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Just for You! – Adventure, Mystery and Magic!

Readers looking for imaginative stories with dynamic characters, gripping storylines and lots of plot twists may enjoy these picks.

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  • Autumn, the beastkeeper at Inglenook School for Magicians, befriends Cai, a young magician prophesied to destroy the fearsome Hollow Dragon. Together they search for Autumn's missing brother and uncover the dark truth of Inglenook School.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021] — J FICTION FAWCETT
  • A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to the secret realm of Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious organization called the Wundrous Society.
    Book, 2017New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — J FICTION TOWNSEND
  • During the Black Moon Ceremony, Witchlings are placed into covens and become full-fledged witches. When Seven Salazar is not placed into a coven, she and the other "Spares" are assigned an impossible task in order to earn their full powers.
    Book, 2022New York : Scholastic Press, 2022. — J FICTION ORTEGA
  • After twelve-year-old Lark steals a magical sword from the Royal Museum, she reluctantly becomes the next Nightingale, destined to vanquish an ancient evil.
    Book, 2021New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2021] — J FICTION FAGAN
  • After years in foster care, April moves into a mansion where she and four other children are caught up in a mystery related to a missing heir, a lost legacy, and a phantom.
    Book, 2020Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — J FICTION CARTER
  • After moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an magical world full of faeries and other creatures.
    DVD, 2008Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2008. — J DVD S