Yoko (Artist) Tanaka
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English
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Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a valuable artifact stolen from the London museum for which her parents work.
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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When eleven-year-old Theodosia and her cat, Isis, travel to Egypt to return the Orb of Ra and the Emerald Tablet, she hopes to learn more about her origins but finds, instead, the Serpents of Chaos and a precious treasure that suddenly appears and disappears.
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Eleven-year-old Theodosia's ability to detect black magic raises her suspicions about a magician known as the Great Awi Bubu, while Henry, home for the spring holidays, discovers an artifact at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities that is coveted by every black-cloaked occultist in London.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In a meadow filled with dandelion buds just about to flower, one dandelion blooms into a real lion! Roots and leaves unfurl into four tiny paws and a long tail, complete with a fluffy yellow tuft. What a great wide world there is to explore when you have paws instead of roots-- there are fast trains to ride, regal ships to sail, and cities with lights as bright as Dandelion's field in full bloom. A happy little dandelion views the world with wonder...
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English
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Eleven-year-old inventor Sol must recover his self-confidence if he and his eight-year-old sister, Connie, are to escape the clutches of Hansel and Gretel's witch, to whom they have been led by their new stepmother and the man they believe to be their father.
8) Princessland
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux (BYR)
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Bored and in a bad mood, Romy wants Lady Cat to take her to Princessland, until Romy discovers that everyday life can be quite magical.
10) Sparrow Girl
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Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When China's leader declares a war on sparrows, Ming-Li cannot think of the sky without birds in it, and while her countrymen are killing the birds, she and her brother try to save as many as they can.
11) Dead boy
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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Crow Darlingson has been dead for two years, forced to stay in the house with his overprotective mother except when he can sneak out, but new neighbor Melody Plympton offers a chance at friendship and, perhaps, getting his life back." --
Author
Publisher
Noguer
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
"When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace who tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her." --
"El mayor deseo de Peter es encontrar a su hermana pequeña Adele. Para ello, consulta a una adivina, de quien recibe un enigmático consejo: 'Tienes que seguir a la elefanta.' Pero, ¿de qué elefanta...