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Omega Beginnings Miniseries (#1 - Alessandra, #2 - Mismatch, #3 - Phoibe, #4 - Lantos)

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Series:   Omega Beginnings Miniseries By   Lizzy Ford , free (all four books) #1 - Alessandra Five-year-old Alessandra is obsessed with Disney movies, tea parties and just wants a real birthday party for once in her life. But normal kids don’t bring their toys to life for afternoon tea or see the colorful threads of magic and energy clinging to everything around them.  Normal kids don’t know that gargoyles feel pain, either, or invite one to live in their closet.  On her sixth birthday, Alessandra begins to learn the truth. She’s special, and the men in the black van are coming for her. #2 - Mismatch Mismatch hasn’t always been a statue standing guard over the Temple of Artemis. Once upon a time, thousands of years ago, he was a man who led a privileged life. Like the Greek monarchs before him, he fell victim to the family curse: he was turned to stone and forced to keep watch over the temple of a Greek god or goddess.  Out of the blue, five-year-old Alessandra ...

A Wizard of Dreams (Myrddin's Heir Book 1)

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A Wizard of Dreams (Myrddin's Heir Book 1) ,  By  Robin Chambers ,  free Gordon Bennett’s special powers first manifest themselves when he is five months old. He has an alter ego / guardian angel named Zack who knows a lot. The opening chapters exemplify the way his powers grow. He is ace at dealing with bullies. He travels in dreams through time and space. He goes wherever truth has found a cunning place to hide… In his eleventh year he’s called to a particular holiday cottage in Cornwall, where the ghost of his sixteen greats grandmother offers him an interesting theory concerning the origin of his amazing abilities. From her he acquires Mabon’s ring, and is told how to find the Tara Torque. On his eleventh birthday he is transported by the torque to Avalon (Tír na nÓg, the Land of the Forever Young, and of the Dead, where Frodo, Bilbo and Gandalf sailed off to with the Elves at the end of The Lord of the Rings). There he meets King Arthur and The Army of the Slain, and...

The Ruins on Stone Hill By F.P. Spirit

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The Ruins on Stone Hill,   By   F.P. Spirit ,  free Magic is easy, or so Glolindir thought. That is until he came face to face with his very first live monster. Casting spells was not so simple with death breathing down your neck. Good thing the fledgling elven wizard was not alone, or his story might have ended before it began. Thanks to Seth, the mysterious halfling who just might be an assassin, Lloyd, the tall Spiritblade who wields his fiery swords like a whirlwind, and Aksel, the little gnome whose very touch can heal almost any wound, they all somehow survive.  That is just the beginning of their troubles though, for dark shadows hang over the little seaport town of Ravenford. Sent by the enigmatic wizard, Maltar, to map out the ruined keep southwest of town, the gifted young teens quickly find themselves in the center of mystery and danger. From dark caves to underground passages, hidden rooms, magical mirrors, occult rituals, bandits, evil priests, dark magi...

For the King

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For the King ,  By   Kiera Carpenter , free Shiloh was supposed to die. The assassins meant to kill the entire royal family that cold winter morning. They tried to kill her, of course. The Fallen couldn't allow the king and queen's only daughter to survive. But Shiloh's heart kept beating. Left to die in the dirt, she was spirited away to safety by a woman and her grandson, Aden.  Ten years later, Shiloh is no longer the girl she once was. Trained for combat and in the powerful position of having nothing left to lose, she is determined to join the Redemption army formed to oppose Orjak and his followers—a regime he proudly calls the Fallen. How else will Shiloh be granted access to the men who murdered her parents? She intends to return the favor.   When Shiloh hears that Redemption recruiters are passing through a nearby village, she sets out with Aden and their trainer to enlist. But they soon find that their journey won’t be so simple. As the three of them fight t...

Thomas Kindercook and the Pink Pyjamas

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Thomas Kindercook and the Pink Pyjamas , by Gerald Feather, free A mysterious spell is hard at work for a second time, and Thomas Kindercook is its latest victim.  Hurled into a dangerous world by one spell, trapped by yet another, Thomas must find the one person who may know how he can return home. With obstacles such as a haughty dragon princess, and a gabby dragon prince he may never find his way. In the shadows, another evil lurks which has no intention of ever letting Thomas leave the land again.

The Hawk and His Boy

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The Hawk and His Boy , by Christopher Bunn , free One night in the city of Hearne, a young thief named Jute is instructed to break into a wizard's house and steal an old wooden box. It sounds like a straightforward job. Climb down the chimney, creep through the house, find the thing and get out fast. Unbeknownst to the boy, however, the box contains the knife that killed the Wind. Overcome with curiosity, Jute opens the box and sets off a chain of events that soon has him on the run from the wizard, his old masters in the Thieves Guild, and their client, who happens to be the Lord of Darkness himself. On his odyssey of escape, Jute is aided by an unlikely assortment of friends, including a guilt-ridden assassin, a reluctant wizard, and a hawk who just might be able to teach him how to fly. But the Darkness will do anything to find Jute, even if it means plunging the whole land into war. The Hawk And His Boy is the first book of The Tormay Trilogy. The trilogy continues with The S...

Revelations, Book 1 of the Thera's Eyes series

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Revelations, Book 1 of the Thera's Eyes series , by  Léia Kiuski , free ' Revelations ' is the first book of five in the 'Thera’s Eyes' series, a young adult paranormal romance, full of magic, action and with some humor.   Elizabeth Monterey, or Beth, was known inside the archery world as the youngest athlete to win the National Championship in all categories at the age of fifteen, repeating the feat the following year. Before reaching seventeen, she was the gold hope for the World Championship. But fate intervened and her life was thrown upside down when a plane crashed, killing her parents and putting her twin brother in a coma. Now she struggles to maintain her brother in the hospital, where he can receive the best treatments, while trying to solve some other little problems...  Not only was her family’s fortune gone, replaced by a debt she had no idea how to pay, but she was also dealing with night terrors and the weird after effects of those, which included unc...

Dawn of the Valiant (The Valerious Chronicles: Book One)

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Dawn of the Valiant (The Valerious Chronicles: Book One) , by Julian Saheed , free The darkness is drawing near. For centuries the Alliance has kept their enemies at bay. But the rise of a tyrant in the East has set in motion events few could have foreseen. Strange creatures stalk the shadows and the laws of magic are being sundered. Brothers Christill and Thibalt will learn that their childhood woes are insignificant. Their part in this struggle will shape the fate of all. The tyrant King Zephra has waited nineteen long years to meet his destiny. In the   deepest corner of his hidden lair he has finally found a way to break the laws of magic. His malevolent scheme will forever ensnare the world. And the Feldonian nation will be powerless to stop him. Yet destiny comes in twos. For on the very eve of Zephra’s rise to power nineteen years ago, two brothers were kidnapped from their homeland by the savage Miirvkin. Brothers who, growing up amongst their hated foes, are fated to retur...

The Bloom Series Box Set: Bloom & Fade

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The Bloom Series Box Set : Bloom & Fade , by A.P. Kensey , free This box set includes the first two books in the action-packed YA Bloom series! Chosen individuals have been gifted with extraordinary abilities in order to restore balance to the world. BLOOM HAVEN KINCAID is seventeen. After moving away from her friends before the start of her senior year, she struggles to fit in at her new school. When the boy of her dreams shows interest, she finally has a chance to be normal—but Haven is more different than she realizes. After a tragic loss and a deep betrayal, she is kidnapped by a sinister group that will do anything to extract a deadly ability she can barely control—even if they kill her in the process.  COLTON ROSS is fresh out of high school. Driven by a desire to escape his abusive father and haunted by the memory of an absent mother, he moves to New York City to start over. When a favor for his friend backfires and he ends up in jail, Colton is bailed out by a mysterio...

The Stone Gate

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The Stone Gate , by Mark Mann , free A strange rock in the forest. A mysterious crystal. A full moon. An ancient secret. How do you find your way home when you've never left? Twins Jack and Kaya live in a small seaside town in Australia. When they see a dazzling white light shining from a giant rock in the forest near their home, it takes them on an adventure to a place both familiar and yet like nowhere they know. But where exactly are they? And can they find their way back in time? The Stone Gate is a young adult fantasy adventure that explores global warming in a unique and exciting way.

The Heroes Fall - When War Calls

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The Heroes Fall - When War Calls , by Zy Rykoa , free Our history was lost in World War III, we'll remember in World War IV. After learning of the catastrophic continental shifts, powerful energy-wielding people roaming the planet and an illness that will kill him, Jaden realises that he has decisions to make—decisions that could mean the life and death of millions as he joins World War IV. He is torn between the side of perceived-good, selfish revenge and the love of his life, and he is given power like few others; yet his heart simply wants to return home, to be free of it all. But no matter how powerful he becomes, there will always be things outside of his control, and he'll have to fight until the end to hold onto what he loves most.

Into The Shadows

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Into The Shadows, book 1 of the Shadows Trilogy , by Karly Kirkpatrick , free Fans of the TV series ‘ Heroes ’,  the film ‘ Push ’, and the book ‘ The Hunger Games ’ will enjoy Into the Shadows , a modern and paranormal thriller.  Paivi Anderson has it all—friends, a spot on the varsity basketball team, wonderful parents, and quite possibly, her first boyfriend. It was everything a freshman in high school could ask for. Her perfect life begins to crumble when she discovers her name on a list distributed by a power-hungry presidential candidate. How could anyone think of Paivi as an Enemy of the State? Could it be because of her special powers? No one was supposed to know about them, but the mysterious messages in her tater tots say otherwise. In INTO THE SHADOWS , Paivi quickly learns who her friends are and is forced into a reality she didn’t see coming. The second and final books of the Shadows Trilogy, DARKNESS RISING , and AFTER DAWN , are now available.

The Roses Garden and the Sea

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The Roses Garden and the Sea , by Jackie McCarthy , free Everyone in Illiamna knows the Tale of Benson Rose, a bedtime story beloved by adults and children alike, but few know the story behind their national hero. Would they be surprised to learn that Benson Rose did, in fact, live? Would they be surprised to know he was actually a woman?  Raised as a fisherman's daughter in the crumbling Kingdom of Illiamna, Rose knows nothing of magic, secrets, spies, or sailing ships—she is content playing pranks on her neighbors with twin brother Benson at her side. Her idyllic lifestyle is not to last, however, and her tiny village is destroyed, thrusting upon her young shoulders responsibility for her helpless family. In order to protect her mother and sisters in unfriendly lands (fending off thieves, thugs, and an uncle who intends to sell them for gold), Rose must dress as her missing brother. In this disguise, she receives the help of Fenric, a mysterious scribe from the merchant ship Turn...

Quickened

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Quickened , by Robert Flugel , free Tommy Travers is a 15 year old sheltered bookworm who has the power to end the world. Ever since the day his father disappeared Tommy Travers has buried himself in books. School? Friends? Girls? No time for any of them.  At 15 Tommy is pulled inside the World of Books and has become the lead character. When Tommy returns with a curse he must fix the mess he caused or watch his world crumble.  

Young Lord of Khadora (Forgotten Legacy #1)

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Young Lord of Khadora (Forgotten Legacy #1) , by Richard S. Tuttle, free A skilled warrior gets entangled in a corrupt political world, his cunning strategies pitted against thousands who seek his death. Marak challenges the clans of Khadora and the Chula, the dreaded cat people of ancient times, in a struggle that will change the fate of the world. Young Lord of Khadora is a tale of magic, military cunning, and political intrigue set in a land where honor is everything yet deceit is everywhere. 

Offer Him Roses

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Offer Him Roses, by James Hampton , free Annalee Rutledge, fourteen, doesn't know why there's a boy soldier from the Civil War hiding in her family's barn, especially since the conflict in which he fought ended almost one hundred and fifty years ago. What Annalee does know is that she loves him, and she's going to do whatever it takes to keep him safe.  

Strike: The Hero From The Sky (The STRIKE Trilogy, Book 1)

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Strike: The Hero From The Sky (The STRIKE Trilogy, Book 1) , by Charlie Wood , free Tobin Lloyd's life is perfect: he's a senior at Bridgton High, he's one of the funniest kids in school, and his only worry is whether or not his latest prank is going to result in yet another detention.  But when he wakes up in the world of Capricious, a place where superheroes are real and attacks by super-villains are just another hassle of living in the city, all of that changes. Suddenly, Tobin's last year of high school is not going as he expected. Far from home and pretty sure he's gone insane, Tobin must join a strange group of companions (including a beer-drinking dog and a genius, three-foot-tall robot) as he desperately tries to find a way back to Earth. However, that may be even harder than Tobin knows: a mysterious super-villain named Vincent Harris has big plans for the planet Earth...and Tobin is the only person standing in his way. A carefree, C-student class clown is ...

Teen Fury: Unleashed, Book one of the Teen Fury trilogy

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Teen Fury: Unleashed , by Amanda Torrey , free Adopted at birth, fifteen year old Felicia Murphy has no idea she’s the offspring of a Fury and a god of Mercy. The discovery will soon shatter her world... Felicia’s reputation as stable and trustworthy means everything if she’s to win the grant for the troubled kids she mentors. Snakes emerging from her head, massive mood swings, and a strong thirst for vengeance do not fit into her plans. She has no time to worry about her adoptive parent’s separation and the unwanted discovery that her biological parents are supernatural freaks. She can’t confide in her friends; who would believe her? As her life spins out of control, she allows herself to be distracted by the two new guys who are suddenly showering her with attention, pulling her in different directions. Felicia has choices to make. Embrace the Fury and risk everything, or find a way to tame the beast.  This is the first book in the Teen Fury trilogy. The second book, Teen Fury: ...

Heaven High

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Heaven High (The East Lake Series, Book 1) , by Anna Andrews , free Beau and Edgar have been best friends from birth, but couldn't  have had a more different start in life. Having finished school for good they make plans for the summer of a lifetime but a tragic accident cuts their dreams short and lands them in Heaven facing a stark choice.  Do they want to stay in Heaven and train as spirit guides or reincarnate into a new life? For Edgar the choice is clear: having had a miserable existence once before he is in no hurry to try again, for Beau the magic of Heaven is no match for real life. But his heart overrides his head and Beau agrees to stay with Edgar. They begin their training at Heaven High and await their assignment. When they are offered a secret undercover assignment to protect Emma Havering the boys snatch the opportunity to live as humans once again. With their colleague Gabe, Emma’s Guardian Angel, they attend East Lake High but soon become suspicious about...

Sacred Bloodlines

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Sacred Bloodlines , by Wendy Owens , free After a troubled childhood, and bouncing from home to home, Gabe discovers he is meant for bigger things. Finding out he is half Guardian angel and half human isn't the biggest secret he uncovers. When he discovers he is an important part of a prophecy he must decide if he is willing to risk his life for the a chance at a life that might hold happiness in it for him.   Tragedy has defined Gabe’s short life in this world. An ominous darkness lurked on the edge of his existence until one day, in a subway, strange things start happening. A series of events lead Gabe into a new and fascinating life, filled with angels and demons, but he isn’t sure if he wants to be a part of it. After being thrust into the middle of a world filled with strange creatures and magic all around him, he finds a chance at the friends and family he has been wanting on most of his life. The problem? His dreams come with constant and terrifying dangers that Gabe fears h...