Water & Fire

10 best books like Water & Fire (Tamora Pierce): The Queen and Lord M, The Captive of Kensington Palace, The Queen's Husband, Runaways, Vol. 3: That Was Yesterday, The Dark Is Rising, Soul of the Sword, Push Girl, Priestess of the White, Professor Gargoyle, The Twins at St Clare's

The Queen and Lord M
AuthorJean Plaidy
ISBN0399119949
On the morning of 20th June 1837, an eighteen-year-old girl is called from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England. The Victorian age has begun.

The young queen's first few years are beset with court scandal and malicious gossip: there is the unsavoury Flora Hastings affair, a source...
The Captive of Kensington Palace
AuthorJean Plaidy
ISBN0399118519
Victoria is virtually a prisoner in Kensington Palace. Her mother and her mother's chamberlain, Sir John Conroy, are her guards. They will not allowher to associate with anyone that has not been thoroughly and critically checked to make sure Victoria is not made harmed by their very presence.Even...
The Queen's Husband
AuthorJean Plaidy
ISBN0399121285
From the cradle Victoria and Albert were destined for each other. Albert, as the younger son of a minor German duke, was acutely aware of what marriage to the Queen of England would mean in terms of his personal ambitions. Victoria wrestled with her desire for independence—until she saw Albert at Windsor...
Runaways, Vol. 3: That Was Yesterday
AuthorRainbow Rowell
ISBN1302914138
A ghost from the Runaways' past returns with an ultimatum — and the world is in the balance! Nico's magic has always been painful, an inheritance from her parents she had to hurt herself to use. Now, at last, she learns the shocking source of the Staff of One — and things will never be the same! Meanwhile,...
The Dark Is Rising
AuthorSusan Cooper
ISBN1416949658
"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, three from the circle, three from the track; wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; five will return, and one go alone.”

With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker,...
Soul of the Sword
AuthorJulie Kagawa
ISBN1488038864
One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono.

Now he has broken free.

Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece...
Push Girl
AuthorChelsie Hill
ISBN1250045916
An inspiring, real, and fresh young adult novel about how life can change in an instant by Chelsie Hill, one of the stars Sundance Channel's unscripted series Push Girls, based on her own life

Kara is a high school junior who's loving life. She's popular, has a great group of friends and...
Priestess of the White
AuthorTrudi Canavan
ISBN0060815701
In a land on the brink of peace—watched jealously by a ruthless cult from across the sea and beset by hidden enemies—five extraordinary humans must serve as sword and shield of the Gods.

Auraya is one.

Her heroism saved a village from destruction; now Auraya has been named Priestess...
Professor Gargoyle
AuthorCharles Gilman
ISBN1594745919
Every volume in the Lovecraft Middle School series is fully illustrated and features an original lenticular portrait on the cover. Display them on bookshelves—and then watch the cover characters morph into monsters as you pass by!

Strange things are happening at Lovecraft Middle School....
The Twins at St Clare's
AuthorEnid Blyton
ISBN0603559581
The Twins at St Clare's (St Clare's, #1), Enid Blyton
The Twins at St Clare's is a children's novel by Enid Blyton set in an English girls' boarding school. It is the first of the original six novels in the St. Clare's series of school stories. First published in 1941, it tells the story of twin sisters...
AuthorJenny Nimmo
ISBN0439545285
Over 3.4 million Charlie Bone books in print!!!

Charlie's power is taking on a new dimension as he meets a new cast of characters, including Mr. Pilgrim's replacement, Tantalus Ebony, and the mysterious new student Joshua Tilpin, who appears to be magnetic. But Charlie isn't the only one dealing...
Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
AuthorJenny Nimmo
ISBN0807218987
Time is running out for Charlie Bone . . .

Charlies hopes that the new term at Bloor's Academy will hold no nasty surprises. But then Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916.

With the scheming Yewbeam aunts on the prowl, and the Bloors out to catch him, Henry...
AuthorMargit Sandemo
ISBN8250911385
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Første bok i SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen...

Silje Arngrimsdatter var bare bare sytten da pesten drepte alle slektningene hennes i 1581. Utsultet og forfrossen, og med to foreldreløse...
AuthorJohn Lennard
ISBN1847600379
John Lennard (born 1964) read English at New College, Oxford, took an MA at Washington University in St Louis, and a DPhil. back at New College. After teaching for the Open University and the University of London, he was Fellow and Director of Studies in English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, from 1991-8,...
AuthorAlison Croggon
ISBN0763630152
A young woman embraces her power -- and her destiny -- as the thrilling quest begun in THE NAMING continues!

Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, hunted by both the Light and the Dark, must unravel the Riddle of the...
AuthorJenny Nimmo
ISBN0439545307
The fifth book in the New York Times bestselling CHILDREN OF THE RED KING series!
When Charlie turns twelve on New Year's Eve, the Flame Cats give him a grave warning: Something ancient has awoken, and Charlie must be watchful. Soon Charlie learns that the shadow from the Red King's portrait has been...
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AuthorGeorgia Blain
A breathtaking glimpse into our future from the acclaimed author of Darkwater.

I am not Delia Greene. I should not be here. Why haven't they come for me?

Alone in my room, I log onto the Wastelands, the data dump where anonymity is guaranteed, where people go to throw their unfilled hopes...
First Term at Malory Towers
AuthorEnid Blyton
ISBN0749744812
My mother was 3 years old when this book came out in 1946. Her copy was on my shelf as a child and after reading 20 or so Famous Five books I reluctantly picked it up, trusting Blyton to make even a girls' school interesting. I have vague memories of thinking it was OK.

I got my daughter Celyn the books...
School of Wizardry
AuthorDebra Doyle
ISBN0816769362
A short, straight-forward children's book. The first of six.

Randal is training to be a knight in his uncle's household when the wizard Madoc arrives. He performs magic, repulses Randal's notion of being a wizard, and leaves again. So Randal runs off to follow him.

Madoc brings him...
Circle Magic
AuthorMadeline Freeman
It’s only a matter of time before everything Krissa Barnette knows and loves is destroyed.

Seth Whitacre, a centuries-old psychic witch, is determined to exact his revenge on everyone who stands between him and his ultimate goal: taking over the town of Clearwater and turning it into a stronghold...
Shades of Circle City
AuthorStephanie A. Cain
Chloe is Catholic, a cop, and conventional, not necessarily in that order. But when a run-of-the-mill burglary arrest goes bad, she ends up dead. Turns out there are worse things than having a bra that doesn’t fit right.

When she wakes up alive–yeah, she’s as surprised as you are–she...
The Mage-Fire War
AuthorL.E. Modesitt Jr.
Modesitt continues his bestselling Saga of Recluce with the twenty-first book in this bestselling epic fantasy series.

Once again, prejudices against the use of chaos magic force Beltur and his companions to flee their refuge in Axalt. The rulers of nearby Montgren have offered them sanctuary...
Charlie Bone and the Shadow
AuthorJenny Nimmo
ISBN0439846692
When Charlie is trapped in a magical painting he must battle an evil count thirsty for revenge. Will he be able to save himself and his friends? Find out in Book 7 of Jenny Nimmo's bestselling series!

The enchanter Count Harken is back to take his revenge on the Red King's heirs, starting with Charlie...
Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
AuthorJenny Nimmo
ISBN0439545269
The third book in the Children of the Red King series, CHARLIE BONE AND THE INVISIBLE BOY offers more magical fantasy that is fast paced and easy to read.
This semester at Bloor's Academy brings a few changes. There is a new art teacher, Mr. Boldova, and a new student named Belle, who lives with the Yewbeam...
Charlie Bone and the Red Knight
AuthorJenny Nimmo
ISBN1405248238
Dark forces are gathering at Bloor's Academy as the Bloors search for a lost box containing a hidden will- a will that reveals the true destiny of the Red King's heirs. And the Bloors are determined to keep Charlie Bone from finding it first. But Charlie is also facing the lord of the sea, who is trying to...
Charlie Bone and the Beast
AuthorJenny Nimmo
Things are never simple for Charlie Bone. His parents have been reunited but Charlie can't resist the call of danger when the parents of a kidnapped classmate plead for help. Asa, the missing student, is being held by Manfred in a cave. To free his former enemy and escape capture himself, Charlie must...
Evidence of Trust
AuthorStacey Joy Netzel
Having grown up under the excessive expectations of her CEO father, Brittany Lucas is as resistant to authority as the mustang she’s training for her boss. It’s a fault that lands her in more danger than she bargains for while camping in the back-country of the Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Warmage
AuthorTerry Mancour
The Goblin Invasion Is On...

...and a wizard's work is never done! After facing a hopeless siege, an implacable foe and an impossible escape, you would think that Minalan the Spellmonger would be able to rest -- but the armies of the undead goblin shaman Shereul (known as the Dead God to his human...
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