Books in City of Light series

Avi's ground-breaking graphic novel gets a stunning new cover to celebrate its twentieth anniversary!Two kids fight to save their city from eternal winter in this gripping fantasy by Newbery Medalist Avi, illustrated by three-time Sibert Honoree Brian Floca."To begin with--there were these KURBS. These Kurbs owned an Island...with their POWER they controlled both day and night...Years ago, when People first came to the Kurbs' Island, they wanted to build themselves a City."The Kurbs give people light and warmth to establish a city, on one condition: The people must return the Power every year or risk losing the city--forever. This system works for centuries until evil Mr. Underton tries to steal the Power. If he succeeds, the Kurbs will take back the City, reducing it to a dark and frozen tundra. It's up to Carlos and Sarah to find the Power--housed in a subway token--and keep the City safe, despite secrets of Sarah's history that are entwined with the token. What ensues is a race against darkness. A race against the lies of the past. And most of all, a race against time.

Finally, Monet has secured food for her people-and the next pod which points to all they never knew about the world. But the new city that welcomed her team inside its borders is hiding a deadly secret-one that will turn their lives upside down and derail their final mission before they can even begin. Legends and rumors come alive on Monet's frantic journey north, making her question her identity and the powerful source that brought her this far.

Serve the community. Obey the laws. Exist on anxiety pills. This is all Monet, a ward of her city, can hope for until she and her friend, Luke, find an old book that shows the history of mankind—a past that’s been hidden from them and all the citizens of Titus. As their curiosity takes them down a dangerous path, extraordinary events begin to occur, showing them God may exist and is reaching out to them through illegal art and a realm of paranormal activity. Monet and Luke find themselves at a crossroads: live within the safe, logical confines of Titus, or embrace the wild truth and risk death.

“Do you still love me as you did?” His arms come around me, pulling me against him, and I see it on the horizon before us—the world—what will it do to us? After escaping Titus, Monet and Luke join the rebels living on the fringe. The Colony is a haven for the artists and God-seekers who survived The Chasm, but as Monet soon discovers, freedom across the boundaries is interwoven with darkness. The wounds from their city run deep, bringing Monet and Luke to question their bond. When a cataclysmic event threatens their existence, they must step into the unknown with an old enemy, and work together to survive.

You are invited to enter a universe unto itself. A vast real of forest and river, mountain and cave, town, and castle.. a place of peril where the forces of light and the forces of darkness meet in inexorale, immemorial combat using all the the deadly weapons of armed might and all the sinister spells of eerie enchantment that wizard and and witch, mortal and imoortal can command. You are invited to join the mighty magician Greyfax Grimwald and his loyal allies Bear, Otter and Dwarf, as they move to battle the infamous forces of the Dark qeen and her evil cohorts in the most breathtaking adventure that has ever transported ou to a world where everything is possible and all is real.