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Deephaven
by Ethan M. Aldridge
From Ethan M. Aldridge, bestselling creator of Estranged, comes a gothic middle grade prose novel that follows a nonbinary student who is drawn to their boarding school's forbidden east wing, where something stalks the shadowy corridors. Perfect for fans of J. A. White and Mary Downing Hahn! When Guinevere Nev Tallow receives an acceptance letter to the exclusive Deephaven Academy, they know it's the fresh start that they've been looking for. But things are strange from the moment they arrive--the house itself seems to breathe, students whisper secrets in dark corridors, and the entire east wing of the academy is locked away for reasons no one wants to explain. And Nev knows something ragged stalks the shadowy corridors, something that sobs quietly and scratches at the walls, waiting to be released. With the help of another first-year student, Nev takes it upon themself to unravel the mysteries hidden in Deephaven's halls. But will they risk their fresh start to bring the academy's secret to light?
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Magicalia
by Jennifer Bell
Bitsy and her best friend, Kosh, are spending a normal evening playing video games--until a purple hamster the size of a bathtub barges in and eats Bitsy's gym clothes. Now it's a race against time to rescue Bitsy's dad from a mysterious kidnapper, which starts with learning the truth--that he, Bitsy, and Kosh can conjure magicores, creatures made from the energy of emotions. From magic-carpet-like huffluffs to shape-changing (and purring) copycats and big, stinky lubberwharls, countless magicores exist hidden in plain sight, as do the schools that teach young conjurers to wield their powers. But the world of conjurers also features conflicts between guilds, and Bitsy's dad may have been caught up in one. With minimal training, it's up to Bitsy and Kosh to win an international race to find a long-lost magical object. The two friends must decide who to trust as they solve riddles, fight imaginative magical battles, and get to know the wide, wonderful world of magicores-before a shadowy archvillain destroys everything.
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The Marvellers
by Dhonielle Clayton
In this first novel in the series, eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy--some Marvellers mistrust her magic. Eventually, she finds friends in elixirs teacher Masterji Thakur and fellow misfits Brigit and Jason. When a dangerous criminal escapes prison, supposedly with a Conjuror's aid, Ella becomes the target of suspicion. Worse, Masterji Thakur mysteriously disappears while away on a research trip. With the help of her friends and her own growing powers, Ella must find a way to clear her family's name and track down her mentor before it's too late.
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A Taste of Magic
by J. Elle
Twelve-year-old Kyana bakes up a plan to keep her inner-city magic school open after redistricting and gentrification threaten to close it down.
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Spell Sweeper
by Lee Edward Fodi
Cara Moone is a wizard--but she's basically flunked out of wizard school. Now she's in training to be a MOP, also known as Magical Occurrence Purger, also known as it's Cara's job to sweep up the hazardous dust a real wizard's spells leave behind. A real wizard, that is, like Harlee Wu, the so-called Chosen One ... But when one of Harlee's spells goes awry and leaves behind a rift in the fabric of magic itself, it'll take more than magic to clean up the mess.
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The Graveyard Gift
by Fern Forgettable
When a girl with peculiar abilities lands at a boarding school where students are part human and part magical, she discovers nothing is what it seems when sinister forces causes one of her classmates to go missing.
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Villains Academy
by Ryan Hammond
At Villains Academy, werewolf Bram, initially unsure of his villainous abilities, embarks on a quest to prove his potential, and win the Villain of the Week trophy with the help of his newfound friends.
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Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans
by Isi Hendrix
Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she's an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can't disagree, especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can't control, causing an earthquake in her village. So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and the hope that someone there can figure out what's wrong with her, and fix it. But just as she's settling in, Adia stumbles upon a shocking secret: unlike her, the kingdom's emperor really is possessed--by a demon more wicked than any other.
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Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment
by Anna James
In Whetherwhy, everyone has magic inside them-grown from the changing seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. But a rare few are Enchanters: people born with magic in their bones, who can wield all four seasons of magic. When Juniper discovers she is an Enchanter, she must leave behind everything she knows to begin studying at the Thistledown Academy. And when her twin brother, Rafferty, begins an apprenticeship at a nearby bookbinder to be close to her, he too has adventures of his own. As Juniper learns how to wield enchantment and hone her magic, Rafferty becomes involved with a mysterious secret society that meets after dark. Monsters are creeping out of the shadows and dangers lurk in unexpected places. Amid night markets and magic lessons, the twins realize there is more to enchantment than they ever imagined. And when dangerous monsters attack, the adventure that follows brings Juniper's and Rafferty's paths together again in ways they could never have expected.
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Dreamslinger
by Graci Kim
Fourteen-year-old Aria Loveridge lives at the Resthaven Home for Dreamslingers, a safe haven for children born with a genetic mutation that transports them to a powerfully magical realm while they sleep, but this magic can be unpredictable--even deadly.
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The Incorruptibles
by Lauren Magaziner
Fiora joins Inc Academy, a school for human resistance fighters, to battle against the corrupt sorcerers oppressing her world.
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Vanya and the Wild Hunt
by Sangu Mandanna
Amari and the Night Brothers meets Nevermoor in critically-acclaimed author Sangu Mandanna's enchanting middle grade fantasy, inspired by Indian mythology and British folklore, about a neurodivergent girl, a mysterious school, and a world of magical creatures.
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Medusa
by Katherine Marsh
Ava Baldwin hadnt meant to lose her temper. But Owen King deserved it. Ava has always tried to keep her anger in check, just like her mom taught her. But when arrogant, know-it-all classmate Owen tries to speak over her again, Ava explodes--and Owen freezes, becoming totally unresponsive. He eventually recovers, but shortly afterward, Ava's parents send her to the Accademia del Forte, a boarding school in Venice that, she learns, is especially for children who are descended from mythological monsters. There, Ava and her brother Jax discover they are part Gorgon, and have been sent to the school to learn to control their emotions--and their powers--in hopes they will become functioning, well-adjusted members of society, unlike their loathed ancestor Medusa.
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A Sky Full of Dragons
by Tiffany McDaniel
When Spella's aunt Cauldroneyes mysteriously disappears into a growling hat the night before she is set to attend Dragon's Knob, a prestigious school for wand magic, Spella and her new friend Tolden set out to rescue her aunt and uncover hidden secrets within the school amidst threats to its academic freedom.
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Paper Dragons: The Fight for the Hidden Realm
by Siobhan McDermott
An outsider in her village above the cloud sea, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging's only hope of escape is to win the single invitation to train as a Silhouette: an apprentice to the immortals. After her ill-fated attempt to impress the Silhouette scout leads to a dragon attack on the jade mountain, Zhi Ging is sure that her chances, and her life, are over. But the scout spots her potential and offers her protection and a second chance. She's in.
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Equinox Test (School for Unusual Magic #1)
by Liz Montague
Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic--but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.
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Dragonborn
by Struan Murray
An astonishing new fantasy series takes flight in this soaring, action--packed adventure filled with twists and surprises. The secret world of dragons is waiting for you *This stunning book features a dragon-scale edge, full-color illustrated endpapers, a foil scene on the case, foil on the jacket, and an interior map* There is a secret world of dragons that lurks at the edges of our own. But dragons also live among us. These Slumberers have been human for so long they have forgotten their true selves--until something awakens the dragon within. Twelve-year-old Alex Evans is about to wake up. Ever since her father's death, Alex's overprotective mother has smothered her with unbreakable rules and unspoken fears. Feeling trapped, Alex's frustration has become too big to hide away. Burning inside, she erupts into a fierce, fiery roar. A new school and a new life await Alex on the legendary island of Skralla, one of the last surviving dragon havens. There, she will train alongside other young dragons who are wild, untamed, and--unlike Alex--skilled at transforming and embracing their dragons within. As dark factions begin to rise, Alex finds herself in a race to unlock her long-dormant power before Drak Midna, the greatest dragon of all, rises again to wage war against the human world.
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Ice Apprentices
by Jacob North
Oswin Fields, a foundling in the icy settlement of Tundra, must prove his worth as a new magic apprentice while battling monsters and confronting a dark legacy tied to his infamous adopted uncle.
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The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents
by Nicki Pau Preto
Unable to control her powers, twelve-year-old Lavinia finds herself at a last-resort magical school where she teams up with her misfit classmates to save the school from danger.
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The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
by Christina Soontornvat
Young Plum is shocked to discover that she's been accepted to the Guardian Academy on Lotus Island, an elite school where kids learn how to transform into Guardians, magical creatures who are sworn to protect the natural world. The Guardian masters teach Plum and her friends how to communicate with animals and how to use meditation to strengthen their minds and bodies. All the kids also learn to fight, so they can protect the defenseless if needed. To her dismay, Plum struggles at school. While her classmates begin to transform into amazing creatures, Plum can't even seem to magic up a single feather! If she can't embrace her inner animal form soon, she'll have to leave school and lose the first group of real friends she's ever known.
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The School for Wicked Witches
by Will Taylor
In Oz, children with magical powers are sent to academies to learn how to use their magic for good--but those who step out of line in any way are sent to the School for Wicked Witches, an institute that claims its goal is to reform young witches, but in reality is only encouraging their wicked ways. But is there more to it than meets the eye?
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Greenwild: The World Behind the Door
by Pari Thomson
Eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown is on the run. Her mother has been keeping big, glittering secrets, and now she has vanished. Daisy knows it's up to her to find Ma--but someone is hunting her across London. Someone determined to stop her from discovering the truth. So when Daisy flees to safety through a mysterious hidden doorway, she can barely believe her eyes--she has stepped out of the city and into another world. This is the Greenwild. Bursting with magic and full of amazing natural wonders, it seems too astonishing to be true. But not only is this land of green magic real, it holds the key to finding Daisy's mother. And someone wants to destroy it. Daisy must band together with a botanical genius, a boy who can talk with animals, and a spunky cat to uncover the truth about who she really is. Only then can she channel the power that will change her whole world ... and save the Greenwild itself.
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The Labyrinth of Souls
by Leslie Vedder
In the Kingdom of Spinar, there are seven rules for safeguarding your soul from the Sorrows and Nightmare creatures--most importantly: never, ever enter the Labyrinth of Souls. Ix Tatterfall has always been an outcast with big secrets: She can cross into the Labyrinth, home to the powerful Sorrows, and she can see strange Nightmare beasts when no one else can. Some, like shadowy Inklings, are merely a nuisance, but others are dangerous. Even deadly. On one forbidden trip into the Labyrinth, Ix is apprehended by an elite magical group that protects the kingdom against Nightmares. Instead of punishment, Ix is allowed to enter their mysterious academy. For the first time, she's surrounded by people like her. But something has gone wrong in the Labyrinth. A terrible new Nightmare--a raggedy scarecrow called Jack--has been ravaging the misty maze, gobbling up lost souls and allowing Nightmares to escape. And as more of these shadowy creatures bleed into the Waking World, it becomes clear Jack is on the hunt for something-- someone. Ix Tatterfall herself.
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