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Books in The Geek Chronicles series

  • The Dagger X

    Brian Eames

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, Nov. 12, 2013)
    Kitto’s adventure continues in the suspenseful sequel to The Dagger Quick, which School Library Journal called a “quest perfect for landlubbers and pirate aficionados alike.”On the high seas of the Caribbean in the 1600s, a twelve-year-old boy, Kitto, stands wrongly accused of his father’s murder and is forced into adulthood too quickly as he tries to prove his innocence. After a brutal shark attack, Kitto must take refuge on a forsaken island that holds a store of valuable nutmeg, with its power to make men as rich as kings. When he encounters the notorious Alexandre Exquemelin, known as X, he discovers a dark secret about his own past and identity. Will the events of Kitto’s past determine his fate, or will he have the courage to forge his own destiny? A tale of friends and fiends, good and evil, pirates and predators, and the thrill of the high seas, The Dagger X is an exciting adventure and classic story of the search for manhood and identity.
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  • The Grimm Chronicles, Vol. 2

    Ken Brosky, Isabella Fontaine, Chris Smith

    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 13, 2013)
    200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm changed everything. With the help of a little magic, fairy tales were made real, manifesting all over the world. Charming princes. Gold-hunting dwarfs. Terrible step-mothers. Heroic animals. Then, slowly, they began to change. Everyone—from Prince Charming to the old miller—grew more evil. Corrupted. A hero was chosen to stop them, hunting them down one by one and destroying them with the help of a magic pen and a special rabbit assistant. For 200 years, the hero’s magic pen has been passed on from generation to generation. The newest hero is Alice Goodenough, an 18-year-old junior from Washington High School. While her friends spent their summer working and having fun, Alice found herself doing battle with creatures most human beings don’t even realize exist. A giant snake. A blood-sucking prince. A terrifying half-man, half-hedgehog. Dastardly dwarfs intent on mind-controlling everyone who uses a cell phone. Now, senior year has begun. With it comes a new challenge at school, where bullies have grown bolder and classes more challenging. As if that’s not enough, Alice must face off against a collection of Corrupted who all share a terrible secret, one that might awaken a creature capable of doing untold damage. To uncover the secret, Alice will have to face off against a man-eating lizard, a bloodthirsty sea captain, and a mysterious wizard who can see into the future … This book contains: Episode four: The Orphanage of Doom Episode five: Blood and Thunder Episode six: The Order of the Golden Dragon Bonus material: The Lost Journal of Eugene Washington Assorted fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm A Legacy of Red
  • The Edge Chronicles 4: Beyond the Deepwoods: Book 1 of the Twig Saga

    Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Paperback (Corgi, Feb. 25, 2014)
    The first book of the Twig trilogy, part of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series. Abandoned at birth in the perilous Deepwoods, Twig is brought up by a family of woodtrolls. One cold night, Twig does what no woodtroll has ever done before -- he strays from the path. So begins a heart-stopping adventure that will take Twig through a nightmare world of fearsome goblins, bloodthirsty beasts and flesh-eating trees. Can he discover the truth about his past?
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  • The Edge Chronicles 7: The Last of the Sky Pirates: Book 1 of the Rook Saga;The Edge Chronicles

    Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Paperback (Corgi, Sept. 9, 2014)
    Edge Chronicles 7 The Last of the Sky Pirates
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  • The Fallen Prince

    Amalie Howard

    Hardcover (Sky Pony, April 5, 2016)
    Riven has fought for a hard-won peace in her world, and has come to shaky terms with who and what she is—a human with cyborg DNA. Now that the rightful ruler of Neospes has been reinstated, Riven is on the hunt for her father in the Otherworld to bring him to justice for his crimes against her people.But when she receives an unwelcome visit from two former allies, she knows that trouble is brewing once again in Neospes. The army has been decimated and there are precious few left to fight this mysterious new threat.To muster a first line of defense, her people need help from the one person Riven loathes most—her father. But what he wants in return is her complete surrender.And now Riven must choose: save Neospes or save herself.
  • A Royal Mess

    Tyne O'Connell

    Paperback (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Oct. 11, 2011)
    Calypso Kelly has finally joined the in-crowd at her exclusive English boarding school. She also just happens to be dating Prince Freddie himself! But balancing her social life, her prince, and her parents' visit to London proves to be more than Calypso can handle. Then, Freddie does the unthinkable and breaks up with Calypso--setting in motion a school-wide plan for a royal Counter Dump. Can Calypso win Freddie back just to break his heart? All is fair in love and war . . . except, of course, if you're in love with a prince!
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  • The Mummy Returns

    John Whitman

    Paperback (Skylark, April 3, 2001)
    Ten years have passed since adventurer Rick O'Connell and his wife, Evelyn, awakened and evil mummy and barely escaped with their lives. Now Imhotep has risen from the dead once more on a quest for immortality. One buried warrior can give Imhotep eternal power—the Scorpion King. And one eight-year-old boy- the O'Connells' son, Alex—is wearing the cursed bracelet that will resurrect the Scorpion.In seven days, two dark forces will meet- unless the O'Connells can stop them both. The fate of their son- and the world- is in their hands.....
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  • Long Night Dance

    Betsy James

    Mass Market Paperback (Simon Pulse, Aug. 23, 2005)
    Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background nor appearance. Reprint.
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  • Dark Heart

    Betsy James

    Mass Market Paperback (Simon Pulse, Nov. 22, 2005)
    Seventeen-year-old Kat's struggle to learn the ways of her dead mother's people in the hill country is complicated by her failure in the bear ceremony, a spiritual rite of passage, and her attraction to the blind outcast Raim. By the author of Long Night Dance. Reprint.
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  • The Bell Between Worlds

    Ian Johnstone

    Paperback (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Jan. 26, 2016)
    A glorious epic fantasy in the grand tradition of CS Lewis and Philip Pullman. The Mirror Chronicles will take you into another world, and on the adventure of your lifetime…Half of your soul is missing.The lost part is in the mirror.And unless Sylas Tate can save you, you will never be whole again.Sylas Tate leads a lonely existence since his mother died. But then the tolling of a giant bell draws him into another world known as the Other, where he discovers not only that he has an inborn talent for the nature-influenced magic of the Fourth Way, but also that his mother might just have come from this strange parallel place.Meanwhile, evil forces are stirring, and an astounding revelation awaits Sylas as to the true nature of the Other. As violence looms and the stakes get ever higher, Sylas must seek out a girl called Naeo who might just be the other half of his soul – otherwise the entire universe may fall…
  • Poison Princess

    Kresley Cole, Emma Galvin, Keith Nobbs

    Audio CD (Simon & Schuster Audio, Oct. 2, 2012)
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance.She could save the world—or destroy it. Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life—until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, killing everyone she loves, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. But she can’t do either alone. With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally trust Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him? Who can Evie trust? As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side… In Poison Princess, New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces a dark and intriguing world, full of unspeakable danger and irresistible romance.
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  • History's Greatest Military Mistakes Close Up

    Bill Lucas

    Library Binding (Rosen Young Adult, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Examines some of history's military blunders, providing background, what happened, and how it went wrong.