Secrets of the Snakestone
by Piu DasGupta
3 out of 5 stars
Zelie’s father has gone missing, along with the mysterious Snakestone that can grant healing and long life to the wearer. Zelie meets Jules, who was working down in the sewers below Paris and found the locket that once held the Snakestone. The locket is empty, and Zelie and Jules go on an adventure to find the Snakestone and Zelie’s missing father, but a dangerous secret society is also hunting for the Snakestone.
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The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
by Kirsty Applebaum (Goodreads Author)
When Fran goes to visit her aunt and uncle, she discovers that they can’t remember their own daughter, Fran’s cousin Imogen. Imogen has completely disappeared without a trace, and no one remembers her but Fran. There is a mystery surrounding the hidden garden behind the estate, and Fran begins to investigate. Imogen’s diary says that she went to the garden on the day of her disappearance. Fran recruits the girl next door, Bex, to help her find the hidden garden and find out what happened to Imogen.
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Escape Room: Game Zero
by Christopher Edge (Goodreads Author)
3 out of 5 stars
Eden is confused when she receives an invitation to join the escape room game online, but she has not been given a VR headset to join the game. She is surrounded by a strange murmuration of birds, and just finds herself inside the game. She meets Ted, who does have a headset, so he assumes that Eden must be an NPC since she doesn’t have one. Ted is on a mission to find three keys and unlock the world. Their first puzzle is in a massive forest where they must find a song. They move through various gates that lead them further and further into the game, where they are confronted with impossible puzzles that could lead to life-threatening danger or… escape.
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Escape Room
by Christopher Edge
4 out of 5 stars
Ami is excited to join the Escape Room game with the other kids assigned as her teammates. When they enter the game, they are told to find the Answer and save the world. Their first puzzle is in a dusty attic filled with antique technology. They move through various rooms, confronted with impossible puzzles in a massive library, a Mayan tomb, a derelict shopping mall, and a spaceship. In every room, there are mysterious clues that could lead to life-threatening danger or… escape.
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Quest of the Mermaid Princess
by Lee Watts
4 out of 5 stars
Angelique is secretly a mermaid, abandoned as a baby in an orphanage on land. She has never seen another mermaid and avoids salt water so that she doesn’t transform into a mermaid. Although Angelique grew up working as a servant, but hopes to get a job as a handmaiden to the queen and find a true home. She rescues a little otter and names him Dash, and he becomes her faithful pet. Captain Tarren commands a rowdy group of privateers, and tells Angelique of treasures to be found in the ocean that could make her rich, so she decides to venture into the coastal waters and test her abilities as a mermaid. But dark magic and danger await her in the ocean depths, and Angelique is pursued by an evil witch!
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Austenland (Austenland, #1)
by Shannon Hale
1 out of 5 stars
Jane has always been obsessed with Mr. Darcy and can’t find happiness in any of her relationships. She goes on a vacation to Austenland, where the guests all dress up in Regency clothing and interact with actors as though it is 1816. Jane hopes that immersing herself in her Austen fantasies will help her to get it out of her system and allow her to be content in her real life. However, she discovers that love and fantasy are formidable foes, when she begins to flirt with a handsome gardener but also hopes to win the heart of a brooding Mr. Darcy-type character.
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One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3)
by Soman Chainani
3 out of 5 stars
In this final book of the series, Agatha, Tedros, and Sophie have to complete the quests of Excalibur to prove that Tedros is the true King of Camelot. Their friends all rally around them, but it might not be enough to defeat the evil Snake who has usurped the throne. First, they must discover the truth about the Snake’s parentage and how he was able to fool Excalibur into thinking he had the blood of Arthur.
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Dungeon Runners: Fang Attack (Volume 4)
by Kieran Larwood (Goodreads Author), Joe Todd-Stanton (Illustrator)
4 out of 5 stars
Kit is a half-gnome and half-dwarf, who has entered the Dungeon Runners league. His teammates are a sea hag and a vegan vampire. Kit is supposed to be the fighter in their group, but he keeps dropping his magic sword in training. Everyone laughs, thinking that this team is too small and too young to survive the dangerous competition. In this fourth book of the series, they travel to the vampire’s home island, where Kit’s friend Thorn is terrified that the other vampires will find out that he is vegan. Can they survive the puzzles and monsters of the dungeon, and avoid being eaten by a crowd of vampires?
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Dungeon Runners: Ocean Chase (Volume 3)
by Kieran Larwood (Goodreads Author), Joe Todd-Stanton (illustrator)
4 out of 5 stars
Kit is a half-gnome and half-dwarf, who has entered the Dungeon Runners league. His teammates are a sea hag and a vegan vampire. Kit is supposed to be the fighter in their group, but he keeps dropping his magic sword in training. Everyone laughs, thinking that this team is too small and too young to survive the dangerous competition. In this third book of the series, they go into an underwater dungeon, and Kit is very nervous because he can’t swim! But they find that some of the other dungeon runner teams are friendly, and they might have some unexpected allies.
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Dungeon Runners: Sky Battles (Dungeon Runners, #2)
by Kieran Larwood (Goodreads Author), Joe Todd-Stanton (Illustrator)
4 out of 5 stars
Kit is a half-gnome and half-dwarf, who has entered the Dungeon Runners league. His teammates are a sea hag who can only do one spell, and a vegan vampire. Kit is supposed to be the fighter in their group, but he only has a useless wooden sword. Everyone laughs, thinking that this team is too small and too young to survive the dangerous competition, but Kit and his trusty friends discover that the Dungeon hides more surprises than anyone bargained for. In this second book of the series, they compete in their first real dungeon located high in the mountains, and they have to use some wily cleverness to make it through alive.
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