Nicola Barber
1) Jackaby
Author
Series
Jackaby volume 1
Language
English
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2024 FPPL Summer Reading YA Mysteries
GPLD Best Fantasy for Teens
GPLD Best Mystery/Thrillers for Teens
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GPLD Best Fantasy for Teens
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Description
"Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary-including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby's assistant. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is...
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 6
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the desert there sits a beautiful oasis, ruled by a monarch unlike any other in Erdas. His name is Cabaro, the Great Lion, and he reigns over a kingdom of animals, jealously guarding his golden talisman. No human has ever set foot on the Great Beast's territory. The journey to his oasis is impossible. As a team, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have achieved the impossible before. But now that team is broken--the friends scattered by a devastating...
4) The evertree
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 7
Language
English
Description
Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have journeyed across Erdas, racing to stop a merciless foe. Now that journey is about to end. They must reach a place forgotten by time and face off against an ancient enemy breaking free from his prison. They have just one chance to stop him -- or the whole world will shatter.
5) Hunted
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 2
Language
English
Description
Four children have discovered that they have spirit animals, a rare bond between human and animal that has launched them on a quest to save their world. The team heads to the forests of Eura, where another Great Beast is hidden.
Author
Series
Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 1
Language
English
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2024 FPPL Summer Reading YA Mysteries
GPLD Best Mystery/Thrillers for Teens
OBD Horror for MG/YA - YOUTH
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GPLD Best Mystery/Thrillers for Teens
OBD Horror for MG/YA - YOUTH
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Description
A gothic murder mystery set in gritty Victorian-era London, where an intrepid society girl finds herself embroiled in the investigation of a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.
7) Wild born
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 1
Language
English
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For Fans of Wings of Fire (SCPL-YS)
If You Liked...The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
If You Liked...The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
Description
As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts -- a bond that gives great powers to all of them.
Author
Series
Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Following the horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with Thomas Cresswell she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine. When blood-soaked discoveries taint the halls of the school's forbidding castle, Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the murders. Are they the work of Vlad the Impaler,...
9) The finisher
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Why would Quentin Herms flee into the Quag? There was nothing in the Quag except certain death. Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual--nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave--he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying...
10) Blood ties
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 3
Language
English
Description
As the Conquerors try to destroy Erdas, Meilin -- fed up with waiting and ready to fight -- sets off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends Conor and Abeke aren't far behind ... but they're not the only ones.
11) The return
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan race to stop an ancient enemy with the power to strip spirit animals from their partners, while one young hero faces the loss of a spirit companion.
12) Pathfinder
Author
Series
TodHunter Moon volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"13-year-old Alice TodHunter Moon goes in search of her friend Ferdie, who has been kidnapped by the malevolent Lady, encountering Septimus Heap, ExtraOrdinary Wizard, and awakening her own Magykal potential"--
13) Broken ground
Author
Language
English
Description
A new threat -- something ancient and evil -- faces the world of Erdas and four young heroes and their spirit animals are determined to stop it as they embark on a desperate journey that takes them deep underground and to the far corners of the world.
14) Against the tide
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 5
Language
English
Description
"The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands. Throughout their journey the young heroes have been hounded by pursuers, who always seem to know just where to find them. Now they know why. One of them is a traitor"--Page 4 of cover.