Steve West
Author
Series
Strange the dreamer volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a war between gods and men, a hero, a librarian, and a girl must battle the fantastical elements of a mysterious city stripped of its name.
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Divided by their society into Wanted and Unwanted at thirteen, estranged twin brothers Aaron and Alex have both run into trouble--as mage of Artime, Alex must defend the island from attack, while Aaron continues to scheme to take over the islands and get rid of the Unwanteds altogether.
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The magical world of Artimé is gone and the Unwanteds are looking to Alex Stowe for answers, but while his twin brother Aaron continues to build his army in Quill, a very dangerous common enemy is revealed.
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Alex and his friends from Artimé are stranded on a newly-discovered island, and they are not alone, while in Quill, his twin Aaron's power base grows as he joins with an unlikely ally in a risky plan to finally conquer Artimé.
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
The battles continue for young mage Alex and his friends as they search for Alex's abducted evil brother Aaron.
6) Warlight
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Decades after World War II, Nathaniel Williams reflects on his experiences in 1945, when his parents left him and his sister in the care of a mysterious neighbor.
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 7
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Having fended off a magical threat with the help of a surprise ally, head mage Alex is compelled to lead his people in a final epic battle that risks the peace and safety of all of Artime.
Author
Series
Strange the dreamer volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected.
9) The thief
Author
Series
Queen's thief volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The king's scholar, the magus, puts Gen, a prisoner of the king, in charge of stealing an ancient treasure that would allow his king to rule a neighboring country, but Gen is smarter than the magus thinks and his plan takes on an unexpected turn.
Author
Series
Ember in the ashes volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.
Author
Series
Queen's thief volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede empire.
Author
Series
Queen's thief volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Kamet, a secretary and slave to his Mede master, has the ambition and the means to become one of the most powerful people in the Empire. But with a whispered warning the future he envisioned is wrenched away, and he is forced onto a very different path.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Author
Series
The adventurers quartet volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wanting to settle down after a decade of captaining diplomatic and covert missions for the crown, Captain Robert Frobisher takes a final assignment in West Africa gathering information against a slaver camp, where he falls for a woman trying to find and rescue her missing brother.
15) Headhunters
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches comes a funny, dark, and twisted caper worthy of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers—about an aspiring art thief and the target who’s about to destroy his life.
“If you don’t know Nesbø, it’s time to get with it.” —USA Today
Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and...
“If you don’t know Nesbø, it’s time to get with it.” —USA Today
Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and...
Author
Series
Sands of Arawiya volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York Times bestseller!
The second book in the Sands of Arawiya duology by the masterful Hafsah Faizal—the follow-up to the smash New York Times bestselling novel We Hunt the Flame.
Darkness surged in his veins. Power bled from her bones.
The battle on Sharr is over. The Arz has fallen. Altair may be captive, but Zafira, Nasir, and Kifah are bound for Sultan's Keep, determined to finish
Author
Series
Queen's thief volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and wiles in an attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia.
Author
Series
Ember in the ashes volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate Laia's brother from the horrors of Kauf Prison, a mission that is complicated by hunting Empire soldiers, the manipulations of the Commandant, and lingering ghosts from their pasts.
Author
Series
Queen's thief volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eugenides, still known as a Thief of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins as he strives to prove himself both to the people of Attolia and to his new bride, their queen.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Prescribing books that offer therapeutic benefits to his customers, a literary apothecary in a floating bookstore on the Seine struggles with private heartbreak before embarking on a journey of healing at the side of a blocked writer and a lovelorn chef.