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Books in The Kesher Chronicles series

  • Evading the Dark

    E M Rinaldi

    Paperback (Anchor Group Publishing, April 27, 2016)
    High school sucks. It doesn’t matter who you ask; jock, cheerleader, computer nerd, or band geek, they will all say the same thing: It’s a nightmare. But Casey is still wondering how she got the short end of the stick. Just a Sophomore at the prestigious Luthos Academy for Magical Beings, Casey already knows more about heartache and fear than any almost-sixteen-year-old should. Orphaned and left to be raised by the Academy, she spends her days training to become a Guardian, but that dream is looking dimmer with every day that passes.Unlike the wand-waving heroines in all her favorite books, Witches in her world don’t cast spells, they are born wielding the power of nature: water, fire, earth, or air; powers Casey never developed. She’ll be lucky if they even allow her to take her final exams. She is top of her training class, but that doesn’t keep her from being looked down upon by every other being at her school. All Casey wants is to be given a chance, instead she finds the only life she’s ever known targeted by an unfathomable evil. Thrust into the center of an age-old prophecy, a war is coming with Casey at the reins. Will relying on her hard earned training be enough for her to make it out alive?
  • Listening at the Gate

    Betsy James

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, March 7, 2006)
    After returning home from a self-imposed exile to avoid a forced arranged marriage, Kat finds her homeland involved in a dangerous war and so turns to Nall, a man who appeared to her from the depths of the ocean, for help in saving her brother and restoring peace to the place she loves.
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  • History's Greatest Pilots Close Up

    David Curnock

    Library Binding (Rosen Young Adult, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Profiles history's greatest pilots, discussing their lives, training, planes, and legacies.
  • A Cry Out Of Time: The Esme Chronicles

    Ms J. L. Redington

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, March 17, 2012)
    On a plane bound for vacation in Oregon, Esme wakes from a dream of a ship wreck so real even upon awakening she still feels she’s drowning. The family is heading to the Heceta House, one of the ten most haunted houses in America, and Esme is in for the ride of her life. Upon arrival at Devil’s Elbow and the Heceta House, Esme immediately begins noticing strange things around her. She hears voices, watches in horror as a ship crashes into the cliff side, and feels a presence seeking her help. Is Esme brave enough to help this lost soul? Will she be able to put the pieces to this puzzle together in time? What will she learn about herself in the process? She faces a destiny she never had any choice but to follow.
  • The Sara Chronicles: Book 2 Evolution of Us

    Laura E Hughes, End2End Books, Neil Randall

    Paperback (Silverfair, Aug. 17, 2017)
    What happens when magical powers can't be turned off? A year after restoring the balance of good and evil to the magical Land of the Keepers, young Sara, James, and Thomas are laying low-living separately to protect them from the vanquished members of Garren that they helped defeat. But it's not the only danger they face. Suddenly, the magical powers they possess begin to possess them. Sara's the first to notice: her powers now include the ability to control weather. But as she begins to use them, the powers run amok, leaving a trail of freak snowstorms and record heat waves. Meanwhile, people around them are mysteriously disappearing-simply vanishing into thin air. Now, the three of them must reunite in the Land of the Keepers to learn to control their awesome powers and fix whatever is stealing people away. It is there they discover there is much more to their enemy, the hate-filled Garren, than they realized. The battle is just beginning; and before it is over, someone will have to pay a very high price to keep several worlds safe. Packed with adventure, this second entry in The Sara Chronicles is a fast-paced and savvy fantasy thriller that will keep you guessing right up until the shocking finale.
  • The Elder Chronicles: The Legend of Red Hawk

    Robyn Kelly

    Paperback (Robyn Kelly, July 16, 2015)
    Sam Archer was looking forward to his last day with the Tucson Police Department prior to retiring. Tucson was suffering under a deluge from summer storms and accompanying traffic crashes. Among the storms he finds a young girl walking naked down a major highway. The girl doesn’t want to communicate with Sam, so he takes her to the Tucson hospital where his wife, Joanne, is employed in the mental health department. Joanne discovers that the girl isn’t human just as the girl’s mother shows up at the hospital with the sheriff of the local Indian reservation. Joanne releases the girl to her mother, but is intrigued and attempts to follow up on the reservation. She learns that the only way she can meet with the girl or her mother is to become a tribal shaman. Joanne accepts the challenge and is suddenly faced with a program of training and tests that costs her job and places her life in serious danger. When she surprises everyone and becomes a shaman, she comes face-to-face with the Elder community and finds that things may not be what the seem.
  • Ingo

    Helen Dunmore

    Paperback (HarperCollins Children's Books, April 1, 2007)
    A spellbinding magical adventure. Master storyteller Helen Dunmore writes the story of Sapphire and her brother Conor, and their discovery of INGO, a powerful and exciting world under the sea. You'll find the mermaid of Zennor inside Zennor church. She fell in love with a human, but she was a Mer creature and so she couldn't come to live with him up in the dry air. She swam up the stream to hear him sing, then one day he swam down it and was never seen again. He became one of the Mer people! Sapphire's father told her that story when she was little. When he is lost at sea she can't help but think of that old myth; she's convinced he's still alive. The following summer her brother Conor keeps disappearing for hours on end. She goes to the cove to find him, but instead meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Merman. He takes her to Ingo and introduces her to a world she never knew existed. She must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea and all things Mer. After her first visit she is entranced -- merely the sound of running water makes her yearn to be in Ingo once more. Ingo blood runs strongly in Sapphy and Conor fears she will leave the Air world for good. He pleads with her to ignore her craving for the sea and stay safely in their cottage up on the cliff. But not only is Sapphy intoxicated by the Mer world, she longs to see her father once more. And she's sure she can hear him singing across the water! "I wish I was away in Ingo Far across the briny sea!"
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  • The Battle of Gettysburg Close Up

    Rob Morris, Stewart Portela, Paul Marcello

    Library Binding (Rosen Young Adult, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Provides an introduction to the Battle of Gettysburg, discussing how the battle came to happen, the events of the battle, key players, and its aftermath.
  • Whistling Wings: The Dove Chronicles

    Elliott McClure

    Paperback (Boxwood Pr, June 1, 1991)
    Stories about mourning doves. Illustrated with drawings & photos. The author is an entomologist, ornithologist and conservationist.
  • The Elder Chronicles Elder Child

    Robyn Kelly

    Paperback (Robyn Kelly, July 16, 2015)
    When the farm the Lisa and Nela were establishing came to an untimely end, Lisa and her child, Enela, attempted to flee back to the butte. After a long cross-country trek, she had the butte in sight. At that moment she was struck by a semi driven by Joe Carpenter. Joe discovered that Nela’s baby had survived the accident and took her home to live with him and his wife. When Mary discovered that Nela was not the sweet little human baby she originally thought she was, life became very strained in the Carpenter household. At first Nela spent her time learning about humans and the typical human environment. She had several interesting adventures and gained the knowledge she would later require to save the Elder people from utter destruction. After several years with the Carpenters, Nela was faced with a situation too terrible to endure. She was forced to make a decision that could lead to her ultimate death or permanent confinement.
  • Return of the Matka-Zem

    DJ Chanley

    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Aug. 24, 2014)
    Exiled from Sora with her memory removed, Princess Valencia has been imprisoned in the Canadian Rockies Mountains for ten years. With the death of her Keeper, she flees the compound, with an intergalactic bounty hunter close on her heels. Aided by Thane, from the warrior race called Mlinzi (Guardian), Valencia learns she is the Matka-Zem, a deity with the ability to heal the dying world of Sora. Sworn to protect The Matka-Zem, Thane was the princess’s guard before her exile. Injured during their escape from the compound, he woke to find him bonded to the Matka-Zem and only his death could free her. Ready to sacrifice his life for the princess, he must safely deliver Valencia to the Torpek golden city of Kota Emas, before he could confront his fate.
  • Unbreakable

    Kallie Ross, Maria Pease, Kristie Cook, Drew Rodgers

    Paperback (Kallie R Mathews, Nov. 19, 2016)
    Dying for the love of your life… Evelyn Bowden thought her story was over. Little did she realize, it had just begun. The heavens made her a Cupid– a supernatural with the rarest ability. One that allows her to pierce both mortals and immortals with arrows possessing everlasting love. But Evelyn soon discovers Cupids fight a battle in a long fought war. A duty to protect the purest form of love… As Evelyn embarks on her first mission, helping a Gargoyle find his true love, she is exposed to the blurred battle lines between light and darkness. While an unknown threat proves it’s willing to do anything to get their hands on Evelyn and her arrows, the heavens send Andel Lambros to help protect her. She finds herself at risk of being distracted by her former mentor, Andel, a stunning Cupid with dimples hard to ignore. Missing her mark could lead to a supernatural war… Having no idea how powerful she is, Evelyn is forced to put everything on the line as she balances the fate of the world on the tip of her arrow. But will love conquer all once she hits her mark, or will all be lost in the end?