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass (Goodreads Author)
Evan is intrigued when someone starts a Free Little Library and the books all appear to be old books from the library that burned down years ago. Evan begins to investigate who could have started the library fire and why these particular books were the only ones that survived the fire. He soon learns that many people in the town are unwilling to talk about the old library fire, and he wonders what they could be hiding.
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Recreated (Reawakened, #2)
by Colleen Houck (Goodreads Author)
In this second book of the series, Lily must venture into the underworld to save her beloved Amon. She begs the ancient gods to help her, knowing they will use her strength for their own purposes to keep the god of chaos at bay. But Lily is willing to sacrifice anything to help Amon, even her own sanity.
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3.5 out of 5 stars
Clara Starling lives with her mean old uncle in a huge manor on the desolate moors. One day without warning, he abandons her, leaving only a small bundle of cash. Clara decides to live on her own and enjoy the freedom of having no adults around to tell her what to do. Peter shows up at her door, claiming that her uncle arranged for Peter to stay at the manor while his grandmother is sick. The two children explore the manor and discover an old ballet slipper that may have belonged to one of the Starling family. They set out to follow the mystery of the ballet slipper and find that the Starlings have a terrible past full of murder and secrets.
Reawakened (Reawakened, #1)
by Colleen Houck
Lily is swept away in an adventure when she meets an ancient Egyptian prince, Amon, who has slumbered for a thousand years. His life energy is very weak, so he must rely on Lily to survive. They are magically bonded so that he can siphon a little of her energy and stay alive long enough to find his two brothers and resurrect them. They are in a race against time to complete an ancient ceremony before the evil god Seth can wreak chaos on the world.
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