Rebecca Roanhorse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms
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English
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In the 1883 Colorado mining town of Goetia ruled by the Virtues, the winners of an ancient war against the Fallen, descendants of demonkind living among them, Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of devil's advocate to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue
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Naturkatastrophen haben weite Teile Amerikas verwüstet. Während Tausende den Tod fanden, erwachten alte Legenden zu neuem Leben. Die Navajo-Kriegerin Maggie Hoskie jagt die Monster, die seitdem durchs Land streifen. An ihrer Seite der Medizinmann Kai Arviso. Doch nach der Schlacht von Black Mesa haben sich die beiden entzweit, und nun ist Kai spurlos verschwunden - scheinbar beteiligt an der Entführung des jungen Caleb. Maggie entdeckt eine geheime...
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Naturkatastrophen haben weite Teile Amerikas verwüstet. Während Tausende den Tod fanden, erhoben sich alte Legenden zu neuem Leben ... Die Navajo-Kriegerin Maggie Hoskie jagt die Monster, die über das magisch erwachte Land streifen. Als aus einem Dorf ein Mädchen verschleppt wird, nimmt sie die Verfolgung auf. Und macht eine furchterregende Entdeckung: Die Kreatur, die sie jagt, wurde nicht geboren, sondern erschaffen! Doch wer besitzt solche...
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Series
Phoenix Song volume 1
Language
English
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From the pages of AVENGERS comes a hero transformed! Maya Lopez, the Deaf hero known as Echo, already knows a little bit about death and rebirth - and now she has become the new host of the cosmic Phoenix Force! With its galactic fire burning in her veins, the always adaptable Echo has begun learning how to use her incredible new abilities. But she's about to come into conflict with certain X-Men who know exactly how dangerous the Phoenix can be!...
6) Black sun
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Series
Between earth and sky volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"A god will return when the earth and sky converge under the black sun in the holy city of Tova... The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose...
7) Fevered star
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Series
Between earth and sky volume 2
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected...
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Between earth and sky volume 3
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse's Between Earth and Sky trilogy"--
"The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse's Between Earth and Sky trilogy. Even the sea cannot stay calm before the storm. Teek saying...
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Sixth world volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last best hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much more terrifying than...
10) Storm of locusts
Author
Series
Sixth world volume 2
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It's been four weeks since the bloody showdown at Black Mesa, and Maggie Hoskie, Diné monster hunter, is trying to make the best of things. Only her latest bounty hunt has gone sideways, she's lost her only friend, Kai Arviso, and she's somehow found herself responsible for a girl with a strange clan power. Then the Goodacre twins show up at Maggie's door with the news that Kai and the youngest Goodacre, Caleb, have fallen in with a mysterious...
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Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this pivotal prequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the heroes of the Resistance--Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn--must fight back from the edge of oblivion. The Resistance is in ruins. In the wake of their harrowing escape from Crait, what was once an army has been reduced to a handful of wounded heroes. Finn, Poe, Rey, Rose, Chewbacca, Leia Organa--their names are famous among the oppressed worlds they fight to liberate....
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Untold legends volume 1
Publisher
Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
Eleven fresh vampire stories from young adult fiction's leading voices! In this delicious new collection, you'll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out--and going out for their first kill--and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures of the night. Welcome to the evolution of the vampire--and a revolution on the page. Vampires...
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Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
An epic clash between the forces of light and dark, between the Galactic Republic and the Separatists, between brave heroes and brilliant villains, the fate of the galaxy is at stake in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In this anthology, eleven authors who are also fans of the series bring episodes from their favorite show to life
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele's anthology of all-new horror stories...
17) The mythic dream
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Madeleine L'Engle once said, 'When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe'. The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations."--Provided by publisher
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.
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English
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Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse and series editor John Joseph Adams select twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year and explore the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.
Today's readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment...