Alison Croggon
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
In a gripping stand-alone fantasy from the acclaimed Alison Croggon, a pickpocket steals the cursed Stone Heart and is propelled into a power struggle, woven with witchcraft, that will change the kingdom forever.
Pip lives by his wits in the city of Clarel. But when he picks the wrong pocket, Pip finds himself in possession of a strange dried heart in a silver casket—and those who lost it will stop at nothing to get it back. With
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 4
Formats
Description
The bard Maerad and her brother Hem hold the key to the mysterious Singing, and they must overcome terrible obstacles before they can unite and unlock the Tree of Song, release the music of the Elidhu, and defeat the Nameless One.
4) Black Spring
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Inspired by the gothic classic Wuthering Heights In a savage land sustained by wizardry and ruled by vendetta, Lina is the enchanting but willful daughter of a village lord. She and her childhood companion, Damek, have grown up privileged and spoiled, and they’re devoted to each other to the point of obsession. But Lina’s violet eyes betray her for a witch, and witches are not tolerated in a brutally patriarchal society. Her rank protects her...
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 1
Formats
Description
A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Maerad’s tale continues, luminous, desperate, and bold. . . . Brimming with archetypal motifs but freshly splendorous in its own right." – Kirkus Reviews Maerad is a girl with a tragic 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 Treesong before their kingdom erupts in chaos. The quest leads Maerad over terrifying seas and glacial wilderness,...
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Description
-- The CrowThe Naming and The Riddle, Alison Croggon creates a world of astounding beauty overshadowed by a terrifying darkness, a world where Maerad and Hem must prepare to wage their final battle for the Light.
Author
Series
Pellinor volume Prequel
Pub. Date
2017
Description
-- The Bone Queen as a stand-alone epic of light, dark, magic, and redemption.
9) The riddle
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 25
Description
The further translation of a manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah which chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, a gifted Bard, as she seeks the answer to the Riddle of the Treesong and continues to battle the Dark forces.
10) The crow
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Description
After a brief reunion with his lost sister Maered, who continues to pursue her dangerous destiny in the frozen North, orphaned Hem is sent south to Turbansk for safety but, as the armies of the Dark overrun the city, he flees with his mentor Saliman, his white crow Irc, and the orphan girl Zelika to join the resistance forces of the Light and finally learn his role in his sister's quest.
11) The singing
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 4
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 24
Description
The bard Maerad and her brother Hem hold the key to the mysterious Singing, and each of them must overcome terrible obstacles before they can unite and together unlock the Tree of Song, release the music of the Elidhu, and defeat the Nameless One.
12) The naming
Author
Series
Pellinor volume 1
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 24
Description
A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
Just as authors create books, books create authors — and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a fascinating glimpse at the books that inspired them the most.
What if you could look inside your favorite authors' heads and see the book that led them to become who they are today? What was the book that made them fall in love, or made them understand something for the first time? What was the book that made them
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