Bruce Coville
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Magic shop books (Bruce Coville) volume 1
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English
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A timid boy, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster.
2) Oddly enough
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A collection of nine short stories featuring an angel, unicorn, vampire, werewolf, and other unusual creatures.
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When Mike and Kevver announced their "Monster of the Year" contest it was supposed to be a joke. Of course, not everyone starts a joke with a 12-foot high billboard. The billboard causes a sensation . . . it even gets the boys an invitation to join their favorite DJ, Eddie "Skip" Toomaloo, on his morning radio show! It all seems like great fun, until they get a message from Transylvania. That's when things begin to get seriously weird in this hilariously...
10) Street magic
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Circle opens volume 2
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English
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Former "street rat" Briar Moss must face his past when he discovers a young mage in need of a mentor.
11) The misfits
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Misfits (James Howe) volume 1
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English
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Four students who do not fit in at their small-town middle school decide to create a third party for the student council elections to represent all students who have ever been called names.
12) Boy meets boy
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Love is never easy. Especially if you're Paul. He's a sophomore at a high school like no other, and these are his friends: Infinite Darlene, the homecoming queen and star quarterback. Joni, Paul's best friend who may not be his best friend anymore. Tony, his other best friend, who can't leave the house unless his parents think he's going on a date ... with a girl. Kyle, the ex-boyfriend who won't go away. Rip, the school bookie, who sets the odds...
13) Wild magic
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Immortals (Tamora Pierce) volume 1
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English
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The mage Numair, the knight Alanna, and Queen Thayet enlist thirteen-year-old Daine's help to battle the dreadful immortal creatures that have recently begun to attack the kingdom of Tortall. Tamora Pierce has captivated the imaginations of readers everywhere with her acclaimed books set in the magical medieval world of Tortall. For longtime fans and new converts, here is a chance to discover a land of enchantment, legend, and adventure. In Wild Magic,...
14) Dunk
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While hoping to work as the clown in an amusement park dunk tank on the New Jersey shore the summer before his junior year in high school, Chad faces his best friend's serious illness, hassles with police, and the girl that got away.
15) Airborn
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Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface. Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds...
16) Daja's book
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 3
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English
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While at Gold Ridge castle to the north of Winding Circle, Daja and the three other mages-in-training who have become her friends develop their unique magical talents as they try to prevent a devastating forest fire from consuming everything in its path.
17) Tris's book
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 2
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English
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With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic powers to protect the Winding Circle community from a pirate attack.
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Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. When truckloads of artillery suddenly appear, events turn deadly for teenagers Marina & Jed, who are at a meeting of a millennial cult known as the Believers on a mountain in Massachusetts. The world will...