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If you are a Harry Potter fan, you might like to try the first title in these series. They are all have a little bit of magic. A Christchurch City Libraries list.
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
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On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
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Most people would do anything to get into the Magisterium and pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. Call has been told his whole life that he should never...Show more
Most people would do anything to get into the Magisterium and pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. Call has been told his whole life that he should never trust a magician. And so he tries his best to do his worst but fails at failing. Now he must enter the Magisterium. It's a place that's both sensational and sinister.
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Most people would do anything to get into the Magisterium and pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. Call has been told his whole life that he should never...Show more
Most people would do anything to get into the Magisterium and pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. Call has been told his whole life that he should never trust a magician. And so he tries his best to do his worst but fails at failing. Now he must enter the Magisterium. It's a place that's both sensational and sinister.
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In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supp...Show more
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
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In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supp...Show more
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
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With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic po...Show more
With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic powers to protect the Winding Circle community from a pirate attack. A book in the Circle of Magic series.
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With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic po...Show more
With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic powers to protect the Winding Circle community from a pirate attack. A book in the Circle of Magic series.
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Book One in the Septimus Heap Series. The seventh son of the seventh son, Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him de...Show more
Book One in the Septimus Heap Series. The seventh son of the seventh son, Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. But who is this baby, and what happened to their beloved son Septimus?
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Book One in the Septimus Heap Series. The seventh son of the seventh son, Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him de...Show more
Book One in the Septimus Heap Series. The seventh son of the seventh son, Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. But who is this baby, and what happened to their beloved son Septimus?
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Book One in His Dark Materials Trilogy. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra sets out to prevent her best friend from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments the far North. This has also been released as "Northern Lights".
Book One in His Dark Materials Trilogy. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra sets out to prevent her best friend from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments the far North. This has also been released as "Northern Lights".
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Book One in His Dark Materials Trilogy. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra sets out to prevent her best friend from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments the far North. This has also been released as "Northern Lights".
Book One in His Dark Materials Trilogy. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra sets out to prevent her best friend from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments the far North. This has also been released as "Northern Lights".
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Book One in the Books of Beginning Trilogy. They were taken from their beds one frozen night. Ten years on, they have grown up in a string of orphanages, ...Show more
Book One in the Books of Beginning Trilogy. They were taken from their beds one frozen night. Ten years on, they have grown up in a string of orphanages, and all memories of their parents have faded to a blur. Arriving at Cambridge Falls, the children quickly realise there is something different about this place. Together, they will learn that magic is real, old books cause trouble and only they can save the world.
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Book One in the Books of Beginning Trilogy. They were taken from their beds one frozen night. Ten years on, they have grown up in a string of orphanages, ...Show more
Book One in the Books of Beginning Trilogy. They were taken from their beds one frozen night. Ten years on, they have grown up in a string of orphanages, and all memories of their parents have faded to a blur. Arriving at Cambridge Falls, the children quickly realise there is something different about this place. Together, they will learn that magic is real, old books cause trouble and only they can save the world.
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In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London. A book in the Bartimaeus series.
In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London. A book in the Bartimaeus series.
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In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London. A book in the Bartimaeus series.
In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London. A book in the Bartimaeus series.
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When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
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When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
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Carter and Sadie's mother was a famed archaeologist who died under mysterious circumstances when they were young. One night their Father calls them, promi...Show more
Carter and Sadie's mother was a famed archaeologist who died under mysterious circumstances when they were young. One night their Father calls them, promising a 'research experiment' that will set things right for their family. His plans go horribly wrong. An explosion unleashes an ancient evil - the Egyptian god Set who banishes Dr. Kane to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. Carter and Sadie must embark on a dangerous quest to save their father and stop Set from destroying everything they care about...
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Carter and Sadie's mother was a famed archaeologist who died under mysterious circumstances when they were young. One night their Father calls them, promi...Show more
Carter and Sadie's mother was a famed archaeologist who died under mysterious circumstances when they were young. One night their Father calls them, promising a 'research experiment' that will set things right for their family. His plans go horribly wrong. An explosion unleashes an ancient evil - the Egyptian god Set who banishes Dr. Kane to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. Carter and Sadie must embark on a dangerous quest to save their father and stop Set from destroying everything they care about...
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Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and stole the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But...Show more
Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and stole the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Astonished and intrigued, Nevery agrees to take Conn on as his apprentice, on the condition that the boy finds a locus stone of his own within a month. But with his wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who, or what, is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic, time is running out for Conn to find his stone.
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Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and stole the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But...Show more
Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and stole the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Astonished and intrigued, Nevery agrees to take Conn on as his apprentice, on the condition that the boy finds a locus stone of his own within a month. But with his wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who, or what, is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic, time is running out for Conn to find his stone.
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When her baby brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.
When her baby brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.
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When her baby brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.
When her baby brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.
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Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to t...Show more
Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in the process, right some old wrongs.
Latest in the Chrestomanci series.
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Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to t...Show more
Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in the process, right some old wrongs.
Latest in the Chrestomanci series.
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