Anthea Bell
Author
Series
Ruby red trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve has no idea what her destiny is and no one will tell her. She thinks the founder of the circle is up to no good and that her time-traveling partner has been using her.
2) Inkheart
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Series
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English
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
3) Dragon rider
Author
Series
Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 1
Language
English
Description
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Author
Series
Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.
5) Ruby red
Author
Series
Ruby red trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London trying to discover whom they can trust.
Author
Series
Ruby red trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve, searches through history for the other time-travelers, aided by friend Lesley, James the ghost, Xemerius the gargoyle demon, and Gideon, the Diamond, whose fate seems bound with hers.
7) Back to back
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English
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Echoing themes of Julia Franck's German Book Prize—winning novel, The Blindness of the Heart, Back to Back begins in 1954 and centers around a single family living in Berlin in the socialist East. A cruel and unaffectionate mother, Käthe, is a sculptor of Jewish heritage, devoted entirely to becoming a success in the socialist state. Thomas and Ella's father emigrated to West Germany after World War II, and they deeply long to see him again. But...
8) Inkspell
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Series
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English
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Now thirteen, Meggie "reads" herself into Inkworld, where she, her family, and the characters in the book face chaos and danger as the original creator of the world frantically tries to redirect the story.
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English
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"Able to visit other people's dreams, Liv's troubles are just beginning. A rocky romance, a malicious blogger with a hidden identity, a wedding, and a classmate (or two) dead-set on revenge all await Liv in this action-packed conclusion to the Silver trilogy "--
11) Inkdeath
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, asking for Bluejay's surrender or the children will be doomed to slavery in the silver mines.
12) Berlin: a novel
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Language
English
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Set in a devastated Berlin one month after the close of the Second World War, Berlin has been acclaimed as ambitious . . . filled with brilliantly drawn characters, mesmerizingly readable, and disturbingly convincing" by the Sunday Telegraph. An electrifying thriller in the tradition of Joseph Kanon and Alan Furst, Berlin is a page-turner and an intimate portrait of Germany before, during, and after the war. It is 1945 in the American sector of occupied...
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English
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The accidental discovery of an encoded diary by antiquarian bookseller Steven Lukas contains a deadly secret that links his fate to the tragic end of the 19th Century Fairytale King, Ludwig II of Bavaria. Steven consults with art historian Sara Lengfeld. Soon they find themselves on the run together, investigating each of Ludwig's three castles for clues as to just what in that ancient diary could be so explosive as to be worth killing and even dying...
14) Tiger moon
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
Author
Publisher
Abacus
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sebastian von Eschburg, scion of a wealthy, self-destructive family, survived his disastrous childhood to become a celebrated if controversial artist. He casts a provocative shadow over the Berlin scene; his disturbing photographs and installations show that truth and reality are two distinct things. When Sebastian is accused of murdering a young woman and the police investigation takes a sinister turn, seasoned lawyer Konrad Biegler agrees to represent...
18) Inkheart
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005, c2003
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.