Theme: Dark

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Harry Potter is a wizard in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry. The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione soon discover why wizards live in fear of Azkaban.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.

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My Swordhand is Singing

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

WHEN TOMAS AND HIS SON, Peter, settle in Chust as woodcutters, Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut, so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn’t understand why his father has done this, nor why his father carries a long, battered box, whose mysterious contents he is forbidden to know.But [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Folklore, Romania, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Darkfright

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Her island neighbors call her “Darkfright” because she is so afraid of the night. As darkness comes on, Darkfright does anything in her power to keep it away–she turns on all the lights and bustles around the house as if it were day. Then one night a fallen star crashed through her door, a star [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Snowbone

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

One pale wooden girl stands on the shore of Black Sand Bay, where the sea meets the sky and the wind meets the water. But Snowbone knows that she and her wooden friends can’t stay here forever. Something is happening deep within the forest. Something—someone—that must be stopped. Determined to save the Ashenpeakers from a [...]

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The Penalty

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, reluctantly investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as “El Brujito,” while in alternate chapters a slave in old San Juan becomes a powerful voodoo priest.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Mystery, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Evil Genius

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Cadel Piggott has a genius IQ and a fascination with systems of all kinds. At seven, he was illegally hacking into computers. Now he’s fourteen and studying for his World Domination degree, taking classes like embezzlement, misinformation, forgery, and infiltration at the institute founded by criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon. Although Cadel may be advanced beyond his [...]

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