Sword Quest
10 best books like Sword Quest (Nancy Yi Fan): Tree Castle Island, Of Mice and Magic, Sagaria, Richard Scarry's Bedtime Stories, The Tygrine Cat, Raven Quest, Kestrel's Midnight Song, All My Holy Mountain, Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur, Toad Away
| Author | Jean Craighead George |
| ISBN | 0060002565 |
Fourteen-year-old Jack sets out in a handmade canoe for the legendary Okefenokee Swamp. But after several idyllic days of exploring, he's hit with some bad luck. He can't find his way home, and he runs into a hungry alligator who takes a bite out of his canoe. When he pulls up to a remote island, he finds...
| Author | David Farland |
| ISBN | 1577349180 |
More than anything, Benjamin Ravenspell wants a pet. But when he buys a mouse named Amber, he gets more than he bargained for. No sooner does Ben take her home, than Amber turns him into a mouse too. You see, Amber has magical abilities, and it so happens that Ben is a familiar, a creature that stores magical...
| Author | John Dahlgren |
| ISBN | 9814260525 |
Set in the mysterious world of Sagaria, this enchanting tale of adventure and friendship will charm teens and adults alike, and is the latest novel in the Sagaria series. Young Sagandran Sacks enters Sagaria in search of his missing grandfather, and soon finds himself on a quest to save not just Sagaria...
| Author | Richard Scarry |
| ISBN | 0394882695 |
The illustrations in this book were very well done and helped tell the story as it progressed. In this book there were actually multiple stories that were being told. I found most of them just okay stories, but the last story I really enjoyed. It added humor to an unfortunate day. It takes the reader through...
Feline lovers and fantasy fans will go for this high-suspense tale of a cat with ancient powers who must save a feral clan.
Alone and lost, a young cat called Mati is struggling to be accepted by a colony of street cats in the bustling marketplace at Cressida Lock. What Mati doesn’t know is that...
Tok, the best flyer of all the young ravens, faces a terrible fate. Falsely accused of murder, he must leave the Raven Mountains forever. If he ever returns, he will be put to death by those he once called friends and family. Tok's only hope is to reclaim his honor by completing a quest. Long ago, the ravens...
| Author | J.R. Parker |
| ISBN | 0615366503 |
The land of Gable--renowned for its birds, revered for its legends and secrets--is home to the grandest castle in the known world. Inside this castle, in a narrow cell atop the dungeon tower, the legendary Marauder known as James Kestrel awaits his hanging. Amidst the anticipation and speculation...
All My Holy Mountain, the conclusion to the Binding of the Blade series. (By the way, I can't say I'm a fan of the cover. I'd prefer the man to be dressed more properly!) This book continues the final war. But things are moving quickly. Many surprising, exciting, and mind-boggling things happened in this...
| Author | Mordecai Richler |
| ISBN | 0887764258 |
When his parents return from Kenya with a cute little green lizard on his eighth birthday (he’s two times two times two), Jacob Two-Two is thrilled. But it isn’t long before Jacob realizes that his new pet Dippy isn’t a lizard after all. And as months pass, it is apparent Dippy isn’t so little either....
| Author | Morris Gleitzman |
| ISBN | 0375827676 |
Morris began his writing career as a screenwriter, and wrote his first children's novel in 1985. His brilliantly comic style has endeared him to children and adults alike, and he is now one of Australia's most successful authors, both internationally and at home. He was born in England in 1953 and emigrated...
| Author | Bruce Hale |
| ISBN | 0152025154 |
Most folks know him as the best lizard detective at Emerson Hicky Elementary, but it's not all knuckles and know-how with Chet Gecko. He's also got his artistic side.
If it wasn't for his art, he might never have been sent to Principal Zero's office, where he stumbled onto the mystery of Mr. Nice....
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0060267895 |
"In order to gain wisdom, you must learn to read inter linea, between the lines."
Artos doesn't know who his parents are, just that kindly Sir Ector and Lady Marion took him into their castle when he was a baby. Though Sir Ector raises him as one of his sons, Artos never feels he truly belongs. The...
| Author | Linda Chapman |
| ISBN | 0141320249 |
Most of the time, Twilight looks like an ordinary grey pony but when Lauren says the words of a spell he transforms into a magical unicorn and together they can fly all over the world . . .
Best friends Lauren and Mel are really excited about going to pony camp, but when they get there they are surprised...
| Author | Rachel Carson |
| ISBN | 0807085472 |
Making America Great Again
From “Mr. Day’s Dismissal”: A Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post, April 22, 1953.
In 1952 Republicans won the White House and immediately began dismantling environmental protections in favor of big business concerns. Day was fired as Secretary...
| Author | Patrick Carman |
| ISBN | 0545165016 |
Bestselling author Patrick Carman pushes the vbook to the next level with this thrilling book/video/web experience. In the 21st century landscape of bits and bytes, everyone leaves a digital footprint ... even the most advanced cyber criminals. And that's where the Trackers come in. Four tech-savvy...
| Author | Laura Bingham |
| ISBN | 1599552728 |
Erin and her twin brother, Bain, never expected to find that the cabin in the woods near their home is actually a secret entrance to a magical world. Surrounded by pegasi, dragons, and fairies, they discover new powers within themselves and a secret they have unknowingly been preparing for. A spellbinding...
Darby doesn't understand how her mother, who grew up on Wild Horse Island, ever could have left. Now that Ellen Carter has come back to the island to visit, Darby hopes her mom won't want to leave again.
But Darby's grandfather and mother can't stop fighting, and Ellen wants to take her daughter...
| Author | Nancy Farmer |
| ISBN | 0140379568 |
Out of all the young adult literature I have read, this is the first one that is from the viewpoint of an animal which calls into question "what makes this a young adult novel?"
Besides not being human, however, the main giraffe protagonist, Ruva, is young when she is captured in Africa and is taken...
The Sopratos: A Pearls Before Swine Collection
| Author | Stephan Pastis |
| ISBN | 0740768476 |
Pearls is the hottest comic in the newspaper business these days." -Raleigh News and Observer
* It's a hit!
* In The Sopratos: A Pearls Before Swine Collection, the sixth collection of the award-winning comic strip Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis knocks them dead with sharp wit...
