Holly Black
Author
Series
Folk of the air volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
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Description
Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him-- and face the consequences. As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace...
Author
Series
Folk of the air volume 2
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.
Author
Series
Folk of the air volume 3
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
"As the exiled Queen of Faerie, Jude must travel back to Elfhame to help her twin sister, Taryn, and uncover how to break a dark curse threatening the whole Faerie world"--
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. One of Publishers Weekly's top ten most anticipated books of 2022! Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians...
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 3
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Things have been better for Callum Hunt since the evil Constantine Madden was "officially" destroyed, even his relations with his father have improved, so he is happy to get back to the Magisterium for his Bronze Year to continue his magical studies--but when one of the students is murdered, Call and his friends, Tamara and Aaron, must track down the killer, without revealing the fact that Call is Madden reborn.
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 2
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Callum Hunt's life has been difficult ever since he was admitted to the Magisterium, since his father suspects him of being evil, and his closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf--but when he discovers that his father may be trying to destroy both him and Havoc, he escapes back to the magical world and he and his friends Aaron and Tamara, become involved in the search for the stolen Alkahest, a copper gauntlet with dangerous powers.
10) The silver mask
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 4
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Continues the adventures of Call and his friends in the Magisterium.
11) The golden tower
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
As Callum begins his final year at the Magisterium, he is estranged from most of his friends and a furtive darkness haunts him.
Author
Series
Modern faerie tales volume 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.
14) Doll bones
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When seventeen-year-old Tana wakes up following a party in the aftermath of a violent vampire attack, she travels to Coldtown, a quarantined Massachusetts city full of vampires, with her ex-boyfriend and a mysterious vampire boy in tow.
19) Red glove
Author
Series
Curse workers volume 2
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When federal agents learn that seventeen-year-old Cassel Sharpe, a powerful transformation worker, may be of use to them, they offer him a deal to join them rather than the mobsters for whom his brothers work.
20) Black heart
Author
Series
Curse workers volume 3
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cassel Sharpe, a powerful transformation worker, is torn between his decision to work for the federal government and his love for Lila, who has joined her father's criminal organization.
