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  • Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

    Synopsis: A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything. Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical…

  • The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne

    Synopsis: THE FINAL BATTLE FOR THE FATE OF VIGRIÐ APPROACHES Varg has overcome the trials of his past and become an accepted member of the Bloodsworn, but now he and his newfound comrades face their biggest challenge yet: slaying a dragon. Elvar is struggling to consolidate her power in Snakavik, where she faces threats from…

  • The Rise and Fall of Aos by Danielle Lauren

    Synopsis: Every world knows the laws of balance.Push and pull. Ebb and flow.Rise and Fall.But the balance of Aos has begun to change… The Fall pulls down ships and their crews faster than they can be recovered, Dominique’s brother among them.The Rise pushes a wall of water slowly but surely towards the prosperous city of…

  • The Language of Trees by Katie Holten

    Synopsis: Inspired by forests, trees, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape invites readers to discover an unexpected and imaginative language to better read and write the natural world around us and reclaim our relationship with it. In this gorgeously illustrated and deeply thoughtful collection, Katie Holten gifts readers…

  • Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagi

    Synopsis: Magic-realism blends with Japanese myth and legend in an original story about grief, memory, time and an earthquake that shook a nation. There’s a catfish under the islands of Japan and when it rolls the land rises and falls. Sora hates the catfish whose rolling caused an earthquake so powerful it cracked time itself.…

  • A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

    Synopsis: Cordelia knows her mother is unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms, and her mother doesn’t allow Cordelia to have a single friend—unless you count Falada, her mother’s beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him. But more than simple eccentricity sets her…