Garth Nix
1) Abhorsen
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies.
3) Sabriel
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
Author
Series
Left-Handed Booksellers of London volume 2
Language
English
Description
"There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity that inhabits the ancient hot spring. This time trouble comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger, requiring a desperate rescue attempt from his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, and art student Susan Arkshaw, who is still struggling...
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 0.5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
This prequel to the Old Kingdom series tells the story of how Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, met.
In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, Elinor's only...
6) Lady Friday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Young Arthur Penhaligon must weigh an offer from Lady Friday that is either a cunning trap for the Rightful Heir or a golden opportunity that he must seize.
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Even as he grows stronger and closer to discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur must face further dangers and conflicts as he struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the powerful Saturday.
8) Lord Sunday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
As Arthur Penhaligon seeks to find the seventh key, complete his quest to save the Kingdom to which he is heir, and learn his true identity, he discovers that he has a greater purpose than he could have imagined.
9) The monster
Author
Series
Troubletwisters volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Living in the mysterious home of Grandma X where cats talk and strange weather appears out of nowhere, Jaide and Jack Shield struggle to develop their powers beyond the limits of luck and intuition to defeat the powers of evil that want to conquer the world.
10) Frogkisser!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Princess Anya has a big problem: Duke Rikard, her step-stepfather is an evil wizard who wants to rule the kingdom and has a habit of changing people into frogs, and her older sister Morven, the heir, is a wimp--so with the help of the librarian Gotfried (who turns into an owl when he is upset), and the Royal Dogs, she must find away to defeat Rikard, save her sister, and maybe even turn Prince Denholm back into a human being.
Author
Series
Left-Handed Booksellers of London volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix.
In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime boss Frank Thringley might be able to help her, but Susan doesn't get time to ask Frank any questions....
12) Clariel
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
"The story of how Clariel became a Free Magic Sorcerer, set 600 years before the birth of Sabriel"--
13) The missing
Author
Series
Troubletwisters volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
The Wardens have devised a plan to get rid of The Evil once and for all, and troubletwister twins Jack and Jaide, and Grandma X, are at the heart of the scheme--but even if it works a lot of innocent people may die or end up abandoned in the dimension ofEvil.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Odo is the seventh son of the village miller and he just wants to get away from work for awhile, Eleanor's mother was a soldier, and she yearns for adventure, but it is Odo who finds the magic talking sword named Biter, and thereby instantly becomes a knight--and together they set out on a quest (somewhat reluctantly on Odo's part) to save their kingdom from threats both human and dragon.
15) Newt's emerald
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
After the Newington Emerald is stolen at the height of a conjured storm, eighteen-year-old Lady Truthful Newington goes to London, disguised as a man, to search for the magical heirloom of her house, and is soon caught up in a dangerous adventure where she must risk her life, her reputation, and her heart.
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Arthur Penhaligon finds himself on an adventure that will put him against pirates, storms, explosions and a vast beast that eats everything it encounters. Will our unwitting hero be able to find the third part of the Will and claim the Third Key?
17) Blood ties
Author
Series
Spirit animals volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Erdas is a land of balance. A rare link, the spirit animal bond, bridges the human and animal worlds. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each have this gift-and the grave responsibility that comes with it.
18) Mister Monday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. The key causes bizarre creatures to come from another realm, bringing with them a plague. A man named Mister Monday will stop at nothing to get the key back. Arthur goes to a mysterious house that only he can see, so that he can learn the truth about himself and the key.
19) Grim Tuesday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Arthur Penhaligon returns to the parallel universe known as the House to fight his latest enemy, Grim Tuesday, whose greed threatens to destroy both the House and the Earth.
20) Sir Thursday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must survive basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppleganger on Earth.