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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling

A winner of England's National Book Award, the acclaimed debut novel tells the outrageously funny, fantastic adventure story of Harry Potter, who escapes a hideous foster home thanks to a scholarship to The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Reprint.
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Windborn
by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

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Dreaming dangerous
by Lauren DeStefano

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Freya and the magic jewel
by Joan Holub

The authors of the Goddess Girls adventures present the first book in a series inspired by Norse mythology, introducing 11-year-old Freya, who upon receiving a summons to the Asgaard Academy from the powerful god Odin loses her magical jewel before discovering a mysterious world under threat by a doomsday being. Simultaneous eBook.
Ice wolves
by Amie Kaufman

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Mez's magic : Mez's Magic
by Eliot Schrefer

Growing up in the darkness shared by their fellow Nightwalker panthers, young Mez and her beloved sister hear fearful stories about mythological animals who walk by day, until an eclipse and her fledgling magical abilities enable Mez to cross the Veil dividing the two worlds. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Misfits : Royal Academy rebels
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Questioning the priorities of Royal Academy and its angry headmistress, who seems more inclined toward villainy than teaching students how to rule their kingdoms, a reluctant princess makes a discovery that could change the fairy-tale world forever. By the award-winning author of Secrets of My Hollywood Life
Miss Ellicott's school for the magically minded
by Sage Blackwood

Repeatedly landing in trouble at her finishing school because of her preference for practicing magic instead of manners, Chantel enlists her friends to protect the kingdom when her teacher goes missing along with the city's protective magic
The Super Life of Ben Braver
by Marcus Emerson

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