Chapin LibGuides: Summer Reading 2021: Middle School: dragon optional: modern fantasy for today's generation

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Lightfall: the Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert (Illustrator)
Call Number: M GN PRO
As this graphic novel opens, Bea and the Pig Wiazard live a peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions... All that changes one day when Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurians, an ancient race thought to be long-extinct. Cad believes that if anyone can help him find his missing people, it's the Pig Wizard. But when the two arrive home, the Pig Wizard is nowhere to be found--all that's left is the Jar of Endless Flame and a mysterious note.
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Girl Giant and the Monkey King by Van Hoang
Eleven-year-old Thom Ngoh is keeping a secret: She's strong. Like, suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for Thom to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, she makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster. Thom will help him get back his magical staff if he'll take away her strength.

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Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono
Call Number: M FIC KAD
Half-witch Kiki never runs from a challenge. So when her thirteenth birthday arrives, she's eager to follow a witch's tradition: choose a new town to call home for one year. Brimming with confidence, Kiki flies to the seaside village of Koriko and expects that her powers will easily bring happiness to the townspeople. But gaining the trust of the locals is trickier than she expected.
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Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
Call Number: M FIC ALS
Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal. Why isn’t his story all over the news? And why do the police automatically assume he was into something illegal? Check out this eBook through the Chapin Library
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Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi
Call Number: M FIC CHO
In this 4th book in the popular series, Aru has just made a wish on the tree of wishes, but she can't remember what it was. She's pretty sure she didn't wish for a new sister, one who looks strangely familiar and claims to be the Sleeper's daughter, like her. Josh and Emma.
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Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Call Number: M FIC HAL
Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
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Nevermoor: the Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Call Number: M FIC TOW
Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears.
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The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling
Call Number: M FIC ROW
The latest book from J.K. Rowling! Best friends Bert and Daisy embark on a great adventure to untangle the truth of the Icackabog, a monster that carries off wayward sheep and children alike.
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The Force of Fire (a Kingdom Beyond Novel) by Sayantani DasGupta
The latest book from the author of The Serpent's Secret.

Pinki has a lot to worry about....like maintaining her status as fiercest rakkhosh in her class and looking after her little cousins. There is also the teeny tiny detail of not yet being able to control her fire breathing and accidentally burning up school property. Then Sesha, the charming son of the Serpentine Governor, calls on Pinki for help in defeating the resistance, promising to give her what she most desires in return -- the ability to control her fire. First she'll have to protect the Moon Maiden, pretend to be a human (ick), and survive a family reunion. But it's all worth it for the control of her powers . . . right?
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The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
Call Number: M FIC SUT
Clay and his friends have grown up under a mountain, secretly raised by the Talons of Peace to fulfill a mysterious prophecy. The five young dragons are destined to end the war that's been raging between the tribes of Pyrrhia -- but how they'll do this, none of them knows.But not every dragonet wants a destiny. When one of their own is threatened, Clay and his friends decide to escape. Maybe they can break free and end the war at the same time -- or maybe they'll risk everything ...

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The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Call Number: M FIC FOR
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs.
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The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Call Number: M FIC CHO
This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. Josh and Emma.
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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Publication Date: M FIC RIO
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and his best friend is a guy named Leo. They’re all students at the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids," as Leo puts it. What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly? Jason doesn't know anything—except that everything seems very wrong.
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Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Call Number: M FIC LEE
When word arrives that Min's brother is suspected of leaving his post to go in search of the Dragon Pearl, Min knows that something is wrong. Her brother would never desert his battle cruiser, even for a mystical object rumored to have tremendous power. She decides to run away to find him and clear his name.
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Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Call Number: M FIC MUL
Kendra and her brother, Seth, have no idea that their grandfather is the current caretaker of Fablehaven. Inside the gated woods, ancient laws keep relative order among greedy trolls, mischievous satyrs, plotting witches, spiteful imps, and jealous fairies. However, when the rules get broken -- Seth is a bit too curious and reckless for his own good -- powerful forces of evil are unleashed, and Kendra and her brother face the greatest challenge of their lives.
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Call Number: M FIC COL
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories—they're dangerous!
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Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Mejia
Call Number: M FIC MEI
12-year-old Paola Santiago and her two best friends, Emma and Dante, know the rule: Stay away from the river. It's all they've heard since a schoolmate of theirs drowned a year ago. Pao is embarrassed to admit that she has been told to stay away for even longer than that, because her mother is constantly warning her about La Llorona, the wailing ghost woman.
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The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
Call Number: M FIC JOH
Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly until she finds the girl amid the wreckage of a caravan in the Meteor Fields.
The girl doesn’t remember a thing about her life, but the intricate tattoo on her arm is proof that she’s from the Dragonfly Territories and that she’s protected by the king. Which means a reward for Piper if she can get the girl home.
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The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Call Number: M FIC TUR
Eugenides, the queen's thief, can steal anything--or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king's magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he's in no position to refuse. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own.
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Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Call Number: M FIC GIE
The time-traveling gene that runs through the female half of the family is supposed to have skipped over Gwen, so she hasn't been introduced to "the mysteries." It comes as an unwelcome surprise when she starts taking sudden, uncontrolled leaps into the past.