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Beka, having just lost her fiance in a slaver's raid, is able to distract herself by going with her team on an important hunt at the queen's request, unaware that the throne of Tortall depends on their success.

2) Wednesdays in the tower

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After discovering a giant egg in the magical Castle Glower, Princess Celie agrees to care for the egg and what creature it hatches.

3) The quiltmaker's gift

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Brumbeau, Jeff

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When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.

4) Dragon flight

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Young seamstress Creel finds herself strategizing with the dragon king Shardas once again when a renegade dragon in a distant country launches a war against their country, bringing an entire army of dragons into the mix.

5) The secret world of mermaids

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Kingdom of Wrenly volume 8

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Lucas and Clara are floating on a raft when a wave casts them into the sea, where Lucas catches a glimpse of a coral kindom and a dark-haired mermaid helps him, but when his father, King Caleb, hears of this, he scolds Lucas and tells him he has broken an age-old pact.

6) Bloom

Author

Cronin, Doreen

Pub. Date

2016.

Edition

First edition.

Description

When the glass kingdom begins cracking, the king and queen fail in their quest to get help from the fairy Bloom, who can work great magic but was banished because of her muddy boots and messiness, so they send Genevieve, an ordinary girl who will do what it takes to save the day.

7) Once upon a goat

Author

Richards, Dan

Pub. Date

[2019]

Edition

First edition.

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When a proper king and queen ask their fairy godmother for a child, they find themselves gifted instead with a baby goat.

8) The uncommon reader

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Bennett, Alan

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In this deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading, the Uncommon Reader is none other than Her Majesty the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely (J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett, and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous

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9) Endure: a Defy novel

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Larson, Sara B

Series

A Defy novel volume Book 3

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Alexa and King Damian are engaged to be married, but the kingdom of Antion is besieged, their friend Rylan is a prisoner of the enemy, and Alexa has not told Damian that she is at the mercy of the evil Rafe, bound to obey one command of his choosing--but now Alexa must travel deep into enemy territory and confront an army of black sorcerers to rescue Rylan.

10) The Castle Corona

Author

Creech, Sharon

Pub. Date

2007

Edition

1st ed.

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Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever.

11) Let the games begin!

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As diverse subjects of Wrenly gather from far and wide to participate in the kingdom's Grand Tournament, a rude squire declares that girls cannot be knights, which makes Clara determined to prove that she can be anything she wants as long as she works hard enough for it.

12) The lost stone

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Kingdom of Wrenly volume 1

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Eight-year-old Lucas, Prince of Wrenly, is eager to explore and Clara, daughter of the queen's seamstress, knows the kingdom well, so they team up to find a lost jewel and visit all of the land's main attractions as they search.

13) Girls of paper and fire

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Ngan, Natasha

Pub. Date

2018.

Edition

First edition.

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When Lei, seventeen, is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.

14) The scarlet dragon

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The Kingdom of Wrenly volume Book 2

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A newly-hatched, rare scarlet dragon comes under the special protection of the King and Prince Lucas, so when the dragon becomes ill Lucas and Clara set out for the forest of Burth to find the vixberries needed for a cure.

15) Cleopatra

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Stanley, Diane

Pub. Date

c1994

16) The wicked king

Author

Black, Holly

Series

Folk of the air volume 2

Pub. Date

2019.

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Book, Audio, eAudiobook

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NYT - Young Adult Hardcover

As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.

17) The prisoner's throne: a novel of Elfhame

Author

Black, Holly

Series

The stolen heir volume 2

Pub. Date

2024.

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Prince Oak must find a way to stop a war between Elfhame and the north"--

18) Fatal throne: the wives of Henry VIII tell all

Author

Anderson, M. T

Pub. Date

[2018]

Edition

First edition.

Description

Seven award-winning young adult authors illuminate the lives of Britain's King Henry VIII and his six wives from different viewpoints.

19) Sea monster!

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Kingdom of Wrenly volume 3

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When a legendary sea monster starts making waves in the Sea of Wrenly, Prince Lucas and his friend Clara travel to the Island of Primlox seeking information that might help them calm the beast.

20) Kingsbane

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Legrand, Claire

Series

Empirium

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