Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
"Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what's more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight. her giftthe ability to read the secret history of objectsis now known by all, and there can be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole's capitol, she discovers that the only person she may be able to trust is Thorn, her enigmatic...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2022 Summer Top Picks for High Schoolers
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (teens)
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Reading List AAPI (SCPL)
More Lists...
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (teens)
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Reading List AAPI (SCPL)
More Lists...
Description
Lord Cassia is taken prisoner, while a plague sweeps over the land. Three years later, he wants only to return to his home. Meanwhile, his home has changed, and an assassin has targeted the queen.
Author
Series
Reign of the fallen volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A first entry in an LGBT fantasy duology follows the experiences of a talented young necromancer who confronts the deadly nemesis responsible for turning her magic into a weapon.
"Odessa is one of Karthia's master necromancers, catering to the kingdom's ruling Dead. Whenever a noble dies, it's Odessa's job to raise them by retrieving their souls from a dreamy and dangerous shadow world called the Deadlands. But there is a cost to being raised: the...
Author
Series
Marcus Ryker novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov, and Iran's efforts to acquire fully operational nuclear warheads successfully thwarted, American President Andrew Clarke decides the moment has come to unveil his comprehensive proposal to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, when a series of senior American officials involved in the peace process are assassinated, Clarke orders Marcus Ryker and a team of CIA...
Author
Series
Key volume 1
Language
English
Description
Touch is lethal. Love is dangerous. Nobody is safe. For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly plague that spreads through touch. Lovers don't hold hands, or even kiss. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you'll face execution. Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From the writer of Kick-Ass and the artist of Watchmen comes a collaboration decades in the making! The world's greatest secret agent is on the most exciting case of his career. But will the end of the world as we know it take a back seat to training his street-punk nephew to be the next James Bond? Meanwhile, what's the secret link between a series of kidnapped sci-fi stars, the murder of an entire town, and a dark secret from inside Mount Everest?...
10) Shadow state
Author
Language
English
Description
"What Brynn Caldwell can't remember might get her killed. Brynn is a promising science student recovering from a major setback: Last year, a bad relationship sent her spiraling into depression. But as she puts the pieces of her life back together, a few don't fit. Soon Brynn starts having flashbacks--hazy memories of being abducted and possibly brainwashed. It's all connected to a wonder drug to treat PTSD that might actually be the ultimate weapon:...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Based on the spellbinding world of the Walt Disney Studios film, Tomorrowland, this original prequel novel features a 20-page comic book and unlocks a place of unfathomable science and technology and the famous people behind it. The year is 1939. A secret society of extraordinary geniuses is about to share an incredible discovery with the world. A misguided enemy - half man, half machine - will stop at nothing to prevent the group from giving this...
12) 1984
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"Written in 1948, [this book] was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while [the year] 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes...
13) T-minus
Author
Language
English
Description
I am the daughter of the first female POTUS, and today is about to become the longest day of my life... 24 hours - that's how much time i have to save my mother before the terrorists assassinate her. But now my father and brother are missing, too. This goes deeper than anyone thinks. Only someone on the inside would know how to pull this off - how to make the entire First Family disappear. I can't trust anyone, so it's up to me to uncover the conspiracy...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Nina remains in Prague hoping the experience will help her recall what happened in her childhood. At long last, it all comes flooding back--what happened to the young Nina and Johan? What occurred at the Red Rose Mansion? Johan never listens to anyone, never gives anyone anything. No one's desires ever interest him. What could his final goal possibly be, and what made him such a monster? As the mysterious truth is gradually revealed, what will happen...
16) Contact
Author
Series
Phoenix files volume 2
Language
English
Description
For the first six months, Peter's life in Phoenix was pretty normal. But that was before Tabitha. Before he found out that the world was ending. Now Peter and his friends need to get a warning to the outside world, while the outside world is still there to hear it. But as their search takes them deeper into the heart of Phoenix, they're going to find out just how far Shackleton is willing to go to make sure the town's secrets stay hidden. And the...
Author
Series
Passe-miroir volume 1
Language
Ukrainian
Description
Ofeliya -- divchyna v okulyarakh i staren'komu shalyku, yaka ves' chas provodyt' z knyzhkamy v budivli Arkhiviv. A shche vona osoblyva, bo volodiye darom chytaty mynule y mandruvaty svitamy kriz' dzerkala. Utim zdayet'sya, shcho zhoden portal ne skhovaye yiyi vid zaruchyn z Tornom, samozakokhanym i zhorstokym predstavnykom klanu Drakoniv. Divchyna maye pokynuty ridnyy kovcheh Anima ta vyrushyty do stolytsi kholodnoho, kryzhanoho kovcheha, vidomoho...